Senior Systems Engineer - Network at Government Communications Security Bureau, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Our work is secret, but the reason for our success isn't. It's our people. And we are just like you. We are ordinary people. But together, we are doing extraordinary things to protect New Zealand and New Zealanders.

We are looking for Senior Systems Engineers with a passion and demonstrated expertise in designing and engineering enterprise scale LAN/WAN, automation and high-availability solutions.

• Fortinet Network Security Expert (NSE) Level 7 or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise OR proven equivalent experience
• Proven experience in configuring and managing switches, firewalls and routers
• Experience in WAN based routing technologies such as BGP added advantage
• Experience with the use of automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform and the concepts of Infrastructure-as-Code to manage network elements
• Ability to work as a member of a project team, taking responsibility for delivering significant portions of detailed designs given an existing high level design
• Proven technical leadership experience, a good team player, and a coach and mentor
• Proven documentation skills and experience with cyber security processes
• Proven experience in ITIL and IT service management
• And customer centricity!

There is also an opportunity available for a Senior DevOps Engineer - Linux which we are advertising separately.

This is a great opportunity to join an expert team of Computer and Network Defence (CND) Systems Engineers specialising in cybersecurity. The technology and our mission are extraordinary, fulfilling and challenging.

There is also the added bonus of enhanced leave, enhanced parental leave and support, health insurance subsidy, gym, vision-care, and generous professional development to further your career.

We offer our people comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours and great work-life balance. Let us help you become Beyond Ordinary.