Lead Technology Engineer (Network)

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Job Purpose

Group IT has a matrix management structure. The Technology Engineer role will have line management and reporting into the VP Technology Chapter but will be assigned to a Platform squad for task management and prioritization. The engineer will implement the design and build of the platform along with all associated components from inception to maturity of the running environment over time. The role will be responsible for driving change and delivering new technology into the Bank by onboarding customers and applications to the Platform via self-service and automation.

The engineer will work closely with other Platform and Product teams in educating them on the new Platform, services and features to ensure any transition and consumption is optimal. Teams work using Agile + DevOps + Product Management methodologies, delivering work packages based on the priority in the backlog.

Looking for Lead Technology Engineer to build and maintain SDN-Fabric network using on Enterprise Sonic and Legacy networking. Our stack is Cisco, Sonic and Cumulus.

The candidate ideally should have a track record of building Sonic Network for enterprise organization and describe in detail how it was built, or an extensive network administration experience as well as experience in building SDN-Fabric Networks using automation.

Job Content

Lead Technology Engineering:

An expert in Compute, Networks, Database, Cloud or associated DevOps

Strong technical expertise with a focus on development and coding

Good infrastructure and security knowledge

Facilitating getting the work done across the parallel development teams

Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Clear internal and external communication, improving transparency across teams and stakeholders

Ability to work at an abstract level and continuously pivot to arrive at the best solution for the end customer

Energized by complex problem solving and ability to innovate new solutions

Ability to work under pressure, manage client expectations effectively

Relationship Management

Trustful and professional relationships with key stakeholders

Has developed synergies across services, optimizing re-use, promoting simplification and demonstrating speed-to-market benefits

Commercial and business focused to improve IT services

Trustful and pragmatic approach to problem solving

Ability to adopt the Groups values and drive adoption of the values across the team

Delivery Experience

Ability to work on projects from inception to delivery

Decision making to decide on best solution based on cost, time and quality of options

Cross skills in delivery but also operational support as per the new DevOps model

Implementing robust solutions to minimize operational effort

Education

IT or similar bachelors degree or higher

Equivalent work experience

Experiences

At least 8 years total engineering or operational experience

At least 3 relevant years of experience in a similar role.

Experience within large and complex global enterprises defined by high availability, transaction rates, and geographical distribution.

Good communication and articulation skills

Knowledge & Skills

Technical/Functional:

Expertise in infrastructure, systems administration, design and engineering, with a cloud computing and DevOps focus

Current experience with contemporary and innovative solutions

Understanding of the long term IT Strategy and ability to work towards that with each project.

Functional and technical understanding of critical systems and Banking services.

Strong understanding of the technical risks, security, compliance and audit requirements.

Maintaining a strategic stance over tactical fixes

Demonstrated ability to manage complex vendor and supplier relationships

Proven experience in contributing to and executing technology service development plans or roadmaps

Advanced understanding of telemetry protocols: syslog, SNMP, gRPC, Netflow, S-flow, SSH polling and templating and others.

Understanding of telemetry protocols: syslog, SNMP, gRPC, Netflow, S-flow and others.

Experience in network administration and expert understanding of modern network concepts and protocols: routing, switching, Wi-Fi, WAN optimization, BGP, OSFP, MP-BGP, EVPN, VLAN, VXLAN, spanning tree.

Track record of using Python, Ansible or other open source tools for network automation.

Expert in Enterprise Sonic SDN-Networks and Legacy Networking.