Network & Security Engineer

Barings LLC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm located in London is seeking an experienced Network & Security Engineer to design and operate networking and security infrastructures. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, hold relevant certifications, and demonstrate a strong understanding of network protocols like BGP and OSPF. Responsibilities include maintaining network hardware and providing leadership within an agile team, ensuring robust security protocols are in place. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and technical expertise.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama in a global environment.
• Hold a PCNSE or PCCSE certification or equivalent in experience.
• Cisco CCNP essential.

Responsibilities

• Operate within an Agile environment.
• Provide technical leadership within a collaborative team.
• Pro-actively maintain the network and security hardware, applications, and services.

Skills

Palo Alto Firewalls

Cisco CCNP

Network Automation

BGP

OSPF

Azure

Wireshark

DDoS mitigation

Education

PCNSE or PCCSE certification

AZ-700 certification

Tools

Cisco ISE

LogicMonitor

Job description

At Barings, we are as invested in our associates as we are in our clients. We recognize those who work diligently for us and reward them for personal and professional integrity, communication skills, distinct competencies and expertise in specific strategies, ability to collaborate as a team member and true dedication to the interests of our clients.

We thank you for your interest in joining the Barings team, and invite you to explore our current employment opportunities.

Title: Network & Security Engineer

Department: Global Technology

Location: London, United Kingdom

We're looking for an experienced Network & Security Engineer who can design, implement, and operate the network and security estate here at Barings. You'll bring experience, drive, enthusiasm, and a passion for technology.

Responsibilities

• Operate within an Agile environment.
• Provide technical leadership within a collaborative team.
• Work in the team to design, implement and operate secure networking capabilities.
• Pro-actively maintain the network and security hardware, applications, and services.
• Respond to incidents, requests and troubleshoot connectivity or performance issues.
• Implement planned Change across all the devices and services under the management of the team.
• Respond to emergency situations and perform effective troubleshooting during Major Incidents as required.
• High degree of documentation skills, for creating and maintaining design and operational documentation, Change documentation, Runbooks, Test plans and any other operational documentation as required.
• Management of Control, Audit and Risk routines.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Significant experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama in a global environment.
• Hold a PCNSE or PCCSE certification or equivalent in experience.
• Cisco CCNP essential.
• High level of understanding and experience with OSPF and BGP.
• Azure experience, AZ-700 certified.
• Micro-segmentation principles and technologies.
• Zero Trust principles.
• Experience with Wireshark or other packet capture tools to analyze traffic.
• Significant experience troubleshooting voice and video network traffic.
• Significant experience with M&A activities across network and security services.
• Experience with DDoS mitigation services.
• Experience with LogicMonitor or similar tools.
• Experience planning and leading BCP/DR events across co-lo's and data centers from a network and security perspective.
• Experience of Cisco ISE and/or other NAC solutions.
• Experience with multiple connectivity technologies including DIA, MPLS and DWDM
• Experience of Cisco and Meraki wireless services.

General Working Skills

• Strong knowledge of all round infrastructure technologies
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, to respond to shifting priorities, and to work efficiently under pressure.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Candidate must be passionate about innovation and enjoy leading change.
• Candidate must be passionate in creating a collaborative, caring and safe environment for all teammates to succeed.
• Network Automation experience advantageous.
• Participate in the team on-call rota

Requisite Skills

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Citrix Netscalers, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Additional Skills

Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA), ServiceNow (Inactive)

Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.