Company DescriptionNavitas is a leading global education provider. We deliver an extensive range of educational services to a diverse community of learners across a global network of campuses. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Corporate IT division and play a key role in shaping our global infrastructure.

Job DescriptionNetwork Engineer

• Location: Perth, WA
• Work Type: Full Time
• Salary/Package: Competitive Remuneration

About Navitas

Navitas is a leading global education provider. We deliver an extensive range of educational services to a diverse community of learners across a global network of campuses. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Corporate IT division and play a key role in shaping our global infrastructure.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a high-caliber Network Engineer to provide strategic technical guidance and advanced support across Navitas' global WAN, LAN, Security, and VoIP domains.

Reporting directly to the Global Network Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving network automation, executing major infrastructure upgrades, and shaping our future technology roadmaps. This position offers a strong blend of technical execution, vendor collaboration and team mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Support: Act as an escalation point for the network team; monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot the global enterprise WAN, LAN, Security, and VoIP environments.
• Projects & Upgrades: Contribute to major network deployments, site expansions, hardware refreshes, and architecture enhancements.
• Network Design & Strategy: Influence technology roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and collaborate with business leaders and external vendors.
• Automation & Continual Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for network automation using Python scripting and Ansible playbooks to streamline manual tasks, introduce predictable, code-driven, repeatable changes, and improve service delivery. Standardize global configurations through programmatic templating to enhance operational efficiency and minimize manual configuration errors.
• Mentorship: Support and mentor junior team members while fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Documentation: Maintain high-quality IT network diagrams, deployment standards, and procedural knowledge-base resources.
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