Senior Network Engineer

Pacific Life Re; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm in London seeks a Senior Network Engineer to transform network infrastructure and enhance security measures. The role involves implementing solutions, managing network systems, and ensuring security compliance. Candidates should have over 5 years of IT experience, especially with various network devices and protocols, along with strong problem-solving skills. This hybrid position calls for occasional office attendance and is geared towards dynamic professionals ready to maintain a global network.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Comprehensive private insurance

Subsidized gym membership

Cycle to Work Scheme

Charitable matching of employee donations

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT, configuring network devices and services.
• Experience with L2 and L3 protocols such as IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF.
• Familiarity with Aruba ClearPass, SolarWinds, Juniper, HPE routing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Implement network-related solutions.
• Manage and optimize network infrastructures.
• Analyze networks for security threats.

Skills

Network device configuration

Security monitoring

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

B.S./M.S. in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Cisco IOS-XE

Aruba

F5

Riverbed

Job description

Senior Network Engineer

Pacific Life is investing in its global network and security to support its digital transformation journey. As such, we are searching for a Senior Network Engineer to help transform our network and to protect our customers and brand. The Network Engineer will design, implement, maintain, and support our growing network infrastructure. This person will also collaborate with our corporate security team to design and build security controls to protect our environment. The successful candidate will have served in a similar role in a Fortune 500 environment and would have significant experience in supporting global networks.

Responsibilities

• Implement products, platforms, software, hardware, or appliance-based solutions related to network and network security.
• Interface with management and vendors to develop and implement new solutions to meet business requirements.
• Design and manage the rollout of various network infrastructures with a necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization.
• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations.
• Maintain network security across the global enterprise; analyze networks for security threats. Monitor organization’s networks for security breaches and investigate violations when they occur.
• Use network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization reporting.
• Develop technical documentation describing the deployment, configuration, and management of network infrastructure.
• Participate in IT security audits. Respond to existing audits and ensure required controls are implemented as required.
• Build strong relationships outside of IT to understand business needs. Communicate complex details in a way that people can understand. Advocate for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the products, empathizing with and understanding user needs.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
• Candidate must have advanced technical skills and experience with the following L2 and L3 protocols and technologies such as IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Be familiar with Cisco IOS-XE and NXOS.
• Candidate must be familiar with various platforms – Aruba, F5, Riverbed, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus). Cisco ACI is a plus, Knowledge of Aruba ClearPass, SolarWinds, Juniper and HPE routing/switching equipment is a plus.
• Must have an understanding of open-source and other tools to assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis.
• Must have excellent communication and problem‑solving skills, attention to detail.
• One or more of the following certifications: Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP · Flexible schedule, including the ability to work nights and weekends.
• B.S./M.S. in Engineering and/or Computer Science or equivalent experience.

This is a hybrid role with time working remotely, in office (Tower Bridge, London) and supporting data centers in Slough and Docklands. Therefore, close proximity to London and willingness to commute to London is a must.

There is a physical element to this job and the successful hire will be required to carry servers, run cables and work in a data center from time to time.

Working For Pacific Life Re

Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.

Providing employees with a healthy work‑life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well‑being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

Benefits (Only for Permanent and Fixed Term Employees)

Leave

• 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days.
• Adoption and fertility leave.
• Generous enhanced parental leave.

Healthcare

• Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
• Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary.
• Optical benefits.

Savings & Retirement

• 15% combined employee/employer contributions.

Wellness

• Subsidized gym membership.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Time off for volunteering.
• Charitable matching of employee donations.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.

Pacific Life Re Values

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