ASX: Powering Australias financial markets

Why join the ASX

When you join ASX youre joining a company with a strong purpose to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role youll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations program delivery financial products investor engagement risk and compliance.

Were proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ inclusion promote gender equality accessibility and wellbeing inspire giving and volunteering and celebrate cultural and religious events creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality were committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

The role is a key part of the Network Technology Team who are continuously developing and delivering new networks/systems and customer products.

What youll do:

• Develop and maintain network automation and orchestration POC solution and workflows.
• Manage multi-vendor environments and service lifecycles through orchestration platform.
• Collaborate with other network designers/SMEs/organizations management to identify and provide network automation solutions.
• Adapt the solutions to meet Business Unit requirements.
• Liaise with vendors and partners.
• Determine the most suitable automation and orchestration frameworks APIs and infrastructure components to support network operations.
• Contribute to ASX documentation and knowledge base as required.
• Be accountable for automation performance and service delivery outcomes meeting customer expectations while driving future improvements and demand.

What youve done:

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in Network Automation or Network DevOps roles specialized in delivery of at least two of the following environments:
  • AWS networking
  • ISP/Carrier networks
  • Enterprise and Data Centre networks
  • Security appliances (Load Balancer Firewalls etc.)

• Strong experience with Python for network automation data parsing and API integration.
• Proven experience building or maintaining automation frameworks for large-scale network environments.
• Proven experience working in a mission critical environment with proven success in delivering complex solutions with adherence to all change processes and project delivery methodologies.
• Understanding of network devices and configurations (BGP VXLAN ACLs F5 VIPs SSL Public Key Infrastructure) across data centre switches routers firewalls and load balancers in large corporate environments.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies AWS cloud networking (Transit GWs VPC VPC peering Elastic IP Direct Connects) and cloud applications like Route 53 NLB ALB etc.
• Experience developing network orchestration workflows using tools such as Ansible SaltStack Cisco NSO or NetBox API.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform for network or cloud automation.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab GitHub Actions or Jekins for automated deployment and testing.
• Practical knowledge of RESTful APIs JSON/YAML and working with API documentation for multi-vendor network devices.
• Exposure to network telemetry monitoring and observability tools such as SolarWinds CVP Grafana or Elasticsearch.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems (Git) and branching strategies for collaborate automation projects.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker Kubernetes) for running automation workloads.
• Strong focus on code quality testing and reusability.
• Experience integrating automation workflows across multi-vendor network environments (Cisco Arista Palo Alto etc.)
• Knowledge of API-based network controllers (Arista CVP/CVaaS Cisco DNA Centre etc)
• Desirable experience with event-driven automation frameworks.
• Understanding of security automation (e.g. Automating firewall rules).
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills with a focus on reliability and operational simplicity.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional DevOps Cloud and Security teams.
• Demonstrated ability to converse in depth with key SMEs and collaborate with other networks designers/ Architects to provide integrated network solutions.
• Proven ability to effectively convey complex ideas with clarity supported by strong verbal and written communication influencing and presentation skills in managing a wide variety of project stakeholders including vendors partners and suppliers.

And if youve got some of this even better:

• Tertiary degree in computer science/engineering/telecommunications.
• Cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Azure or similar).
• Recognised DevOps certifications.
• Network monitoring Software (SolarWinds).
• Spirent/IXIA Test centre experience

We make hiring decisions based on your skills capabilities and experience and how youll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet all the criteria of this role.

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At ASX Group our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.