Engineer

Role: Cisco Network Engineer

• You will have considerable first-hand experience of design engineering and building resilient and scalable solutions, ideally within finance or investment banking.

• You have a strong understanding of Layer 2, Layer 3 & Layer 4-7 network and security technologies.

• Familiarity with leveraging restful APIs for automation and scripting tasks.

• In depth knowledge of Layer 2, Layer 3, TCP/IP, and network protocols such as Ether-Channel (LACP,MC-LAG), Virtual Chassis, STP and SNMP.

• Solid understanding of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP.

• Familiarity with SDWAN infrastructure such as Silverpeak.

• Familiarity with Layer 3, 4 and 7 load balancing methodologies and protocols as well as experience with highly available network and system architectures.

• Experience with Cisco IOS/NX-OS/ASA-OS, JunOS, ArubaOS and/or Arista

• Solid knowledge in the use of various monitoring tools and packet capture tools such as Solarwinds Orion NCM/NPM, Wireshark, Gigamon, Netscout, Cisco DNA, etc.

• Good in software development lifecycle, ITIL, Agile, Kanban process

• Familiarity with a variety of testing tools, networking technologies and techniques to accurately troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems associated with the service, application and network hardware and software.

• Scripting Language Python

• Ansible and/or Puppet automation tools

• Cisco Routing & Switching

• Solarwinds Orion NCM/NPM, Netscout, Gigamon and Wireshark.

• Cloud automation Azure/AWS

• Application Delivery & Load balancers

• Workflow automation

• Cisco Routing & Switching.

• WAN Optimization

• DNS, IPAM and DHCP

Technical Certification:

• Cisco CCNP Networks
• ITILv3 foundation or higher

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for defining and documenting Network Security Standards

• Responsible for the creation of Low Level Design documents to meet requirements outlined in the High Level Design

• Responsible for the creation of detailed Implementation Plans for all engineering related activity

• Responsible for Procurement activities relating to build and delivery of new services (Project)

• Responsible for ensuring the smooth Transition/Handover to Operations in line with agreed Operational Acceptance Process

• Responsible for managing Technical Lifecycle Management for all Network & Communications services

• Responsible for supporting Architecture in creation and upkeep of a Delivery Roadmap for Network Security

• Responsible for supporting the Architecture in scoping activities required to produce the High Level Design

• Responsible for supporting Architecture in undertaking Proof of Concept activities

• Responsible for ensuring skillsets are relevant and up to date in order to deliver change and provide a high level of support

• Responsible for providing escalation support to Operations with complex troubleshooting of Major Incidents as required

• Provide on call escalation support (rota basis) and work extended hours as and when required.