Network Engineer

We are looking for a highly motivated Network Engineer to manage, support, and enhance our enterprise network infrastructure across Data Center (DC), Disaster Recovery (DR), and office environments. This role is responsible for ensuring network availability, performance, security, and compliance while supporting critical business operations and technology initiatives.

The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience in network administration, troubleshooting, security hardening, and infrastructure projects within a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

* Manage and maintain DC, DR, and office network infrastructure.
* Monitor network availability, performance, and capacity.
* Troubleshoot network incidents and resolve connectivity issues.
* Ensure network security and compliance, including Compliance Assessments (CA), Vulnerability Assessments (VA), remediation, and security hardening.
* Perform network configuration, firmware upgrades, and preventive maintenance.
* Support network projects, change management, and DR activities.
* Coordinate with regional infrastructure and security teams, vendors, and service providers.

Expected Deliverables / KPIs

* Maintain network availability and stability for 24/7 operations.
* Meet incident response and resolution SLAs.
* Complete network maintenance and changes within approved schedules.
* Ensure timely vulnerability remediation and firmware upgrades.
* Maintain accurate network documentation and configuration backups.
* Support successful DR testing and recovery readiness.

Minimum 5 years of hands-on Cisco networking experience.

Preferably experienced in financial services, banking, fintech, or other mission-critical IT environments.

 Technical Skills

 * Cisco routing and switching (Catalyst, Nexus, or equivalent).
* TCP/IP, VLAN, STP, OSPF, BGP, and network troubleshooting.
* Enterprise LAN/WAN and data center networking.
* Network monitoring, performance, and capacity management.
* Network security fundamentals, ACLs, and segmentation.
* Cisco IOS/IOS-XE configuration, maintenance, and upgrades.
* Incident, problem, and change management.

Preferred:

 * Cisco ACI or Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
* Firewall technologies (Cisco FTD/FMC or equivalent).
* VPN, SD-WAN, and high-availability network architectures.
* Network automation using Python or Ansible.
* Experience with network monitoring tools such as PRTG, Icinga, or Grafana.

 * Supporting production network infrastructure in a 24/7 environment.
* Managing data center and disaster recovery network infrastructure.
* Cisco network implementation, migration, and upgrade projects.
* Network incident troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
* DR drills, failover testing, and business continuity support.
* Coordination with regional teams, vendors, and telecommunications providers.
* Network security audits and vulnerability remediation.

Certifications

 * Cisco CCNP Enterprise.
* Cisco CCNA (minimum preferred certification).
* Other relevant networking or security certifications are an advantage.