Network Consultant
Posted 1 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Principal Network Consultant”
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- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Position: Princial Network Consultant
Datacom Location: Adelaide
Security Requirements: Citizens and Residents of Australia only. Current security clearances (NV1) preferred but not essential.
Full Time, Permanent Position.
About Us
At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.
About the Role
As a Principal Networks Consultant, your role is to identify and develop technology solutions and deliver technical networking projects for our customers to the highest quality standard, within scope, to budget and on time by defining their needs and developing a plan and proposal for the delivery of the project. It is expected that you can think quick on your feet, be able to identify risks to schedule and actively minimise uncertainty. You will have experience with Cisco and Palo Alto technologies. Exposure to Arista, Aruba, Fortinet or NSX is advantageous.
Preference to candidates with current Baseline or NV1 clearance.
What You Will do
As a Principal Network Consultant, you will:
• Develop professional expertise across a range of applicable technologies and achieve relevant certifications.
• Develop technology solutions for clients using company products, outsourced technology solutions, and proprietary tools and techniques.
• Design and develop high-quality business solutions and other project deliverables.
• Evaluate customer business needs and contribute to the strategic planning of information systems, software, and technology solutions.
• Take accountability for defined work assignments, including immediate actions and short-term resource planning.
• Plan and coordinate the resources required to complete product implementations and support the preparation of major sales proposals.
• Manage consulting teams in line with the size and scope of client projects.
• Liaise with key customers during the installation, testing, and deployment of developed solutions and products.
• Deliver project work that is appropriately scoped and approved by clients.
• Apply technical expertise to design solutions that meet project requirements.