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Network Engineering - Engineer

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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-25 242 Exhibition St Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$6,667–A$10,000/mo

About the Company

Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 21 Sept 2026 11:59pm Job Title Network Engineering - Engineer Job Summary The Network Engineer is an important contributor in ensuring that the Telstra network delivers a superior network experience for our consumer and business customers. You use your telecommunications network skills and experience to contribute to specialist analysis, design, development and deployment in specific network technology domains, including how this technology inter-operates with other technologies. Job Description We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network. This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you, and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises well-being and choice. Here's what you can expect from us Flexible working. Wherever you live, choose where, when, and how you work so you can be at your best. There when life happens. From Gender Affirmation Leave to Telstra's Additional Leave Day, we give you time to spend away from work when you need it most. Pay for performance. We recognize outstanding contributions through our generous incentive programs. Parental Leave. A gender-equal policy for parents so you can choose how and when you take your leave (16 weeks full pay or

Responsibilities

  • ● This is how you'll bring the purpose of your role to life.
  • ● Configure, deploy, and maintain jumphost platforms (e.g., MobBOSS, Shared Boss) that provide secure access and operational tooling for network environments
  • ● Support the implementation of security controls and remediations, ensuring alignment with enterprise cyber security standards (e.g., MFA, access control, hardening)
  • ● Execute platform lifecycle activities, including:
  • ● Build and onboarding of new environments
  • ● Patch management and upgrades
  • ● Decommissioning of legacy infrastructure
  • ● Assist in delivering key platform initiatives such as:
  • ● Jumphost rebuild and modernisation
  • ● Security uplift across shared and domain-specific environments
  • ● Ensure secure connectivity and access management for network devices:
  • ● SSH/telnet access control
  • ● Configuration backup and network tooling support
  • ● Monitor and troubleshoot network, platform, and access issues impacting management services environments
  • ● Support operational activities, including incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration.
  • ● Collaborate with:
  • ● Cyber Security teams for compliance and risk mitigation
  • ● Identity and access teams for authentication and access models
  • ● Network and platform teams for integrated service delivery
  • ● Maintain and build expertise on Telstra's networks and products, technologies, and operating systems.

Requirements

  • ● To be successful in the role, you'll bring skills and experience in:
  • ● A degree in Network/Telecommunications/Systems Engineering and previous experience in network engineering roles with a minimum of 5 years' work experience.
  • ● Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (IP, routing, DNS, firewalls) and enterprise network environments (e.g., CMN, RDN, EDN concepts)
  • ● Strong knowledge of security standards and frameworks, with the ability to translate them into practical controls, drive best practices, and proactively identify and remediate gaps across enterprise environments.
  • ● Experienced in SNMP v2/v3 discovery, with the ability to capture and maintain accurate inventory data, ensuring data integrity and continuity across network environments.
  • ● Proven experience in:
  • ● Supporting jumphost / bastion host platforms
  • ● Network access and operational support systems
  • ● Integrating jumphost/ bastion host platforms with MFA.
  • ● System Administration:
  • ● Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS preferred)
  • ● User access management, SSH configuration, and privilege control
  • ● Server patching, OS hardening, and security baseline enforcement
  • ● System performance monitoring and troubleshooting
  • ● Log management and analysis (syslog, system logs)
  • ● Backup and restore processes for system and configuration data
  • ● Knowledge of:
  • ● Network security and access control (SSH, LDAP, MFA concepts)
  • ● Security compliance and remediation practices
  • ● Scripting (bash, Python)