Assistant Vice President/ Vice President, Perimeter

**Your background**

**What you can expect**

The technology areas of focus for the Perimeter Security Technology Operations Specialist II includes edge-network security via firewall and intrusion detection/prevention technologies. Technology Operations Specialist II are expected to be well versed in numerous networking protocols, technologies and troubleshooting methodology, including the use of proactive and reactive tools. The work is always in alignment to the current and approved Network Services Standards, Incident and Problem Management Policies & Procedures, governance and management policies set forth by the firm.

**Required Skills**:

- Expert experience with Network technologies
- Firewall Technologies (Fortinet and Checkpoint) - Controllers, Management Platforms, Rule/policy review and Tunneling protocols (SSL/TLS, IPSEC, GRE)
- Network Resiliency - HA-local failover, backups
- WAN/MAN, LAN, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, Latency, VRRP, BGP, Multicast, IPv4, IPv6, VPN
- Automation skills - Python, Ansible, Terraform
- Expert experience with troubleshooting complex networking problems
- Experience as technical level escalation and/or lead
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Agile framework & SCRUM ceremonies
- Understand configuration management with tools such as Forward Networks and HPNA
- Experience using (both proactive and reactive) advanced tooling; Inclusive of but not limited to NetScout, Wireshark, Splunk, SevOne, HPNA, NNMI, OBM, IBM Watson, NSO, etc.
- General experience in Network Automation tools and processes
- Self-starter/self-directed, organized and detail oriented
- Strong technical acumen and analytical skills
- Excellent client interfacing skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with all levels of management
- Experience aligning actions to business impact and service restoral
- Demonstrates ownership: Is accountable and can hold others accountable (professionally)
- Experience operating with colleagues across different time zones with a flexible approach to working hours (ability to work varied hours) to successfully interact and communicate on a global level

**Desired Skills**:

- Experience in Networking-related disciplines within a design, implementation, or operations role
- Relevant Industry certifications in Network Technologies
- Cloud or SDN knowledge and experience
- Experience with SDN; Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, Arista CloudVision
- Experience with SDWAN, preferred if on CloudGenix
- Experience with automation tools such as Python, Ansible, YAML or Django, API calls (to ticketing systems and network devices), and frontend web development
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience of working within Financial Services (Insurance, Banking, Investment banking)
- Experience with other network technologies
- WAN, MAN, LAN, Optical, Routing, Switching, Proxy/Threat Prevention, DDI, Load Balancing, and AAA

**_ The Chief Technology Organization: _**
- _Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world._
- _ Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully. _
- _Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals._
- _ Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience._
- _ Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs. _
- _Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital._

**What you will do**
- Level 3 Escalation point for Operational support of Network Perimeter Security technologies
- Fortinet, Checkpoint, and Trend Micro
- Technical areas of focus include but are not limited to firewall, network address translation, routing, and intrusion detection/prevention systems
- Proactive network reviews including
- Routine testing of disaster recovery scenarios, identification of vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement in observability across the network stack
- Contribute in continuous improvement of network infrastructure monitoring and/ or automation tools/scripts.
- Mentorship of Production Services Specialists and technical leadership within the team
- Work with senior team members to validate impacts and communicate to all stakeholder’s technical status updates
- Work ad-hoc reports and offline incidents at the direction of the senior team members or leadership
- Promote and enforce production governance during triage/testing and fix efforts, exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
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