- The Senior Systems Engineer (Networks) will work closely with members of the Technology team (EMC staff, contractors), Market Operations and other EMC department’s staff.
- The Senior Systems Engineer (Networks) will liaise with/manage external vendors, contractors and/or Market Participants.
Experience
Necessity
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in supporting, maintaining and implementing Network and/or Data Centre Facilities Management (Cisco/Alcatel/Juniper Inter-Networking Solutions) 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, SRX, Palo)
- Proven knowledge of DNS, time synchronisation, Proxy, F5 Load Balancers, Infoblox
- 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)
Preferred
- 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)
Education
Necessity
- Degree in IT or engineering or equivalent.
- Minimally possess technical network certification (CCNP-Routing and Switching and Data Centre) or higher
Preferred
- Possess Technical network certification (CCIE)
- Possess technical certification (CDCP, CISSP, related certifications preferred)
