Senior Network Engineer

Role: Senior Network Engineer
Location: 400 Jefferson Park, Whippany, NJ 07981
(Needs to work 2 to 3 days a week in client office located below)

Job Description:
Mandatory Skills:

• Proven detailed experience in designing mid to large-scale network solutions
• Capable of bringing together expert knowledge from across the organization and consolidating into a cohesive end-to-end solution
• Strong communication and presentation skills for conveying complex solutions effectively.
• Experience collaborating within virtual teams in a complex network environment
• Comprehensive technical knowledge of major network infrastructure components utilized within the Barclays group (including data networks, firewalls, and load balancers).
• In Depth knowledge of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Practical experience with Cisco products like Cisco ACI, Nexus platforms, Firepower/ASA.
• Expertise in F5 BIG-IP load balancers and virtualization platforms (VMware/AWS).
• Experience with Fortinet Fortigate, Fortimanager, Fortianalyzer and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Familiarity with Juniper and Checkpoint firewalls.

Preferred certifications:

• Cisco - CCIE/CCNP (R&S/security) certified
• FortiGate - FCNSA
• F5 - CTS-LTM, CTS-GTM
• Python, Ansible, shell scripting
• Change management
• ITIL process awareness - change, incident, and problem management

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve within the Connectivity Delivery Center to ensure efficient project delivery in the Core Networks domain
• Collaborate with Project Managers to create Low level design for the project by following engineering standards.
• Solutions Engineer is responsible for ensuring that any designs produced are in line with the current network architecture and infrastructure strategy documentation and are fit for purpose.
• Be responsible & manage end-to-end delivery of assigned project tasks
• Work with global teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Contribute to risk management and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and mandatory policies.
• Address audit findings and issue assurances thoroughly.
• Take full ownership of ensuring that complex and critical infrastructure component strategies align with business needs and budget constraints.
• Contribute to the definition of infrastructure strategy and policy.
• Support the Leadership / Network Engineering in aligning network infrastructure initiatives with the strategic roadmap.
• Working with designers, Project Service Architects and Architecture, Governance & Standards for input and to understand and influence changes in architectures policies and strategy.
• Candidate will work with client internal stakeholders and with external vendors to achieve his project objectives.
• Timely update and whenever necessary timely escalation of issues to right stakeholders.
• Accurate estimation of workload and timelines for delivery. Decision-making and Problem Solving
• Candidate should have excellent analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.
• Apply strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, exercising sound judgment to enhance project outcomes and prevent delays.
• Ensure all activities are conducted in full compliance with regulatory requirements, the Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework, and internal client policies and standards.