Network Automation Engineer – Remote

ABOUT US 

Hampshire Property Group is a family-owned business, established in 2006, with a strong national presence in land lease living, holiday parks, and communities across Australia. We are committed to creating vibrant, community-focused environments where people can live well and explore their own backyard.  

Our success is built on shared values that guide how we work every day:  Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, Innovation, Quality, and Customer Focus. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

This is a hands-on technical role responsible for designing, implementing, administering, automating and optimising network and systems infrastructure across our Australian and New Zealand operations. The core focus is ISP-grade routing and switching, resilient WAN and LAN architecture, repeatable automation, monitoring, configuration management and secure multi-site connectivity.

As our Network Engineer – Routing, Switching and Automation, you’ll work closely with the Head of Infrastructure and the broader IT team to deliver reliable, scalable and well-documented services across holiday parks, villages, communities and shared services environments. You’ll also support wireless PTP and PTMP networks, cloud-adjacent systems, operational technology connectivity and second- and third-level technical escalations.

You will combine deep engineering capability with a practical automation mindset: solving complex incidents, standardising configurations, improving observability and making infrastructure changes safer, faster and more repeatable.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING 

• Design, document, implement and maintain routed and switched network architectures across complex multi-site environments.
• Administer and optimise Layer 2 and Layer 3 services including VLANs, trunks, inter-VLAN routing, IP addressing, NAT, QoS, firewall boundaries and segmentation.
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, static routing, MPLS, VPNs and site-to-site connectivity, with engineering input into resilience, failover, capacity and service migration.
• Support fibre, NBN, fixed wireless, Ethernet, SIP carriage and business-grade internet services, working technically with carriers and ISPs to improve performance and reliability.
• Design and maintain network automation using Python, PowerShell, Ansible, APIs, templating, Git, structured data and repeatable deployment workflows.
• Automate inventory, configuration backup and deployment, compliance checks, firmware reporting and routine operations using safe change controls, testing, logging and rollback practices.
• Integrate source-of-truth, asset, monitoring and documentation platforms, and develop reusable standards for routers, switches, firewalls, wireless controllers, VLANs, DHCP, DNS and monitoring profiles.
• Monitor infrastructure using telemetry, SNMP, syslog, NetFlow or equivalent data sources, dashboards and alerting platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex outages, routing instability, switching loops, packet loss, latency, bandwidth constraints, asymmetric routing and application connectivity issues.
• Apply security-first network design for corporate, guest, voice, CCTV, vendor and management networks through segmentation, firewalling, bandwidth controls and secure remote access.
• Design, deploy and optimise Wi-Fi and PTP/PTMP wireless networks, including RF planning, link configuration, subscriber modules, channel planning, firmware lifecycle and fault resolution.
• Support Linux-based infrastructure and operational platforms such as Proxmox, Ubuntu, Docker services, LibreNMS and related monitoring tools.
• Lead and support the infrastructure components of site upgrades, onboarding, network modernisation, ISP migrations, SIP changes and technology transformation programs.
• Coordinate vendors, contractors, ISPs and internal teams; maintain network diagrams, IP allocations, configuration repositories, implementation guides, runbooks and service records.
• Continuously improve network reliability, automation maturity, monitoring quality, security posture, standards and operational documentation, including proof-of-concept work for emerging technologies.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING 

• Demonstrated experience in network engineering, ISP or carrier-style routing and switching, and systems administration roles.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of VLANs, trunks, inter-VLAN routing, static routing, OSPF and/or BGP, NAT, VPNs, QoS, firewall policy and network segmentation.
• Experience supporting multi-site WAN and LAN environments across fibre, business internet, fixed wireless, MPLS, VPN and diverse carrier or ISP services.
• Practical experience with MikroTik RouterOS, Ruckus switching and Wi-Fi, Ubiquiti UniFi and UISP, Cambium Networks, Grandstream or comparable platforms.
• Experience implementing network automation or operational scripting using Python, PowerShell, Ansible, APIs, Git, templating, structured data or infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, configuration backup, network inventory, documentation and operational runbooks.
• Advanced troubleshooting capability across routing, switching, wireless, WAN, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, Linux and application connectivity.
• Experience administering Linux systems and network operations platforms such as Proxmox, Ubuntu, LibreNMS, Docker-based services or equivalent tools.
• Experience supporting CCTV networks, IP camera deployments, voice networks and secure remote access for operational systems.
• Working knowledge of PTP and PTMP wireless architecture, RF fundamentals, subscriber module deployment and wireless fault resolution.
• A strong commitment to documentation, configuration control, secure change, reliability and operational resilience.
• Clear written and verbal communication, strong customer focus and the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a small, high-performing IT team.

Desirable experience or exposure includes:

• Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure services and identity or access governance.
• NetBox, Snipe-IT, LibreNMS, UISP, cnMaestro, source control, automation pipelines or similar operational platforms.
• Hospitality, holiday parks, residential communities, utilities, telco, ISP, managed services or other high-availability distributed environments.
• VOIP and SIP services, session border concepts, Yealink devices, carrier voice migrations and Cloudflare DNS or security services.
• ITIL and structured change management, Power Platform, Power Automate, Microsoft Copilot or other AI-enabled workflow tools.
• Certifications such as CCNA, MikroTik MTCNA/MTCRE, CompTIA Network+, JNCIA, Cambium or Ruckus accreditation, or equivalent practical experience.

WHY WORK WITH US? 

• Join a trusted, family-owned business with a growing national footprint 
• Work in a Shared Services environment with autonomy, flexibility and meaningful operational impact 
• Be part of a collaborative IT team supporting operations across Australia and New Zealand 
• Get set up for success with company-provided IT equipment 
• Access our AI Ambassador program to build future-ready skills 
• Be recognised through multiple reward and recognition initiatives 
• Connect through a dedicated culture committee that keeps our remote teams engaged 

HOW TO APPLY 

If this sounds like your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. 

Click ‘Apply Now’ to submit your CV. 

Please note: Successful candidates will be required to complete a National Police Check as part of the pre-employment process. 

We thank all applicants in advance for applying, however only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview. To show that you’ve fully read this job spec, please include the phrase correct horse battery staple in your application. 

Please note we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.