Network & Security Engineer (Aruba, Proxy, SD-WAN ) – 12 month Contract

Job Title: Advanced Network and Security Engineer (Aruba, Proxy, SD-WAN ) – 12 month renewable Contract

Salary – SGD

Requirements :

• Preferably 8+ years of experience in network design and delivery of technology-centric, customer-focused services.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, Technology, Computer Science, Information Technology, or its equivalent.
• Has substantial expertise in designing, solutioning, implementing and operating modern software-defined WAN, LAN, and WLAN infrastructures from Cisco, Versa, Aruba and the likes.
• Responsible for the identification and selection of appropriate network solutions to design and deploy in environments based on business objectives and requirements.
• Skilled in developing, deploying, and troubleshooting network deployments, with deep technical knowledge, especially around routing and switching, software-defined network and WAN, wireless, typical of a large, modern enterprise network.
• Preferably possess a valid Versa Certified Administrator - SD-WAN Specialist or Versa Certified SD-WAN Associate (VNX100).
• Preferably possess a valid Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification or its equivalent.
• Must possess a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification or its equivalent
• Must possess advanced knowledge in Versa Secure SD-WAN and Cisco SD-WAN with medium to large-scale deployment and management experience. Cisco SD-WAN is a MUST.
• Must possess advanced knowledge in TCP/IP concepts and fundamentals.
• Good working knowledge in WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, SD-LAN, WLAN and NGFW technologies.
• Good understanding and working knowledge of common network RFCs, protocols, transports, and standards such as MPLS, Internet, VxLAN, IPsec, QoS, BGP, OSPF, GRE and other transport technologies and protocols that are related, but not limited to WAN and LAN.
• Good understanding of modern software-defined networks' additional elements e.g., NFV, SASE, Versa Secure Access and/or Cisco Umbrella from one or more product vendors e.g., Versa, Cisco, and/or their equivalents.
• Good Cloud networking knowledge, such as Direct Connect, Express Route and multi-cloud connectivity architectures from providers
• Fundamental understanding of Wireless, DHCP, DNS and IPAM (DDI), proxy, WAF, CDN and DDOS concepts and platforms such as Infoblox, Zscaler, Akamai, Imperva, and the likes.
• Integration experience and knowledge between modern networks and cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP will be advantageous.
• Knowledge in SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and virtualisation will be advantageous.
• Coding skills such as Python will be advantageous.
• Experience in various internal and external monitoring, management, and reporting tools e.g., Spectrum, SevOne, CyberArk, ThousandEyes and MS Entra ID will be advantageous

Responsibilities:

Strategy:

• Aware and understand the Group's business strategies and models appropriate to the role.
• Deliver Network Services' global WAN, LAN and WLAN strategies, in-line with the firm's strategy.
• Identify opportunities for automation, cost savings and service quality improvements.
• Work with various security domains within the team, to ensure the products and solutions are secure-by-design and stringent security standards.
• Establish and maintain strong, strategic partnerships with partners, vendors and service suppliers.
• Produce technical documentation i.e., High/Low Level Designs, build sheets, implementation plans, diagrams, whitepapers and operation guides, conduct proof-of-concept/value and lab tests on new products, technologies and features, ensuring they meet the requirements, standards and objectives.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with other colleagues to enhance their awareness and technical understanding of the network.

Business:

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environments in which the group operates.
• As a critical technology service for the firm, ensure the architecture and design are highly available, optimal and stable, providing the best possible quality-of-experience.
• Work alongside colleagues in Networks & Security Architecture domain, and across other domains such as Workplace, Cloud, Operations, Audit, Risk and Governance.
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders from various functions, in an endeavour to develop outcomes that are cohesive and beneficial across the company.
• Work closely with Cyber Security teams to ensure security-first solutions and implementations.
• Develop influential and trustworthy working relationships with others. This should be aimed at improving team efficiency in performing their work.
• Provide consultancy and advisory services to the business and technology stakeholders for all product and solution related matters assigned.
• Provide operational and monitoring excellence.
• Be the SME for matters related to WAN, telecommunications, transport and connectivity.

Processes:

• Contribute towards identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling, and mitigating risks to the Group. Also, have an awareness and understanding of the risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them.
• The ability to interpret the Group's Financial information, identify key issues based on all available information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.
• Uphold the firm's best practices surrounding automation, onboarding, and governance processes.
• Ensure the change processes are consistently followed.
• Ensure Operational stability across the entire estate.
• Ensure that the team and overall Network and Security Architecture domain comply with the processes related to technology onboarding and governance. These include Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA), IT Resiliency Guild (ITRG), Technology Services Technology Council (TSTC), Cloud Governance Framework.

Governance:

• Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the role.
• Embed the Group's values and code of conduct to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations amongst employees form part of the culture.