Network Engineer

Design and Implementation Design and implement data centre, WAN, LAN and hybrid-cloud connectivity, including Azure ExpressRoute and site-to-site VPN. Configure routing, switching, load balancers, firewalls and network segmentation for core banking, integration and channel workloads. Implement Zero Trust and micro-segmentation for APIs, Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters and Kafka. Design network connectivity for DR sites and support failover testing. Qualifications and Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electronics or a related field. 6–10+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 4 years in banking or financial services. Experience supporting a core banking implementation or a large data centre or cloud transformation. Experience implementing scheme and payment network connectivity. Technical Skills Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto or Fortinet firewalls, and F5 or Citrix load balancers. BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, IPsec, DNS, NAT and SD-WAN. Azure networking, including VNets, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall and private endpoints. Kubernetes/OpenShift networking, including CNI, ingress controllers and service mesh. Network automation with Python, Ansible and Terraform. Network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, ThousandEyes or equivalent. Preferred Certifications Cisco CCNP Enterprise or CCIE. Palo Alto PCNSE or Fortinet NSE 7. Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate. F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator.

Desired Candidate Profile

Experience Level 6-10+ years in banking or financial services network engineering Skills network design cloud networking Zero Trust Employment Type Full-time