Senior Network Analyst

About the role

Hunter New England Local Health District is seeking an experienced Senior Network Analyst to lead its enterprise network environment and protect the infrastructure supporting patient care across the Hunter New England region. The role provides technical leadership within the Network Team and covers a complex, geographically distributed health network. It is a temporary full-time position until July 2027, 38 hours per week, based in Charlestown.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance within the Network Team
• Ensure efficient, customer-focused support and timely escalation of complex issues
• Lead and take part in network architecture and design initiatives delivering highly available, fault-tolerant solutions for clinical and corporate systems
• Research, test and advise on emerging technologies
• Support infrastructure projects across diverse and remote sites
• Take part in an on-call roster
• Drive continual service improvement aligned to ITIL service management frameworks

Required profile

• Relevant tertiary qualifications, industry certifications or equivalent experience
• Experience leading or contributing to infrastructure architecture and design workshops
• Proven ability to manage vendors and third-party providers
• Eligibility to drive in NSW and willingness to travel across sites as required
• For permanent employment, Australian citizenship, Australian permanent residency or a New Zealand passport; temporary visa holders may only be offered employment if no suitable local candidate is found

Required skills

• BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, VLANs, ARP, Spanning Tree
• Aruba Networks, Extreme Networks and FortiGate products
• DNS, DHCP, Network Access Control, VPNs and Next Generation Firewalls
• Enterprise wireless and mobility (802.11)
• VoIP/UC architecture, SIP trunking, SBCs and QoS/DSCP

What we offer

• Remuneration of $122,919 to $142,561 per year plus salary packaging
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Paid parental leave for eligible employees
• Salary packaging options up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
• Fitness Passport with discounted gym options
• Employee Assistance Program