*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role*
*Position is bonus eligible*
Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong Cisco ACI and Cloud/DevOps technologies experience. Candidate will be responsible for supporting, administrating and overseeing network support, design and analysis of new and existing architectures, routing/switching configuration and design, and network related business continuity approaches; develop systems specifications, technical implementation plans and coordinating complex installation projects with clients and vendors. Works with a team performing network design and support of new network and security architectures for on premise and Cloud networks.
Responsibilities:
Oversee the full life cycle of network infrastructure, including the design, deployment, support, and documentation of routing, switching, Firewalls and cloud-base solutions. Lead and coordinate network changes, ensuring security, performance and compliance with governance framework (NIST-CSF, COBIT). Collaborate with vendors, carriers, and engineering teams to resolve complex issues and drive large-scale project to completion. Provide strategic directions for network planning, maintaining up-to-date documentation and deliver on-call operational support to ensure reliability and business continuity.
Qualifications:
(Required) Experience directing use of tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python, and Github (or industry equivalent)
(Required) Experience delivering Infrastructure as code
(Required) Experience building cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS (Preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud, or similar service
(Required) Knowledge of layer 3 routing and switching
(Required) Experience with IOS, NX-OS, and XR
(Required) Advanced experience with architecting, designing, deploying, and operating network elements such as DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; Network Access Control Solutions (NAC); load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; and NTP
(Required) Excellent physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signalling analyzer, packet capture and analysis
(Required) Advanced WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet Skills
(Required) Extensive EIGRP, BGP4, RIP and OSPF Routing Protocol knowledge
(Preferred) Experience with SDN deployments or Cisco ACI (Required) Experience with IP route and switching for Mainframe and storage appliances
Education and/or Experience:
(Required) Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
(Required) 5+ years of experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of virtualized Servers/cloud systems
Certificates or Licenses:
(Preferred) Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
(Preferred) Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) equivalent field experience
(Required) AWS certifications such as DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or Security or equivalent field experience
(Preferred) Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE) Certification
