Network & Security Engineer

Barings LLC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm based in London is seeking an experienced Network & Security Engineer to design and operate their network and security systems. Responsibilities include leading initiatives, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining documentation. Applicants should have significant experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and hold relevant certifications, including Cisco CCNP. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative team atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Significant experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama.
• Hold a PCNSE or PCCSE certification or equivalent.
• Cisco CCNP essential.
• High level of understanding and experience with OSPF and BGP.
• Azure experience, AZ-700 certified.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and operate the network and security environment.
• Provide technical leadership within a collaborative team.
• React to incidents and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Maintain documentation and perform audits.

Skills

Palo Alto Firewalls

Cisco CCNP

BGP

OSPF

Azure

Micro-segmentation principles

Zero Trust principles

Wireshark

DDoS mitigation services

Cisco ISE

Network Automation

Education

PCNSE or PCCSE certification

AZ-700 certification

Tools

LogicMonitor

ServiceNow

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

The primary responsibility will be to design, implement and operate the network and security environment in accordance with the teams policies, processes and procedures.

As a senior technical member of the Network & Security team, the main areas of focus will be:

• 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

The Engineer will have proven technical expertise with:

• 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 Expertise

• 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.