Network Engineer (Network Security)

Company overview

Headquartered in Brisbane, the company has grown since 2004 by acquiring regional IT providers.

Position summary

Sprucehall needs another Network Engineer (Network Security) to design, run and troubleshoot the LAN, WAN and wireless networks across 14 sites. The operations team owns everything from core switching to branch firewalls. You'll split time between projects and escalated tickets. We engage team members in Brazil as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. Core hours overlap with Sydney business hours until mid-afternoon. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Key responsibilities

• Upgrade firmware and IOS versions during maintenance windows
• Maintain IPAM, VLAN and network documentation in NetBox or Visio
• Deploy and support enterprise wireless (Cisco, Aruba, Juniper Mist)
• Manage Palo Alto, Fortinet or Cisco Firepower firewalls, including rules, NAT and VPN tunnels
• Roll out and manage SD-WAN across branch locations
• Set up 802.1X and NAC with Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass
• Monitor the network with SolarWinds NPM, PRTG or LogicMonitor
• Coordinate with carriers on circuit installs and outages

Skills and experience

• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, STP and routing protocols
• Hands-on firewall administration experience
• Understanding of DNS, DHCP, QoS and load balancing
• Available for after-hours maintenance and on-call rotation
• Experience with site-to-site and remote access VPNs
• Comfortable on the CLI in Cisco IOS, NX-OS or Junos

What we offer

Rate: $23.00 - $26.50 per hour

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Flexible hours

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Sprucehall.