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. • Experience Level 6-10+ years in banking or financial services network engineering Skills network design cloud networking Zero Trust