ABOUT THE TEAM

The Corporate Network team is one of the Cyber Security Engineering pods responsible for delivering Xero’s underlying network infrastructure for our beautiful offices, seamless communication and work from anywhere methodology.

OUR PURPOSE

At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

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• Develop, implement and manage scalable, reliable and secure network architectures such as SASE, ZTNA, DLP, CASB, SWG and SD-WAN.

• Assess, design and enforce security protocols to protect the network from potential threats and meet compliance requirements (SOC2 and ISO27001).
• Automate security configurations and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to reduce operational overhead and improve reliability.
• Perform routine assessments and optimize network devices (firewall, switches, access points) to enhance performance and reliability.
• Perform capacity planning and implement upgrades to accommodate future network growth.
• Drive troubleshooting efforts and manage incident response to minimise downtime and disruptions to Xero’s operations.
• Ensure network documentation is up to date along with periodic reviewing of network configuration and analyzing performance reports.
• Engage in stakeholder and relationship management, working closely with security, IT, work experience teams and associated vendors.
• Apply a strong background in supporting high-availability network security for BAU operations and delivering solutions in project-driven environments.
• Lead incident response efforts related to network security breaches, misconfigurations, and policy violations, ensuring minimal downtime and risk exposure.
• Provide coaching and mentorship, helping teach small groups of engineers and contributing to Xero’s shared knowledge base.
• Participate in the 24/7 on-call roster as required.