Senior Network Engineer, Infrastructure

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and...

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You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If tha...

Build the foundations of our new corporate network, and help design the team structure and size for the future
Maintain, design and deploy Airwallex's global cloud footprint, aligning network requirements to regional demands.
Design, implement, and maintain highly available and secure production network infrastructure (LAN, WAN, VPN, Cloud) across multiple global data centres and cloud regions.
Configure on-prem gateway/router/networking hardware globally, including mixed vendors in some locations
Manage global connectivity over international leased lines and domestic internet connections
Own the configuration and troubleshooting of complex network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and cloud environments.
Act as a first-responder or escalation point for complex network issues, running an incident through to completion and after-action reports.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., CorpSec, ProdSec, Engineering, Product, IT Engineering, Workplace, etc.) to integrate network solutions and support business initiatives.
Work with IT Engineering, IT Support on troubleshooting network issues on endpoints, including basic IT operations support, building a core networking understanding among the team
Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures.
Evaluate and recommend new networking technologies and solutions to stay ahead of our business growth
Participate in a global on-call rotation, providing primary response for production and infrastructure issues
Flexible scheduling (as needed) to support the business and team initiatives -- i.e. participate in pre-scheduled network upgrades, work to minimise business disruption

CCNP / JNCIP level experience showing a strong networking foundation
Demonstrated experience in a multi/mixed networking vendor environment (Juniper, Palo Alto, Cisco, Aruba, etc.) in a global company
Experience and understanding of scripting languages eg: python, bash
Event driven automation experience a plus
Comfortable with declarative infrastructure tools, eg: terraform, git ci/cd pipelines
Strong documentation habits and understanding of change control processes
AWS and/or GCP experience, solid experience with both is a plus.
Understanding of AI assisted workflows and use cases
Solid understanding of command-line configuration of networking hardware and vendors (JunOS, IOS, etc.)
Willingness to learn new technologies and skills
Strong understanding of core BGP and route filtering principals
Outcome oriented approach
Experience in working with greater technical team outside of networking
Ability to translate network technical to non-technical
Strong knowledge of Linux Distributions
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, 5+ years of relevant experience in a similar role
Strong, demonstrated written and verbal English communication skills,
Experience using and understanding of other cloud infrastructure (Aliyun, azure, etc.)
Experience working in all SaaS-based systems and applications
Ability to move fast and urgently, making correct decisions and assumptions – sometimes without all the information
Ability to assess the impact of changes and incidents and manage accordingly
Familiarity with elastic connectivity providers
Familiarity with datacentre providers, access and conduct requirements.
A builder mindset a strong plus
Experience with IPSEC VPN setup and troubleshooting
Experience with fintech, finance and adjacent high availability networks
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