General information
Name Senior Network Engineer Site / Location Melbourne Support Centre Ref # 12374575 Entity Australia Post Opening Date 07-Aug-2025 Suburb Richmond Work Type Permanent Full TimeDescription & Requirements
Help us deliver like never before
The Senior Network Engineer serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for Australia Post's network infrastructure services, with end-to-end responsibility for service ownership, incident management, service improvement, and technical delivery.
This role plays a key part in defining, shaping, and executing the strategic roadmap of network services in close alignment with the Principal Architect and wider Infrastructure & Operations teams.
You will lead the design, deployment, optimisation, integration, and uplift of LAN, WLAN, WAN, SD-WAN, firewall, and SASE-based services across enterprise environments, working collaboratively with internal teams, vendors, and service providers to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure connectivity.
In return for your skills and commitment to company values, you will be exposed to Industry leading technology, projects, and expertise. You have the support of Network Designers and Network Architects and Australia Post vendor and partners.
We're empowered to deliver for our teams and to delight our customers. We provide an inclusive and supportive environment that nurtures talented people, trusts our teams to deliver their best, and leverages modern work practices and technologies. It's an unexpectedly dynamic and collaborative culture that feels more like a start-up than a 213-year old icon.
What you’ll deliver with us
Key Accountabilities:
- Evaluate designs, support integration, testing, installation, and maintenance of the Datacentre network infrastructure.
- Support WAN, LAN & SD-WAN network.
- Perform routed/switched network design activities on Meraki routers & switches, Cisco Meraki cloud management system and wireless access points (WAP) for a large enterprise data network.
- Provides input and at times prepare and update schematics to define and illustrate wireless network design solutions.
- Evaluate, support, and implement Firewall and SASE platform designs to improve security and remote access architecture.
- Integrate cloud-based Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions, ensuring seamless connectivity and security for remote and branch users.
- Prepares work orders containing instructions to be used by client support technicians to configure network hardware and software.
- Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation related to the wired and wireless network infrastructure.
- Provides capacity planning for internal and external network connections.
Essential Experience:
- Senior-level experience with LAN, WLAN, WAN, Loadbalancers and Firewall/SASE technologies in enterprise environments.
- Must have strong technical and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to apply the concepts and commands required to install, configure, and troubleshoot IT
- equipment in a multi-protocol district wide wireless network with centralized and cloud based control.
- Must have the ability to be a liaison with local and field engineering team members and contracted vendors in an
- effort to maintain immediate response to critical requirements and issues impacting school instruction and testing.
- resulting from monitoring and analysis of current data within the wireless system.
- Maintains familiarity with wireless security and ensure wireless network security is deployed.
- Proficient in Cisco Meraki, Aruba, or equivalent platforms for cloud-managed networking.
- Knowledge in administration of Radius Server such as Aruba Clearpass.
- Experience with Zero Trust frameworks and identity-based network segmentation.
- Related industry certifications (i.e. CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Wireless Specialist)
We’re delivering together
At Australia Post, we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we operate, live and gather as employees.
We believe our business should reflect the diverse communities we operate in and are proud to be an inclusive workplace for people from all walks of life. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People with Disability, LGBTQIA+ and Refugees.
We are one of the largest organisations in Australia to successfully achieve Disability Confident Recruiter status. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process and workplace for those living with a disability and are committed to reviewing and removing bias in our processes to create a gender-equitable recruitment experience and workplace. If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact our Diversity & Inclusion team on [email protected].
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