Network Engineer – Cloud & Automation | 6 Month Contract | Macquarie Park

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join a large enterprise environment on a 6-month contract in Macquarie Park.

This is a hands-on network engineering role requiring strong traditional networking expertise combined with modern cloud networking and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

You’ll need strong experience across:

Core Networking

• Strong expertise in TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF routing protocols, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, and VPN configurations.

Cloud Networking

• Expertise in virtual networks, VPC peering, transit gateways, load balancers, and cloud NAT/gateways across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Hybrid Connectivity

• Experience setting up secure enterprise extensions using AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, or dedicated cloud interconnects.

Infrastructure as Code – ESSENTIAL

• Proficiency in automating network provisioning using tools like Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation.

Security & Automation

• Implementation of network security groups, firewalls, zero-trust architectures, and Identity and Access Management policies 

• Proven ability to design and optimise Data Network and Security infrastructure within complex, large-scale, multi-site enterprise environments.
• Typically 3–5 years’ hands-on experience across traditional network engineering and cloud infrastructure management.
• Demonstrated experience designing and deploying highly available, fault-tolerant and scalable multi-region cloud network topologies.
• Traditional networking certifications such as CCIE, CCNP or CCDP are also desirable.

If this sounds like you, or you know someone who would be a good fit, we encourage you to apply NOW!

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home, nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together, one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave, initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint, industry and partner training programs, special interest groups, and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career, we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer, and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve.We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

We’ve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks