Senior AWS Network Engineer

at  VERSENT

Are you a Specialist Senior AWS Network Engineer based in Sydney?
Do you hold an AWS Certified Advanced Networking certificate + NV1 Clearance or NV2 Clearance?
If so, we would love to hear from you!!
It’s an exciting time to join Versent as we continue to grow. We have a great opportunity for a specialist Senior AWS Network Engineer to join our Modern Run team
In this role, you will be essential in designing, deploying, and managing advanced network environments for modern applications and workloads for our customer’s platforms.
On a day to day, you’ll work with a team of top-tier experts to provide innovative solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and security. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and significantly impact our clients’ success.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Client Engagement: Collaborate with clients to understand their modern application requirements, manage network solutions that align with their cloud-native strategies, and ensure client satisfaction through effective communication and problem-solving.
• Network Design and Implementation: Manage and improve high-performance, resilient, and scalable network solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudFront, Elastic Load Balancing (NLB/ALB) Global Accelerator, and Network Firewall. Drive the adoption of best practices and standards.
• Network Security: Manage comprehensive security measures, including web application firewalls (WAF), intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), network segmentation, and security groups, to protect client infrastructure and applications. Conduct regular security audits and compliance checks.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor network performance and health, proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, and optimize network configurations for optimal efficiency and responsiveness. Use advanced monitoring tools and analytics to predict and prevent issues.
• Modernization and Automation: Lead the modernization of legacy network environments, automate network provisioning, configuration management, and scaling using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. Champion the adoption of DevOps practices.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest trends in networking and cloud technologies, evaluate and implement emerging solutions to enhance the performance and capabilities of client networks. Participate in industry forums, conferences, and training sessions to continuously enhance your skills.

Key Skills required:

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering, with at least 3 years of experience working with AWS networking services and modern cloud architectures. Proven track record of successful project delivery and innovation in network design.
• Security Clearance: NV1 or NV2 clearance would be advantageous or be prepared to get the clearance for this role.
• Certifications: AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty certification or equivalent experience. Additional relevant certifications (e.g., CCNP, CISSP) are a plus.
• Technical Skills: In-depth knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF), routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancing. Proficiency in scripting/programming languages (Python, Bash) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK). Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK Stack).
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve complex network issues in modern cloud environments. Experience with root cause analysis and incident management.
• Client Focus: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with clients and internal teams. Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and deliver high-quality service.

Our Culture
No cool cliques, just motivated passionate humans generating ideas and devising solutions in a creative, collaborative workspace. We’re building a team and looking for people who can think outside the square and deliver what others might consider impossible.
At Versent, we embrace the notion of Family: working together to achieve outstanding success.
What we offer you

At Versent we invest in our people, with benefits such as:

• Competitive salary package
• Working in a flexible, outcome-driven environment. Outside of client obligations, you can work from the office or home as needed. Also, leave the suit and tie behind and put on a Versent T-shirt instead.
• Weekly internal tech talks; all streamed and recorded so those who can’t make it to the office can still participate. For those who do make it, there’s pizza, beer, wine and soft drinks on tap
• Regular social events, meetups and guest speakers organised and facilitated by our team
• A supportive family culture - If you need help, just ask
• Celebration of the wins – big or small, because we know how hard you work.

And finally, we believe that every human is equal, across every dimension, and we function as an unbiased meritocracy. We strive to have Inclusion front and centre in how we operate and embed the fundamentals of tolerance and understanding in everything we do. This core belief is woven into all our policies.
Curious?
but honestly, we are more interested in you!

• Client Engagement: Collaborate with clients to understand their modern application requirements, manage network solutions that align with their cloud-native strategies, and ensure client satisfaction through effective communication and problem-solving.
• Network Design and Implementation: Manage and improve high-performance, resilient, and scalable network solutions on AWS, leveraging services such as VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudFront, Elastic Load Balancing (NLB/ALB) Global Accelerator, and Network Firewall. Drive the adoption of best practices and standards.
• Network Security: Manage comprehensive security measures, including web application firewalls (WAF), intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), network segmentation, and security groups, to protect client infrastructure and applications. Conduct regular security audits and compliance checks.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor network performance and health, proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, and optimize network configurations for optimal efficiency and responsiveness. Use advanced monitoring tools and analytics to predict and prevent issues.
• Modernization and Automation: Lead the modernization of legacy network environments, automate network provisioning, configuration management, and scaling using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. Champion the adoption of DevOps practices.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest trends in networking and cloud technologies, evaluate and implement emerging solutions to enhance the performance and capabilities of client networks. Participate in industry forums, conferences, and training sessions to continuously enhance your skills