Apply: Senior Network Engineer - Build

Reference: BH-185193
Must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. 
Senior Network Engineer – Build
Team: DCN team
12-Month Contract | Up to $1,000 per day + super
Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office Wednesday: Kogarah - Second day: Parramatta or Sydney CBD (Kent Street) — whichever is closest to home
We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join a Data Centre Networks – Build Team within a large enterprise Secure Network Services environment. This role is build-led and hands-on, supporting major data centre initiatives, network changes, and next-generation switch rollouts.
You’ll be part of a technically strong team delivering complex network builds and migrations, with increasing focus on automation uplift and modern data centre fabrics.

The Role
  • Join a project-based Build Team delivering large-scale data centre initiatives
  • Perform hands-on network build, configuration, and implementation
  • Execute and support network changes, troubleshooting issues across Layer 1–3
  • Support gateway migrations and routing domain transitions
  • Contribute to uplift initiatives by identifying manual processes suitable for automation
  • Work closely with engineering, architecture, and operations teams
Technology Environment
  • Cisco-centric environment (≈90%) – primary fabric and routing platform
  • Next-generation DC switch project introducing Arista (≈10%)
    (Arista experience is an advantage but not essential)
  • VXLAN / EVPN data centre fabrics
  • Enterprise-grade routing and switching
What You’ll Bring
Essential:
  • Senior-level experience as a Network Engineer in enterprise or data centre environments
  • CCIE or equivalent hands-on experience
  • In-depth knowledge of:
  • VXLAN & EVPN
  • BGP (underlay and overlay)
  • Layer 1, 2, and 3 networking
  • Strong experience with network build, changes, and troubleshooting
  • Proven ability to work in project-based delivery teams
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset
Highly Desirable:
  • Strong Cisco data centre experience (Nexus, NX-OS)
  • Exposure to Arista switching (EOS)
  • Experience with gateway migrations and VRS routing domains
  • Scripting or automation exposure using:
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • Familiarity with automation processes and mindset (even if not automation-led)
Culture & Team Fit
  • Hands-on, delivery-focused role
  • Strong emphasis on communication, teamwork, and ownership
  • Engineers are trusted to design, build, change, and troubleshoot
Company Background:

Ethos BeathChapman (EBC) is a global group of executive recruitment experts in Australia, Asia and EMEA, with a broader network beyond. We connect exceptional people to exceptional companies.

EBC’s mid-sized agility and solutions-focused approach enables us to flex where traditional recruitment agencies have failed, and scale beyond the reach of boutiques. Our multidisciplinary expertise covers corporate and specialised functions across Finance, Technology, Commerce and Government recruitment markets, among others.

Established 2005 in Sydney, EBC today has six offices worldwide in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands and the UK. Part of the Nikkei-listed Will Group, Inc, we own Quay Appointments and our staffing and managed solutions specialists, CONNECT.

Let’s connect, and make exceptional happen, together: www.ethosbc.com

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