Network Engineer

Location: National Capital District, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

Industry: Airline / Airport / Travel, IT

Job ID: #29051

Date Posted: 26th October 2026

Source: www.pngworkforce.com

We at PNG Air pride ourselves as the leading domestic airline operating over 26 ports across the length and breadth of Papua New Guinea as the Airline of Choice. Operating the largest fleet of ATR 72-600 series in the region. We are committed to providing affordable world class experience with value fares and unbeatable cargo rates, ensuring reliable and safe on time service to our valued customers and stakeholders

Network Engineer

The IT Division is seeking to recruit a qualified Network Engineer based in Port Moresby. This role is a Level 2 role which keeps PNG Air's LAN, WAN, wireless and security network available across Head Quarters, terminals and 30+ domestic stations. The role takes escalations from the Service Desk, resolves network incidents to root cause, and delivers network changes and new-site rollouts under change control.

Key responsibilities include the following:

1. Resolve L2 network incidents escalated from L1 (switching, routing, Wi-Fi,VPN,firewall, ISP links) within agreed SLAs; escalate to vendors or L3 where needed.
2. Manage, configure and maintain Sophos firewalls and switches, as well as routers andwireless controllers, including VLANs, routing, NAT, VPN and firewall/application-control policies.
3. Manage WAN connectivity across sites, including Starlink primary andDigicel / ISP secondary links, failover testing and ISP fault coordination.
4. Install, uninstall, relocate and maintain Starlink terminals, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios, RF links, antennas and other network equipment in Port Moresby, allPNG locations and overseas sites where applicable — including site surveys, mounting, alignment, cabling, power, testing, decommissioning and handover documentation.
5. Monitor network health in Zabbix; tune alerts, thresholds and dashboards and act onalarms before they become outages.
6. Raise and implement network changes through the Change Management process, withtested rollback plans.
7. Create RCA reports for network incidents, including all P1/P2 and recurring incidents,and track corrective actions to closure.
8. Deliver network builds for new sites, sales offices and airport stations using the NewSite LLD and IT Readiness Checklist.
9. Plan, install, terminate, test and certify end-to-end passive cabling (copper andfibre), including patch panels, racks, labelling and cable records.
10. Maintain network documentation: IP address register, topology diagrams,configuration backups and the asset register.
11. Manage network assets and inventories across all sites, including spares, serialnumbers, warranties, support contracts and lifecycle status, keeping records accurateand audit-ready.
12. Create SOPs, High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD) and project reportsfor network work.
13. Apply firmware updates and security hardening in line with ISO/IEC 27001 controls.
14. Coach L1 and graduate team members through hands-on knowledge transfer.
15. Travel to outports and office locations as and when required for installations,decommissioning and on-site fault resolution; take part in the on-call roster.

Qualifications, Skills and Competencies:

• Diploma or degree in IT, Computer Science, Electronics or a related field.
• At least 6–8 years of hands-on, end-to-end enterprise network experience.
• CCNA or equivalent required; CCNP, Fortinet/Sophos firewall or Aruba/Cisco wirelesscertifications preferred.
• ITIL 4 Foundation preferred.
• Experience in aviation, telecoms or a multi-site enterprise is an advantage.
• Valid driver's licence and willingness to travel domestically.
• Strong practical skills in the core tech

To apply, please send your application to: [email protected]

Late applications & applications submitted in hard copy will not be accepted.

Please submit application in one PDF file.

Applications close: Monday09th November 2026

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

“We are an equal opportunity employer”