We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role
Position is bonus eligible
Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a hands-on Manager of Network Engineering. Candidate will be overseeing network service and delivery across various platforms, such as Cisco ACI, Checkpoint, F5 and hybrid LAN/Cloud (AWS) environments. The goal is to ensure the team consistently deliver a high-quality, stable network experience for customers.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee management of team members from HR, mentoring and career development.
- Design, implement, oversee and support services for customers and partners.
- Ensure compliance with Network, IT, Security and Governance standards (NIST-CSF, COBIT)
- Enhance network performance and availability.
- Document, research, publish, maintain company policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with project teams to improve network deployments and operations.
- Work with management and partners to refine processes and reduce inefficiencies.
- Encourage innovations, out-of-the-box problem-solving
- Collaborate with customers, partners, vendors and carriers to identify and address complex challenges.
- Support enterprise on-call rotations and change management schedule.
- Manage, mentor and assist team members
- Serve as part of the network management team, overseeing direct reports and coordinating with fellow managers, working together as one team.
Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience successfully managing/leading technical teams.
- Advanced knowledge of routing protocols, switching, Firewalls (BGP, MPLS, ISIS)
- 4+ years' experience hands on support and troubleshooting of networks
- 2+ years' experience with design and implementation of moderate/complex networks
- Experience delivering Infrastructure as code, using and integrating DEVOPS tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python or Github).
- Experience building cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS (preferred), Azure, Google, or similar
- Experience using Agile Methodology
- Experience with SDN deployments or Cisco ACI
- Experience with Checkpoint Firewalls (on-prep and virtual)
- 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
- Excellent physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signalling analyzer, packet capture and analysis
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field.
- Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) equivalent field experience
- AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or Security or equivalent field experience)