**Responsibilities**:
Key Major Function
Key Responsibilities
- Lead or contribute to low-level planning milestones. Responsible for the following tasks: bill of material compilation, quoting, proof of concept (design and delivery), pilot, and production rollout.
- Meticulous implementation planning requires detailed change request submittals and pre-post/implementation validation planning.
- Design and implement against the following technologies and platforms - Akamai Web App Firewall, Cisco (Catalyst and Nexus) platforms, FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, Cisco ISE, F5 LTM, MPLS, and SD-WAN.
- Design and deliver against Finastra product needs within Microsoft Azure Cloud, specifically: Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Virtual NAT (Network Address Translation), Service and Private Link, NSG (Network Security Group), Basic and Standard IP allocation, VNET (Virtual Network), VPN Gateway, VWAN (Virtual WAN hub), and ExpressRoute.
- Lead or contribute to modernization efforts to enable business outcomes. Use cases: Finastra client or 3rd Party Partner to Finastra connectivity needs (on-premises to on-premises, cloud to cloud, or on-premises to cloud).
- Lead design tasks: compile/present connectivity options for leadership and peer consumption using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio.
- Create SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) that define operating parameters of newly created or existing connectivity and ancillary network solutions.
- Mentor peers within Network Operations and facilitate Operational Handoff meeting to socialize new design and enhancement details. Including Go-Live specifics - design review, field Q&A sessions, and perform Operational Checklist tasks before solution handoff to NetOps.
- Leverage working experience of routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, to deliver against business outcomes and operational excellence targets for uptime availability SLAs.
- Proficient with DNS (Domain Name Service) utilities to troubleshoot complex network issues.
- Working knowledge of IPAM (IP address management) tools - Infoblox a plus.
- Proficient planning for circuit activations - Internet and MPLS, to include activation implementation tasks.
- Commission newly deployed devices against our global standard for remote authentication.
- Plan, design, and deliver against SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network) roadmap targets.
- Work within an AGILE framework as Scrum Master or Team member.
- Submit Procurement Intake Requests per process for quoting network needs with vendors and partners.
- Jointly solution with Solutions Architecture team
Technical Skills
- Functional and working knowledge of internetworking IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) standards - Ethernet and IP routing protocols
- Applied working experience utilizing the OSI model to troubleshoot complex operational issues
- Microsoft Azure, cloud design and implementation experience is a requirement
- Load-balancing design experience and troubleshooting is required
- Automation skills - Python, Ansible/Terraform desired
- Foundational knowledge of DNS, DHCP (Domain Host Control Protocol), and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
- Foundational knowledge of wireless and remote authentication constructs required.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional in routing and switching - CCNP (R&S) required
- Any specialization in CCIE is a plus
- Fortinet certifications (NSE)
Competencies
- 4-year undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience
- AGILE and/or ITIL certified is a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Customer focused with great interpersonal skills
- Highly adaptable and flexible; ability to delivery in a dynamic environment
- Self-starter and highly accountable
- Experienced using Microsoft Office products - Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.
- Data driven and results oriented