Associate Network Engineer

This position is open to all permanent, temporary and casual NSW Health employees
Associate Network Engineer - HWAN Delivery Team
(Health Manager Level 2)

• Temporary Full Time for up to 12 months
• Chatswood, St Leonards, or Charlestown
• In-office presence with hybrid flexibility for work-life balance
• Attractive salary, $114,251 – $134, % Super and annual leave loading
• Join the team supporting network deployment and upgrades at various LHDs

Applications Close
: 11:59pm, 7 December 2025

About Us – EHealth NSW
At eHealth NSW, we're leading the digital transformation of Australia's largest health system. As NSW Health's digital centre of excellence, we design, build and support world-class ICT solutions that improve patient care across the state.

Guided by a Cloud First Strategy, we're harnessing digital technology to better patient care and deliver scalable, quality, patient-centred, digital healthcare. With your skills and experience, you can help enrich the lives of millions while developing your career within Australia's largest health organisation—alongside passionate tech professionals, health partners and industry leaders building solutions that truly make a difference.

About The Opportunity
As an
Associate Network Engineer
in the HWAN Delivery Team, eHealth NSW, you will play a key role in supporting and securing network infrastructure across NSW Health. You'll collaborate with internal teams, customers and vendors to deliver high-quality network solutions and resolve complex issues.

This role involves
configuring
and
managing
network devices (routers, switches, firewalls, out-of-band management) within a mixed-vendor environment (Cisco, Fortinet, CradlePoint, OpenGear) and performing network migrations, upgrades and decommissions. Occasional after-hours work may be required to support key initiatives.

In This Role You Will

• Generate and apply configuration to network devices within a mixed-vendor environment
• Create Network designs, complete technical handover checklists, change implementation plans and other artefacts required by the project.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, eHealth NSW customers and third-party vendors to plan, test, troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues.
• Participate in planning meetings with eHealth NSW project managers to schedule changes, reviews and customer migrations.
• Manage IP subnet allocations across the eHealth NSW WAN and LAN subnets for eHealth NSW managed network customers.
• Adhere to Change Management process strictly.
• Commitment to the Team's continuous improvement process, contributing ideas and identifying ways to improve systems and processes.
• Ensure that network devices are monitored and that network documentation is complete and up to date.
• Provide training if required to both technical and non-technical staff.

About You
You're a detail-oriented communicator with:

• Cisco CCNA level certification (Routing & Switching) or equivalent experience
• Exposure to other networking vendors (Fortinet, Cradlepoint) highly regarded
• Intermediate knowledge of BGP routing and tunnelling protocols (GRE, IPSec)
• Experience with IPv4 address management (DHCP, Infoblox)
• Familiarity with network automation tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Python scripting)
• Experience in managing tasks in ServiceNow and documenting work.
• Exposure to Agile – Kanban way of working is an added advantage.

How To Apply
Please submit your
cover letter
and
resume
(up to 5 pages), highlighting your relevant skills and experience.

We welcome the use of AI tools in applications but encourage you to let your personality shine through—we want to get to know the person behind the resume

For questions about the role or recruitment process, including adjustments, contact our Talent Advisor or Hiring Manager, Daniel J and quote REQ622801.

Applications will be reviewed after the closing date. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to participate in further assessments.

Need more information?

• Position Description
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• Learn more about us at eHealth NSW

Working at eHealth
Our people are at the heart of who we are. We support our people with great benefits so they can enrich health in millions of ways every day such as flexible work options, professional growth and career development, allocated day off per month, salary packaging and various health and wellbeing programs to support our team.

Additional Information

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
• To be eligible for this role you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia).
• If you reside outside of NSW, please confirm in your application you are willing to relocate should you be successful for the role