General information Location Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington Expertise Design, Networks Job Level Experienced Employment Type Permanent full-time Close Date 22-Apr-2025 Ref # 59624 Description & Requirements Spark NZ As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark’s purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. About the Role: As a Network Engineer/Designer you’ll be working in a small team, responsible for design and build components within the Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and TelcoCloud (Mobile Network Datacentre Infrastructure). This exciting often innovative and challenging role is perfect for a self-motivated candidate. Day to day you will be involved in: Design and build work within our team on our SDP and TelcoCloud DataCentre networks. Working with Internal and Customer Technical teams to design and build, network connectivity for Spark’s Service edge and Mobile networks. Working with External partners in building and designing networks to support various network and mobile functions. What experience you'll bring? The ideal candidate needs to have at least 5-6 years of network experience, in a senior role (support or design). Knowledgeable across the Arista product range. Technology proficiency Arista and Cisco – Fully proficient in configuration, design and operate. Data Centre – Leaf/Spine Architecture, associated Layer 2/3 protocols for Data Centres. Routing – BGP, OSPF Switching – Layer 2 protocols Scripting – Proficiency in PHP, Python or similar etc. Firewalling – Checkpoint, FortiGate – Basic proficiency in design and operate. VMWare – Proficient in understanding building blocks of VMWare NSX and vDS virtual networking structures. WHY CHOOSE US: Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be “how things are done at Spark”, embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability. Sustainability: Toitū Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion. Benefits: Awhina Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we’ve got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including: Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme. Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible. Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave. Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products. Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme. Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark. Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining). To download the position description, please sign in with your account.