My client is involved in developing solutions for the stock market producing innovative, sophisticated solutions. It is an international company and they are looking for a Senior Network Engineer.
The major purpose of this role is to:
- Design, implement and provide 2nd level support for the network
- Work on special local and globally based projects that will enhance the company’s Network (including Design/Build and run various corporate and production networks in South Africa and the UK)
- Diagnose and resolve complex problems relating to Network infrastructure
- Provide guidance and analysis for resolution of application problems
Core Skills, Experience, Knowledge and Attributes
Mandatory
- 10+ years’ experience in the IT industry, with at least 7 years specializing in designing/supporting large scale LAN/WAN environments (50+ WAN sites & 1000+ nodes) and supporting/diagnosing IP based network issues
- Extremely good understanding of all networking technologies – e.g. Ethernet, bridging and spanning tree, routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP,OSPF), TCP, UDP, FTP, firewall technologies (PIX, Netscreen, Fortigate, SRX), load balancing technologies, WAN technologies and IPTEL technologies
- Good understanding of IT security fundamentals and the ability to manage Internet connected Firewalls with large and complex rule sets
- Ability to define and enhance Network Security strategies
- Excellent understanding of LAN-based sniffer products and traffic flows for analyzing IP network traffic.
- Good understanding of http and other web based protocols
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues
Accountabilities & Deliverables
- Design and implement solutions; this may incorporate the following technologies - Juniper switches and routers, firewalls (Fortigate/Netscreen/SRX/PIX), QoS, network management (Splunk, Netflow, CastleRock SNMPC, PRTG, etc), sniffers (OMNIpeek, Wireshark), load balancers (Radware), IPTel and VPN technologies
- Analyse complex problems and co-ordinate resolutions.
- Monitor network performance, capacity and trends
- Create and document relevant network standards and processes where applicable
- Provide technical support and analysis where required both during the business day and after hours.
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications or equivalent. Engineering degrees will be more highly regarded.
- CCNA or higher
Highly Regarded
- Previous experience in a similar financial organization.
- Exposure to market data systems and multicast data delivery.
- Previous experience in a global role or team.
- Experience in managing a small but very technically skilled team