FinXL IT Professional Services is a leading IT consultancy that partners with clients to bridge the gap between business needs and technology capabilities. Since 2003, we've been delivering high-value ICT services across government, finance, telecommunications, and enterprise sectors.

FinXL IT is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to join our consulting team and be deployed with a leading government client on a key transformation engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design canonical role/subnet/service object models for ASA/CSM and ACI/APIC.

• Validate and sign off candidate rules; lead passive and canary deployments.

• Produce runbooks, emergency rollback procedures, and change control artefacts for automated pushes.

• Configure and manage F5 GTM and LTM for application traffic distribution and load balancing.

• Integrate F5 solutions into migration designs ensuring high availability and disaster recovery compliance.

• Develop and maintain network automation scripts and workflows using Python and Terraform.

• Monitor post‑deploy telemetry and authorise reverts when SLA thresholds exceed limits.

Key Skills & Experience

• Deep experience with SD-WAN, Cisco ASA, Cisco ACI, and APIC REST/API models; practical CSM experience

• Proven design and execution of enterprise firewall policy rollouts.

• Strong troubleshooting and capacity planning skills.

• Hands-on experience with F5 GTM (Global Traffic Manager) and LTM (Local Traffic Manager).

• Proficiency in network automation using Python and Terraform.

• CCNP/CCIE or equivalent (desirable).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for network automation (desirable).

What's On Offer?

• Initial 12 months contract, with a view to extend
• Located in Sydney CBD, and hybrid working arrangement (2-3 days in the office)
• Lead complex network transformation using Cisco ACI, ASA, and F5 technologies.
• Drive innovation through hands-on Python and Terraform automation.
• High-impact role in the banking sector, shaping design and mentoring engineers.

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please submit your CV via SEEK. Please note that due to the volume of responses, only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

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