Principal Network Engineer

Newcastle, NSW, Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia Melbourne, VIC, Australia Fixed Term - Time Specific Closing on: Aug 28 2026

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Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment Fixed-Term Opportunity (12 Months) Flexible/Hybrid working arrangements Available

About The Role

The Principal Connectivity Engineer is a senior, hands-on technical leader responsible for the architecture, implementation, optimisation, and operational support of Calvary's enterprise connectivity platforms.

The role provides expert technical leadership across SD-WAN, firewalls, wireless networking (WiFi), load balancing, and core network infrastructure. It leads the delivery of complex technical initiatives, drives continuous improvement of connectivity services, and serves as the highest level of technical escalation within the Connectivity Engineering team.

As a deeply technical engineering role, the Principal Connectivity Engineer remains actively engaged in solution design, engineering, troubleshooting, and service optimisation. The majority of the role is focused on designing, building, and enhancing enterprise connectivity capabilities, with people leadership limited to technical mentoring and guidance rather than formal people management.

Your main duties will include:

Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of enterprise network solutions.Serve as the senior technical authority for SD-WAN, firewalls, WiFi, and load balancing.Perform hands-on configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and major incident remediation.Drive network standardisation, automation, and platform simplification.Produce technical designs, implementation plans, and operational documentation.Deliver strategic network transformation initiatives (SD-WAN, WiFi, firewalls, load balancers, cloud connectivity).Provide Level 3/4 support and improve reliability through root cause analysis and permanent fixes.Ensure network platforms remain secure, resilient, compliant, and supported.Mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and review technical designs.Provide technical leadership and advisory support throughout project lifecycles and to senior stakeholders.

About You

Minimum 10 years' experience in enterprise network engineering.Experience working within a mid-sized corporate organisation (500–5,000 users) operating multiple sites and critical business services.Extensive hands-on experience designing and supporting:SD-WAN solutionsEnterprise firewallsEnterprise WiFi platformsApplication delivery controllers (Load Balancers)Strong troubleshooting capability across complex multi-vendor environments.Experience implementing connectivity solutions in production environments.Strong understanding of:Routing and SwitchingBGP and OSPFNetwork SecurityCloud NetworkingVPN TechnologiesDNS and DHCPInternet Connectivity
For further information please contact National Recruitment at National.Recruitment@calvarycare.org.au

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter.

With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.

Your benefits:

NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships Paid parental leave Training, development pathways and career opportunitiesFlexible hours that make sense for you

As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.

Please note the following:

As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role You will be required to provide evidence of immunisation as required for your role

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