RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities:
Run (Expect ~25% of workload)

Take an active role in the day to day and the stability of the platform by providing L3 operational support for business impacting and complex problems.
Participate actively in the Change & Problem management processes.
Provide technical escalation for complex problems
Take an active role in the lifecycle of the network environment; ensure hardware & software replacement on time to manage the operational risk.
Deliver training/knowledge sharing to the L1/L2 operations for their daily support.

Build (Expect ~75% of workload)

Introduction, communication and development of strategic networking technologies to provide additional scalability and functionality.
Provide subject matter expertise when collaborating on cross platform projects with teams responsible for Voice, Video, Market Data, Compute, Storage, Cloud connectivity, Information Security and Data Centre
Owning the delivery of a variety of concurrent projects in varying scale from small to very large
Produce quality documentation on network design, diagrams and support materials
Participate in the governance responsibility to ensure design produced sticking to the standard
Take an active role in the product lifecycle; new technology introduction through to demise
Working with networking product vendors and telecoms service providers with regards to all of the above

Skills and Experiences:

Extensive technical experience in engineering and implementing networking technologies within large Enterprise, preferably within financial sector.
In-depth knowledge of enterprise network topologies, protocols and networking technologies.
In-depth knowledge of design principles, products, technologies for data center, user offices & network connectivity transport
Extensive technical and hands-on experience on: Cisco Routers, Switches, Nexus, ASR, ISR product lines, Layer4-7 switching / High Availability (Citrix Netscaler preferred), Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS, IOS-XR, Juniper JunOS, Arista EOS
Appreciation of network programming experience in using netconf/restconf/YAML.
Good appreciation of network security architectures, models and methodologies, authentication schemes, encryption techniques and standards, products
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills. Experience in analyzing packet capture is a plus.
Extensive experience with the management, internetworking design and implementation of networks
Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
Good project management experience as a lead or team player on large network deployments and cross-discipline project deliverables
Appreciation of neighboring technologies: Market Data, Voice, Computing and Voice/Video

Qualifications

Enterprise-level Financial Services experience is preferred
Team player who is able to work in a fast paced, environment
Experience with network programming and automations
Experience with cloud based network solution deployment
Experience working with and management of enterprise DNS/DHCP and IP address management

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