Network Engineer

Network Engineer Opportunity

Our client is a global financial services firm located in NYC. This person can be located anywhere in the United States. We are seeking a Network Engineer who is up for a challenge to join our fast-paced and growing Technology Operations team. You must be passionate about Network Engineering, AWS (Amazon Web Services), GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and have solid skills in IT, Systems Admin and Support. In this role, you will be responsible for the overall network at our co-location, office, AWS, GCP and all inter-connectivity between all sites. While working in a small team environment, you will also work closely with the development and business teams. Additionally, you will provide expertise in network infrastructure including routers, switches, network management solutions, network access solutions, firewalls, virtualization solutions and virtual private network (VPN) solutions. You will implement applicable security best practices; identify and mitigate infrastructure vulnerabilities and persistent threats; understand, detect and emulate network infrastructure adversary tactics, techniques and procedures; identify and resolve network and application performance issues.

What You'll Do:

• Expand automation and provisioning tools using infrastructure as code mentality
• Perform network planning, maintenance, and support with our current setup of on-prem and cloud (AWS, GCP)
• Design and implement technical processes, procedures, and infrastructure projects as they relate to network engineering
• Manage a global network infrastructure, providing proactive maintenance to ensure maximum network performance and availability
• Recommend hardware and software solutions to meet the organization's needs and manage the deployment of new equipment and systems
• Respond to system generated alerts/escalations relating to any failures on the network
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive measures
• Own customer issues from creation to resolution
• Contribute content to our knowledge base and help build support processes that will scale
• Be available on call and perform routine night and weekend work

Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with Network Engineering and Support
• Must have experience with AWS and GCP
• Must have the ability to develop automation tools and implement infrastructure using Terraform
• Strong working knowledge of common networking, related protocols (such as BGP, Ethernet, TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP), and skills to support, configure, and install networking solutions
• Advanced knowledge of routing protocols, such as EIGRP and BGP
• Advanced knowledge on troubleshooting networking issues OSI layers 1-7 across data, voice and video, storage networks
• Knowledge of design and architecture of LAN, MAN, WAN, SAN networks
• Experience working with network infrastructure areas preferably in a financial institution
• Experience with Solarwinds
• Scripting skills w/ Python, BASH, and various other Linux tools
• Strong communication skills - comfortable talking to technical and nontechnical customers, developers and business
• Must be able to operate in a fast-paced environment, where you will have to multitask effectively and wear many hats in a small team environment.
• Ability to track issues and follow up in a timely manner
• AWS and GCP certification a plus