Network DevOps Engineer

About the role

Experis is recruiting, on behalf of a leading enterprise organisation, a Network DevOps Engineer for its Network Services team in Sydney CBD. This is a fixed-term contract running through to 30 April 2028, with a hybrid working arrangement. The role focuses on network automation, DevOps and cyber security, helping to evolve enterprise networking through Network as Code, Infrastructure as Code, vulnerability management, security hardening and cloud-connected networking.

Key responsibilities

• Engineer and support enterprise LAN, WAN, data centre and cloud-connected network environments
• Develop and maintain network automation using Python, Ansible and REST APIs
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and Network as Code practices
• Automate configuration management, compliance validation and vulnerability remediation
• Improve network security baselines and hardening standards
• Work with Cyber Security teams to identify and remediate vulnerabilities
• Support incident resolution, problem management and production changes
• Contribute to solution design, implementation planning and technical documentation
• Integrate network platforms with tools such as ServiceNow, Tenable and Microsoft Defender

Required profile

• Strong enterprise networking experience combined with a passion for automation and DevOps
• Experience supporting highly available production environments
• Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, security and delivery teams

Required skills

• Enterprise routing and switching, LAN/WAN and network security
• Python, Ansible and API-based automation
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Azure DevOps, Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Vulnerability remediation, network hardening and configuration compliance
• Preferred: Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco ACI, Cisco ISE, Cisco Nexus, Cisco SD-WAN, Palo Alto, Fortinet, F5 BIG-IP, ServiceNow, Tenable, Microsoft Defender, Azure networking

What we offer

• Fixed-term contract through to 30 April 2028
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Work on large-scale network modernisation initiatives
• Exposure to automation and security technologies and a collaborative technical team