CyberCX - Security Engineer (Networking)
Quick Summary
firewall policies NAT IPsec and remote access VPNs routing switching DNS and general network connectivity Perform scheduled configuration changes,
CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region.
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About the Role
~1 min readWe are looking for a Security Engineer – Network Security to join our Managed Security Engineering team in Brisbane.
This is a hands on engineering role supporting secure, reliable customer network environments across a managed services model. You will work across day to day operations, incidents, technical changes, platform maintenance and ongoing service improvement.
The role is suited to someone with solid networking fundamentals and practical firewall experience who enjoys troubleshooting live environments, working with customers and continuing to develop their technical capability.
You will work primarily across Fortinet and Palo Alto technologies, while also troubleshooting the wider network environment including routing, switching, VPN, NAT and connectivity issues.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Support and maintain customer network security environments across Fortinet and Palo Alto platforms
- →Investigate and resolve firewall, VPN, routing, switching and connectivity issues
- →Troubleshoot problems across:
- →firewall policies
- →NAT
- →IPsec and remote access VPNs
- →routing
- →switching
- →DNS and general network connectivity
- →Perform scheduled configuration changes, upgrades and maintenance across production environments
- →Support FortiGate and Palo Alto firewalls and associated management platforms such as FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and Panorama
- →Respond to operational incidents, including higher-priority P1/P2 issues where required
- →Complete regular environment health checks and identify issues before they become customer-impacting
- →Support firewall policy reviews, optimisation and security improvements
- →Work with customers, internal teams and vendors to resolve technical issues
- →Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational records
- →Follow structured incident, request, problem and change management processes
- →Contribute to service improvement and automation opportunities
- →Participate in an after-hours on-call roster as part of the wider engineering team
Requirements
~1 min read- Hands on experience with Fortinet / FortiGate and/or Palo Alto Networks
- Good understanding of:
- routing and switching
- NAT
- VPN / IPsec
- firewall policy
- network traffic flow
- DNS
- Experience troubleshooting network and security issues in live production environments
- Ability to work through problems methodically and understand whether an issue sits with the firewall, routing, network, application or another part of the environment
- Experience performing firewall changes, upgrades and maintenance
- Exposure to centrally managed firewall environments such as FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer or Panorama
- Experience supporting incidents and service requests in an operational environment
- Strong customer and stakeholder communication skills
- Ability to work independently while knowing when to escalate or engage other technical teams
- Experience working in managed services, MSP or multi-customer environments would be highly regarded
- BGP and OSPF
- SD-WAN
- high availability and firewall failover
- packet capture and traffic analysis
- F5 or other load-balancing technologies
- cloud networking across Azure or AWS
- network automation or scripting
- Cisco networking and security technologies
What We Offer
~3 min readAt Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.
As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.
We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email exectalent@accenture.com and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.
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- October 28, 2026
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