DontApply.Club
Login Register

Network Engineering Team Lead

Autonomairecruitment — Australia · Posted ~1 week ago

Lead Visa Sponsored

Skills

Network engineering Network architecture Data center networking WAN Colocation networking Technical leadership Team management Performance optimization Stakeholder management Data centers Colocation Low-latency networking

🔓 Log in to save this job, tailor your resume & track your apply process — 7 days free, no card needed.

Log in to add to target list

Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A global trading organization is seeking a Senior Network Engineering Lead to own the strategy, architecture, and performance of a latency-sensitive network while building and leading a highly skilled engineering team. The role spans data centers, WAN, and colocation environments worldwide, requiring deep technical expertise, leadership judgment, and the ability to work with senior business and technology stakeholders. A full relocation package is available for the successful candidate, who will be based in the organization's APAC hub.

Highlights

High-impact technical leadership opportunity overseeing a latency-sensitive global network and building a senior engineering team. Includes a full relocation package for the successful candidate and exposure to global architecture, strategic decision-making, and collaboration with senior technology and business stakeholders.

Description

Senior Network Engineering Lead | APAC | Sydney Open to relocation About the opportunity I'm working with a global trading firm on a senior network engineering leadership hire for their Sydney office, which serves as their APAC hub. This is a high-impact, highly technical role owning the strategy and performance of a latency-sensitive global network, while building and leading the engineering team behind it. This isn't a purely managerial seat. You'll need the technical depth to go deep with engineers, the judgment to negotiate priorities with trading and tech leadership, and the commercial awareness to talk risk and investment with senior stakeholders. A full relocation package is available for the right candidate. What you'll do Lead and grow a team of senior network engineers, setting a high technical barOwn network strategy across data centre, WAN and colocation environments globallySet architecture and design standards, balancing consistency with flexibility where performance demands itWork closely with trading and technology teams to shape infrastructure priorities and roadmapWeigh trade-offs between latency, resilience, risk and engineering effortDrive infrastructure-as-code, automation and CI/CD-driven deployment practicesProvide technical leadership during major incidents and high-impact market events What you'll bring A track record leading or technically guiding high-performing network engineering teamsDeep experience designing large-scale, low-latency networks in data centre and colocation environmentsStrong grounding in network architecture, resilience, redundancy and performanceHands-on comfort with complex, multi-vendor production environmentsExperience with infrastructure-as-code, configuration management and network automationCommercial awareness, able to connect infrastructure choices to business and trading outcomesStrong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences Ideally you'll come from a trading, HFT, market-making or similarly high-performance infrastructure background, though I'm open to speaking with strong candidates from adjacent industries. How to apply Message me directly for a confidential conversation, or hit apply.