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Reserve Bank of Australia

Senior Network Engineer - Permanent

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In-Office
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
Senior level
In-Office
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
Senior level
Provides expert network infrastructure management, troubleshooting, security hardening, capacity planning, performance testing, and incident response. Designs and implements network improvements, automation scripts, documentation, and acceptance tests. Supports Cisco, firewall, F5 BIG-IP, ACI, SD-WAN, and Azure environments while collaborating with cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities. The role includes occasional work at a business resumption site and participation in an on-call roster.
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  • Permanent position
  • Hybrid Work environment
  • Work within high performing network team

The Bank is looking for a Senior Network Engineer with Cisco network and firewall experience who are keen to develop their cyber security, automation and cloud credentials. 


The Bank is currently on the journey towards Software Defined Networking, and your skills and experience will be used and uplifted to support these key next generation networks including ACI, Zero Trust Networking with Software Defined Access, SD-WAN & Azure Cloud.


You will report to the Network Services Support Team Lead, within the Network Services team. The Network Services team is part of the Infrastructure Services section of IT.


As part of the team, you will provide expert services in relation to network management, troubleshooting and improvements, while providing a service-oriented approach.


About the role

  • Undertake the provisioning, maintenance, security hardening, capacity planning and performance testing of network (data, storage) systems infrastructure
  • Participate in 2nd line IT incident and security response capability for network infrastructure
  • Produce design, automation scripts, technical documentation, reports, and records regarding infrastructure solutions
  • Improve, harden, test, implement, monitor, and tune networking software/hardware to ensure optimum systems performance and highlight potential issues
  • Manage the analysis of network traffic data and providing recommendations on performance and security improvements to network infrastructures as appropriate
  • Undertake acceptance tests and commissioning communications systems and equipment
  • Occasional scheduled work at our Business Resumption Site at Bella Vista will be required
  • Work with cyber security team to improve Bank’s protections and remediate vulnerabilities
  • This role may require participation in an on-call support roster and occasional after-hours or weekend work.

About you

  • Degree preferred in IT coupled with Industry accreditations in Cisco and ITIL
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Cisco networking infrastructure covering both Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
  • Strong experience with Firewalls Cisco and/or Palo Alto and applicable management tools to manage such as Cisco Security Manager (CSM) and Firewall Management Centre (FMC).
  • Demonstrated experience managing and supporting F5 BIG-IP environments, including LTM/GTM configuration, traffic management, and application load balancing.
  • Strong communications (data/voice/video) infrastructure experience
  • Proficient in writing policies and procedures and other support documentation
  • Strong experience or willingness to learn: Python and relevant scripting languages to automate activities.
  • Demonstrated experience IAC (Terraform) and Cisco ACI.
  • Good understanding of IT infrastructure and Service Management practices.
  • Knowledge or willingness to learn: Network management tools such as Cisco DNA Centre, Statseeker and Infoblox.
  • Knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN technologies is desirable.

Be More
Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drive the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.
Why RBA?
The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

October 25, 2026

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