AVP Infrastructure Network Operations Engineer - Cisco, Wi-Fi, Fortinet, SolarWinds, Infoblox, RSA

Permanent AVP Infrastructure Network Operations Engineer - Cisco, Wi-Fi, Fortinet, SolarWinds, Infoblox, RSA

Job Purpose

The AVP - Infrastructure Network Operations Engineer will leverage their technical expertise and process improvement skills to optimize support of our network and datacentre infrastructure. The role involves monitoring network alerts, performing day-to-day operation tasks and driving process improvements. The individual will excel in hands-on technical implementation and troubleshooting of various network technologies. The role involves collaboration with L3 engineering and managed service provider to align with company goals and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Proficiency in configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise, data center & cloud network architecture.
• Perform day-to-day operation tasks that require solving operations tickets by troubleshooting any connectivity issues.
• Adhere to strict change management process to deploy Firewall rule change requests, scheduled firmware upgrades and other network build, changes, or maintenance activities.
• Participate in alert monitoring of the network infrastructure using SolarWinds, and monthly on-call rotation.
• Act as the primary contact for network incidents, perform diagnostics, and collaborate with L3 Engineering, other cross-functional teams and vendors for resolution and RCA.

What we're looking for:

Required Skills and Experience:

• Solid knowledge of traditional LAN/WAN technologies including routing protocols, route redistribution, manipulation, and filtering, L2 loop avoidance, as well as datacenter clos fabric using spine-leaf architecture (Cisco ACI).
• Proven experience with deploying and troubleshooting issues related to WLAN, in a centralized (controller) as well as cloud-based model.
• In-depth experience of working in a multi-vendor Firewall environment (Checkpoint, ASA, Fortinet), that involves implementing & troubleshooting Firewall rule changes, NAT & VPN in a segmented network with multiple layers of Firewalls.

Specialized Skills & Knowledge:

Extensive knowledge of configuring and troubleshooting the following technologies:

• Security & Firewall Management: multi-vendor Firewalls (Firepower, ASA & Checkpoint) that leverage management tools for rule deployment, network segmentation in a multi-context/multi-zone Firewall environment, IPS, encryption techniques (IPSEC, MACsec), VPN (Site-to-Site), NAC (Cisco ISE) and access security appliance (RSA).
• Enterprise Infrastructure: Routing & Switching, including routing protocols (OSPF & BGP), PBR, MPLS, VPN, SDWAN, STP, ACL, advanced L2/L3 switching technologies and QoS.
• Cloud Integration: Hybrid connectivity into AWS VPCs using various options (AWS Direct Connect, DX Gateway, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, and VPN), manage cloud security options using security groups.
• Datacenter Infrastructure: Spine and Leaf architecture, VxLAN fabric (Cisco ACI deployment) and other datacenter technologies (Cisco NX-OS, RSA appliance & NetScaler).
• Wi-Fi Solutions: Centralized and cloud-based WLAN solutions. Any experience with Meraki solutions would be preferred.
• Monitor: SolarWinds for alert monitoring.
• Troubleshoot: Using Firewall packet capture, CLI commands and other methodologies, tools like Dynatrace.

Permanent position - London based - hybrid working

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