Network Support

The Senior Systems Engineer (Networks)will liaise with/manage external vendors, contractors and/or Market Participants.

1. KEY JOB SPECIFICATIONS

(a)               Education

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Necessity

Preferred

• Degree in IT or engineering or equivalent.
• Minimally possess technical network certification (CCNP-Routing and Switching and Data Centre) or higher
• Possess Technical network certification (CCIE)
• Possess technical certification (CDCP, CISSP, related certifications preferred)

(b)               Experience

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Necessity

Preferred

• Minimum of 5 years experience in supporting, maintaining and implementing Network and/or Data Centre Facilities Management (Cisco/Aruba network devices, Cisco ACI) technical administration and support.

• Excellent understanding of common network technologies, including TCP/IP, IPsec, VRRP, HSRP, SNMP, NAT, Multicast, Sub-netting, Ethernet, Access-lists.

• In-Depth Working Knowledge and understanding of the following routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS.

• Familiar with the setup and configuration of network security devices such as firewalls, wan optimisers, virtual private networks and authentication servers etc.

• Proven working knowledge, implementation and administration experience of high availability Network Security devices (E.g. Checkpoint, Cisco Firepower, Fortinet, Palo)

• Proven knowledge of DNS, time synchronisation, Proxy, F5 Load Balancers, Infoblox, RSA

• Proven knowledge in switch and router configuration, including storage switch configurations

• Monitor & measure the performance & availability of network devices proactively; implement corrective actions identified to improve performance & service level availability and capacity planning.

• Experience on the various Network Management platforms (E.g. MRTG, Cisco ISE, Algosec etc.)

• Minimum of 5 years experience in managing vendors in terms of procurement, writing and managing RFQ/RFP, project management, problem resolutions.

• Managed network projects successfully with proven track records.

• Working knowledge of DRP (disaster recovery plan) and BCP (business continuity plan)

• Working experience in the IT support for critical trading environment

• ITIL foundation certified

• Knowledge of data centre facility management (24 x 7): structured cabling, data centre physical architecture (power, grounding, cooling, cabling, fire protection, rack/physical layout, physical security management)