Lead Engineer (Routing Infrastructure)

Location: Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia; hybrid arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote or from home.

Company

hirify.global operates a national and international telecommunications network supporting mobile, fixed, and business services across Australia.

What you will do

• Lead the detailed design and lifecycle evolution of hirify.global’s Internet routing infrastructure.
• Serve as technical lead and subject matter expert for complex routing initiatives, topology design, platform evolution, and multivendor engineering.
• Produce detailed designs, configurations, test plans, implementation and rollback procedures, and operational handover documentation.
• Lead lab testing, solution validation, production implementation, troubleshooting, and deployment assurance.
• Drive network automation, telemetry, and observability to improve repeatability and operational visibility.
• Provide technical assurance, mentor engineers, collaborate with architecture, operations, projects, and vendors, and communicate technical risks and recommendations.

Requirements

• Degree in Telecommunications Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• 7+ years of service-provider, hyperscale, or large-scale Internet network engineering experience, including senior IP or Internet network design responsibilities.
• Deep practical expertise in BGP/MP-BGP, routing policy, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, SRv6, traffic engineering, and network resilience.
• Hands-on experience designing, configuring, testing, and troubleshooting Cisco and/or Juniper service-provider routing platforms.
• Experience designing scalable and resilient Internet networks, including peering, transit, content connectivity, capacity planning, and routing security.
• Experience with network automation, telemetry, and observability, including Python, Ansible, streaming telemetry, and NetFlow/IPFIX.
• Ability to translate architecture and service requirements into detailed designs, test plans, implementation procedures, and operational handover documentation.
• Strong engineering judgement, technical communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice to have

• Relevant Cisco or Juniper certifications.
• Knowledge of DDoS, DNS/Anycast, SDN, and optical transport technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working with three office days and two remote or home-working days.
• Competitive remuneration, employee discounts, $80 monthly credit, and 25% off hirify.global products.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional Connected days and up to 16 weeks of carer-neutral paid parental leave.
• Access to hirify.global U micro-credentials developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Employee-led diversity networks and free 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support.
• Inclusive equal-employment recruitment process with accessibility adjustments available on request.