Contractor Network Engineer (6 months)
Contact Energy is hiring a remote Contractor Network Engineer (6 months). The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting Wellington, New Zealand based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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About the role:
- Supporting agile delivery squads on prioritised projects – designing, documenting, and implementing network solutions.
- Overseeing provisioning, installation, and upgrades of data and voice communication networks.
- Diagnosing and troubleshooting network & firewall issues and recommending performance improvements.
- Reviewing and endorsing vendor work, especially our network service provider’s, to ensure it meets Contact’s standards.
- Mentoring others in networking & security and helping shape the future of our infrastructure.
- Potentially travelling occasionally to generation sites to support urgent faults or clean-up work.
About you:
- CCNA Professional certification (or similar).
- 5+ years’ experience in enterprise networks.
- Strong technical knowledge of LANs, WANs, switches, firewalls, routers, and protocols.
- Familiarity with Aruba, Checkpoint, and Cisco systems.
- Ability to analyse traffic, troubleshoot issues, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in the energy or telco sectors (Nice-to-have).
- Scripting and automation skills (Nice-to-have).
You’re a team player who thrives on variety and problem-solving. You’re not afraid to jump from a project into a fault fix, and you enjoy using your brainpower to figure things out. You’re curious about how Contact operates and want to understand the bigger picture. You’re someone who can manage competing priorities, set clear expectations, and build strong relationships across the business.
This is a 6-month fixed term contract backfilling one of our Network Engineers while he focuses on a specific project.