About the Role 

The Network Specialist will provide expert technical support and management of the client’s network infrastructure and vendor network equipment, ensuring reliable service delivery, alignment with current and future business requirements, effective stakeholder engagement, and the ongoing currency and maintainability of the client’s network environment.

Key Responsibilities 

• Supporting and maintaining network equipment from vendors including HPE, CISCO, FortiGate, Palo Alto and Peplink.
• Managing and supporting Network Security technologies and services.
• Supporting Virtualised networking products and environments.
• Administering and troubleshooting LAN, MAN and WAN environments.
• Managing and supporting Carrier circuits.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting Physical connectivity issues.
• Providing specialist support for CISCO focusing on MPLS, IPsec and other Enterprise WAN and LAN implementations.
• Administering and utilising Network Management and Monitoring Solutions including SNMP, Syslog, TACACS, etc.

Skills/Experience 

• Contemporary broad network domain knowledge and technical skills including experience working in a multi-vendor environment – including but not limited to HPE, Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Peplink.
• Exceptional communication and engagement skills with a range of stakeholders, including senior users.
• Experience administering secure networks compliant with the Australian Government Information Security Manual.
• Proficiency in translating business requirements into technical capabilities.
• Experience using automation tools for the management of network and server infrastructure
• Experience implementing network management and monitoring solutions ie. DCIM, SNMP, SYSLOG, Authentication, NTP.

Desirable criteria

• Strong experience with Cisco implementations of BGP, MPLS, IPSEC, QoS, and other enterprise WAN and LAN technologies.
• Strong experience with Palo Alto Networks NGFW including Global Protect VPN, User-ID, App-ID, Content-ID, and Panorama centralised management.
• Strong experience administering Linux servers including management of proxies, DNS, web servers, host-based firewall and AV tools.

WHO WE ARE 

Kirra Services is a leading provider of IT services and recruitment personnel, headquartered in Canberra, ACT. Award-winning winners of the Seek SARA 2025 Small Recruitment Company of the Year, we partner closely with a range of Federal Government agencies and are continuously seeking talented professionals to join our growing team.  

Kirra Services is proudly SupplyNation Certified and majority Indigenous-owned. We are committed to creating opportunities for all Australians and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply for all roles.