( Government of Australia ) Senior Network Engineer

system canada technologies

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Sydney, au on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted February 24, 2026 Last posted February 24, 2026
Job description

SCT resources have a broad range of skills in different technologies. The large skill-set has been made possible by a conscious focus on strengthening our skills base. Every person selected for our team brings something new, something that adds to our offerings. We learn continuously, both on the job and through formal training programs.

Company: SystemCanada | www.systemcanada.com

World wide office:  Canada - USA - Australia - UK - South Africa - New Zealand - Ireland - Japan


Job Description

 

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Network Engineer to be involved in a Federal DataCente relocation in this contract role

Working for a Australian federal ministry on this project your responsibilities  will be:

Expansion and Relocation of operations flight deck and user LAN 

Upgrade and logical move of primary services to secondary location

Physical Relocation to the new site

Assist with Network IP & X.25 design to meet all facets'of the migration

Raising of changes and migration planning & work with the user migration to ensure min impacts

Implementation of core switching modifications and fault tolerant network

Test plans and signoff

Implementation of layer 3/2 fibre network

Assist with the migration of clients to DR via IP strategies

Candidates must have:

Experience in working on a major DataCentre migration project

Superior knowledge of IP/VLAN  switching, OSPF, BGP, NATing, Security and fibre networks.

Technical writing skills demonstrated by an ability to write technical and operational documentation.

Working knowledge of voice, VOIP and PABX systems. 

Established experience levels, in the set-up, configuration and implementation of network hardware, including WAN Routers, Load Balancers, LAN switches and Core Fibre switches.

Knowledge of network impacts involving typical LAN applications, eg Microsoft operating systems.

Experience in IP design and IP tools, i.e  DNS, DHCP. 

 

About this role

Summary

Senior network engineer for data centre migration, network design, and implementation.

Job title

Senior Network Engineer

Experience level

established experience levels

Industry

government

Location requirements

Sydney, AU, remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

IP/VLAN switchingOSPFBGPNATsecurityfibre networksnetwork hardwareWAN routersLAN switchescore fibre switchesDNSDHCPVOIP

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

network designdata centreIP routingfibre networkVOIP
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sydney NSW, Australia

On-site City