Permanent

Victoria, Melbourne

IT

Architecture

AU$180000 - AU$210000 per annum + +Super

Jeffrey Alcock

jeffrey.alcock@talenza.com.au

23-09-2026

BBBH22673

Network Architect

We're partnering with a large, complex organisation seeking an experienced Network Architect to provide architectural leadership across a significant infrastructure transformation and redevelopment program.

Working alongside delivery partners, vendors and systems integrators, you'll provide hands-on architectural oversight and assurance across the network environment, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient and fit for purpose.

This is initial 12 month FTC with a significant (3-5 years) program of work following on.

• Provide architectural oversight and assurance across the design and delivery of a complex enterprise network environment.
• Work closely with systems integrators, delivery partners and key technical stakeholders throughout the program.
• Review proposed network designs, challenge where appropriate, and recommend practical alternative approaches.
• Provide technical direction across enterprise networking, Wi-Fi, firewalls and network security.
• Guide the use of software-defined networking, segmentation and micro-segmentation, assessing the benefits and trade-offs of different approaches.
• Ensure network solutions meet business, operational, performance and security requirements.
• Provide pragmatic, real-world architectural guidance rather than purely high-level conceptual design.

You'll be an experienced Network Architect with a strong background designing and delivering networks within large, complex enterprise environments.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Strong Cisco networking architecture and design experience.
• Extensive knowledge of enterprise Wi-Fi, particularly within environments where wireless connectivity is business critical.
• Experience across firewalls, SDN, network segmentation and micro-segmentation.
• Experience designing networks for highly complex, critical or regulated environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge designs and influence technical direction.
• The ability to translate architectural principles into practical, deliverable solutions.
• Experience within clinical, aged care, health care, or similarly complex operational environments would be highly regarded.

This is an excellent opportunity to influence the network architecture underpinning a major transformation program and work across a highly complex, business-critical technology environment.