Apply: Senior Network Automation / Build Engineer

Reference: BH-185115
Senior Network Engineer | Network Automation Engineer | Network Engineer (Build) 

Length: 12-Month Contract - potetnial to go perm 
Rate: $1,050 per day + super |
Hybrid model: 2 days per week in the office, 3 days working from home
Office days: Mandtory - Wednesday: Kogarah and Second day: Your choice of Parramatta or Sydney CBD (Kent Street) - whichever is closest to home

We’re recruiting an experienced Senior Network Automation / Build Engineer for a high-priority transformation project within a large enterprise environment. This is a hands-on contract role suited to someone who is equally comfortable building and implementing network infrastructure as they are automating it.

While the role has a strong automation focus, the successful contractor must be flexible and happy to switch between network build, implementation, and automation as required by the project. 

The Role You’ll join a high-performing Data Centre Network Services – Build & Automation team, working closely with architecture, engineering, build, run teams and project managers.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Hands-on network build and implementation across complex environments
  • Developing and maintaining Python-based automation for routing, traffic, and configuration
  • Supporting large-scale network migration projects, including international components
  • Automating manual change processes to improve efficiency and reliability
  • Contributing to the automation roadmap while remaining delivery-focused
  • Working across both project and BAU uplift activities

What You’ll Bring Essential:
  • Strong automation mindset — Python experience is essential
  • 5+ years’ experience in enterprise or data centre networking
  • Proven experience in network build, implementation, and migration
  • Hands-on experience with version control (GitHub, Bitbucket)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Experience with network automation frameworks such as:
    • PyATS, Ansible, Nornir, Netmiko, ROBOT Framework

Highly Desirable:
  • Strong knowledge of VxLAN, EVPN, or overlay networking technologies
  • Cisco routing and switching expertise (BGP, OSPF, STP, NX-OS, Nexus 9K)
  • Experience with data centre fabrics and orchestration tools (NDFC / DCNM)
  • Vendor certifications (CCNP or CCIE)
  • Firewall experience (Juniper SRX, CheckPoint, Fortinet, NSX)

Desirable:
  • Familiarity with ITIL change processes and ServiceNow
  • Exposure to cloud networking (AWS / Azure)
  • Knowledge of F5 load balancing, DNS, PKI / Crypto

If you’re a hands-on network engineer who enjoys building networks as much as automating them, and you thrive in fast-paced transformation projects - this is an outstanding opportunity.
Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.
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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