Lead Network Engineer (L3) at Dijital Team
Colombo
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Jul 14, 2026
Colombo
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership position within a managed services team, responsible for designing and delivering enterprise networking and security solutions — primarily around Fortinet and SD-WAN/SASE technologies — from discovery through implementation. The role also serves as the highest escalation point for complex network and security incidents, involves mentoring junior engineers, supporting presales validation, and contributing to automation and process improvement initiatives. Suits an experienced MSP engineer with strong Fortinet and enterprise routing credentials.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
This role is based in Australia (the client is an Australian-owned MSP paying in AUD); the US-based flag is set to false. The caller has declared it fully remote, so no metro is assigned.
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role spans deep network operations/L3 support (15-1244) and significant security architecture/incident response (15-1212). The primary day-to-day work — enterprise routing, switching, firewall management, and managed-services escalation — tips toward 15-1244, with 15-1212 as a close runner-up.
Fortinet NSC Level 7 certification is explicitly called 'essential' in the Certifications section and is treated as a hard gate.
Cisco CCNP Enterprise and Cisco CCNP Security are listed as 'highly regarded' (preferred), not required. They are interchangeable alternatives for the same preferred credential signal and are combined into one preferred skill entry.
Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Cisco Meraki, AWS Networking, and Autotask PSA are explicitly described as 'advantageous' — preferred only.
Automation, AI-assisted engineering tools, and cloud/hybrid networking exposure are listed as 'highly regarded' or contextual; no specific named tool is called out, so no skill entry is emitted for these.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting; the pay band fields are left unpopulated aside from currency (AUD, per the 'paid in Australian Dollars' benefit note).
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Fortinet NSC Level 7.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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