Axiom Technologies is an Australia-based entity with a history of providing Managed IT solutions to medium- to large-scale enterprises globally. Please visit our website for more information about what we do at www.axiomtechnologies.com
We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our team and take ownership of the design, optimisation, migration, implementation and lifecycle management of a large, multi-site network environment.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Cisco routing and switching, combined with experience managing complex, legacy and poorly documented network environments. You will be responsible for taking initiatives from current-state assessment and target-state design through change approval, implementation, validation and closure.
This is a hands-on engineering role that requires strong technical judgement, structured problem-solving and the ability to deliver safe, resilient changes across business-critical networks.
- Assess existing network infrastructure, services, traffic patterns, utilisation and dependencies across multiple sites.
- Analyse existing network architecture and make recommendations to retain, consolidate, scale down, migrate, refresh or retire infrastructure.
- Develop target-state network designs and detailed migration strategies, considering:
- Network resilience and availability
- Capacity and performance
- Connectivity and routing
- Management and out-of-band access
- Operational and business impact
- Validate technical requirements, assumptions and dependencies with platform owners, service owners, project managers and other stakeholders.
- Produce high-quality technical documentation, including:
- High-Level and Low-Level Designs
- Network diagrams
- Implementation plans
- Risk and impact assessments
- Validation/test plans
- Rollback and backout procedures
- Own network changes end-to-end through the change-management and CAB process.
- Perform hands-on configuration, troubleshooting and implementation of:
- Routing and switching
- WAN/LAN connectivity
- VLANs and trunking
- Routing protocols
- Network management and access services
- Lead or support the migration and retirement of legacy technologies, including X.25, serial connectivity, terminal servers and console servers.
- Coordinate implementation activities with field engineers, remote-hands teams, network carriers and third-party service providers.
- Ensure all operational records are accurately maintained, including:
- IPAM
- DNS
- AAA
- SNMP/syslog/NTP
- CMDB
- Asset records
- Circuit and connectivity records
- Monitor implementation progress and provide senior-level technical escalation and troubleshooting support during critical changes.
- Analyse network configurations, traffic flows, monitoring data, logs and packet captures to identify root causes and design improvements.
- Identify opportunities to simplify network architecture, reduce technical debt, improve resilience and optimise operational costs.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to network engineers and implementation teams.
- 6+ years of hands-on network engineering experience, with proven ownership of assessment, design, change and implementation activities.
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco IOS and IOS-XE.
- Strong understanding and troubleshooting experience with:
- OSPF
- BGP
- Static Routing
- VRFs
- VLANs
- 802.1Q Trunking
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
- Proven experience developing target-state network designs and migration strategies for consolidation, scale-down, refresh, migration and infrastructure retirement.
- Strong understanding of network resilience, capacity planning, service dependencies and business impact.
- Experience working with legacy and end-of-life network technologies, particularly:
- X.25
- Serial connectivity
- Terminal servers
- Console servers
- Good knowledge of network management and out-of-band access technologies, including:
- SNMP
- Syslog
- NTP
- TACACS+
- RADIUS
- ACLs
- Jump hosts
- Strong troubleshooting skills, including the ability to analyse:
- Network configurations
- Traffic flows
- Logs
- Monitoring alerts
- Packet captures
- Strong experience with ITIL/change-management processes, including impact assessment, implementation planning, rollback planning and CAB presentations.
- Understanding of physical network infrastructure, including cabling, patching, circuits, rack infrastructure and carrier connectivity.
- Experience using network monitoring, documentation, diagramming, IPAM and CMDB tools.
- Excellent stakeholder communication, technical decision-making and risk-management skills.
- Experience working in a large enterprise, service-provider, carrier or multi-site network environment.
- CCNP certification or equivalent hands-on technical expertise.
- Network automation experience using Python, Ansible or similar technologies.
- Experience delivering network:
- Rationalisation programmes
- Migration projects
- Refresh programmes
- Technical-debt reduction initiatives
- Infrastructure retirement programmes
- Experience managing network circuits and working directly with third-party carriers and service providers.
- ITIL and ServiceNow experience.
- Exposure to related technologies such as:
- Firewalls
- DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
- NAC
- Network automation
- Enterprise monitoring platforms
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent understanding of enterprise network architecture.
- Confidence working in complex, undocumented or legacy environments.
- Strong technical ownership and accountability.
- Ability to make sound engineering decisions while balancing risk, cost, resilience and business impact.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong change-management discipline.
- Ability to work independently while coordinating multiple technical teams and third parties.
- A proactive approach to identifying network improvements and reducing technical debt.
What next?
If you are looking for the next challenge in your career and wish to apply for this role, please forward your resume to [email protected]
