Network Engineer

Our client • Nyc, NY

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Our client is a global financial services firm located in Jersey City. They are seeking a VP Network Engineer to join the team.

Requirements

• Understanding of network engineering and implementing networking technologies within a large Enterprise, preferably with some exposure to the Financial Sector.
• Understanding of WAN/LAN topologies and protocols, networking technologies. (Ethernet, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, PIM, SNMP, MPLS)
• Understanding of data centre design principles, products and protocols
• Appreciation of Network Security architectures, models and methodologies, Authentication schemes, Encryption techniques and standards
• Basic experience using any of the following: Cisco Routers, Switches, Nexus, ASR, ISR product lines, Layer4-7 switching / High Availability (Citrix Netscaler preferred), Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS, IOS-XR, Juniper JunOS, Arista EOS
• Good analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Understanding of network management, internetworking design and implementation of networks
• Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Good project management skills (large network deployments and cross-discipline project deliverables)
• Appreciation of neighbouring technologies: Market Data, Voice, Virtualisation Computing and Multimedia

Nice To Haves

• Desirable – software scripting and development experience, e.g. Automation & accessing web based services via APIs
• Desirable - experience of application performance optimisation and troubleshooting through packet level analysis

Responsibilities

• Developing new solutions for internal clients
• Working with internal clients to understand their requirements
• Translating client requirements into technology solutions
• Communicating the important technical and commercial attributes of solutions to clients in ways the client can understand
• Introduction, communication and development of strategic networking technologies to provide additional scalability and functionality.
• Take an active role in the product lifecycle; new technology introduction through to demise
• Owning the delivery of a variety of concurrent projects in varying scale from small to very large
• Provide subject matter expertise when collaborating on cross platform projects with teams responsible for Voice, Video, Market Data, Compute, Storage, Information Security and Data Centre.
• Provide technical escalation for complex problems
• Working with networking product vendors and telecoms service providers with regards to all of the above

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed