Mid/Senior AI Network & Security Engineer - Local Citizen

Neuron Solutions Sdn Bhd; Kulai; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuron Solutions Sdn Bhd in Kulai, Johor, Malaysia seeks a Mid/Senior AI Network & Security Engineer to design, implement and operate AI data-center networks supporting GPU clusters and AI cloud services. You will manage InfiniBand/RoCE networks, firewalling, VPNs, network automation, and 24x7 operations, collaborating with security, systems and platform teams to ensure high availability and performance.

This on-site role requires 8+ years of experience and willingness to work in Johor on a 24x7

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, CS, IT or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of relevant network engineering experience in data-center, cloud, service-provider or large-scale infra.
• Hands-on TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, BGP and high-availability networking.
• Experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting production network infra.
• Hands-on with Juniper, Cisco, Arista or equivalent data-center switch/router platforms.
• Experience with firewall tech, segmentation, ACLs, VPNs and security policies.
• Strong knowledge of advanced networking tech, especially AI-related.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work on-site in Johor and participate in 24x7 escalation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, operate and maintain highly available network infrastructure supporting AI/GPU clusters, data centres and AI Cloud services.
• Support high-performance GPU network fabrics including NVIDIA InfiniBand and Ethernet/RoCE-based architectures.
• Design and operate data-center networking technologies including routing, switching, VLANs, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN and high-availability architectures.
• Configure and support network infrastructure across compute, storage, management, out-of-band, customer and external connectivity networks.
• Support LAN, WAN, VPN and private interconnect connectivity between data centres, customers, partners and cloud environments.
• Participate in network architecture, capacity planning and infrastructure expansion activities for new AI/GPU clusters.
• Monitor network and AI fabric availability, throughput, latency, utilisation, errors and congestion to meet SLA.
• Troubleshoot complex connectivity and performance issues across switches, ConnectX NICs, DPUs and SuperNICs, servers, host networking and GPU workloads.
• Develop expertise in AI networking technologies including InfiniBand, RDMA, RoCEv2, lossless Ethernet, PFC, ECN, QoS and congestion management.
• Support AI fabric monitoring and management platforms such as NVIDIA UFM, NetQ or equivalent tools.
• Support network validation, commissioning and performance testing for new GPU clusters and infrastructure deployments.
• Design, implement and operate network security infrastructure including firewalls, VPNs, ACLs, segmentation, NAT, IPS and secure connectivity.
• Configure and manage Fortinet/FortiGate or equivalent enterprise firewall platforms.
• Implement appropriate network segmentation across compute, management, storage, OOB, customer and external-facing environments.
• Support security hardening, vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with Security and Risk teams during security incidents, assessments and audits.
• Develop and maintain HLD/LLD, network diagrams, SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, troubleshooting runbooks and technical documentation.

Skills

TCP/IP networking

Routing & Switching

BGP

VLANs

Network Security

Firewalling

Linux networking

InfiniBand

NetDevOps / IaC

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Arista

Fortinet FortiGate

NVIDIA InfiniBand

ConnectX NICs

Linux

Job description

Job Role: Mid/Senior AI Network & Security Engineer

Employer: AI infrastructure-as-a-service company

Location: Kulai, Johor, Malaysia

Job Type: Full Time – On Site

Experience: 8+ years of relevant network engineering experience, preferably within data-center, cloud, service-provider or large-scale infrastructure environments.

JOB DESCRIPTION

AI & Data Center Network Infrastructure

• Design, implement, operate and maintain highly available network infrastructure supporting AI/GPU clusters, data centres and AI Cloud services.
• Support high-performance GPU network fabrics including NVIDIA InfiniBand and Ethernet/RoCE-based architectures.
• Design and operate data-center networking technologies including routing, switching, VLANs, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN and high-availability architectures.
• Configure and support network infrastructure across compute, storage, management, out-of-band (OOB), customer and external connectivity networks.
• Support LAN, WAN, VPN and private interconnect connectivity between data centres, customers, partners and cloud environments.
• Participate in network architecture, capacity planning and infrastructure expansion activities for new AI/GPU clusters.

Network Operations & Performance

• Monitor network and AI fabric availability, throughput, latency, utilisation, errors and congestion to ensure infrastructure meets performance and SLA requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex connectivity and performance issues across switches, ConnectX NICs, DPUs and SuperNICs, servers, host networking and GPU workloads.
• Work with Systems, Platform and Operations teams to identify network-related issues impacting distributed GPU workloads.
• Develop expertise in AI networking technologies including InfiniBand, RDMA, RoCEv2, lossless Ethernet, PFC, ECN, QoS and congestion management.
• Support AI fabric monitoring and management platforms such as NVIDIA UFM, NetQ or equivalent tools.
• Support network validation, commissioning and performance testing for new GPU clusters and infrastructure deployments.

Network Security

• Design, implement and operate network security infrastructure including firewalls, VPNs, ACLs, segmentation, NAT, IPS and secure connectivity.
• Configure and manage Fortinet/FortiGate or equivalent enterprise firewall platforms.
• Implement appropriate network segmentation across compute, management, storage, OOB, customer and external-facing environments.
• Support security hardening, vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with Security and Risk teams during security incidents, assessments and audits.

Network Automation

• Develop and maintain network automation using technologies such as Python, Ansible, APIs, DCIM and Infrastructure as Code.
• Automate configuration deployment, backups, compliance validation, provisioning and routine operational activities.
• Support CI/CD and controlled network change processes to improve consistency, reliability and auditability.
• Work with platform teams to integrate network and fabric telemetry into monitoring platforms.

Operations & Reliability

• Provide technical leadership for complex network incidents, outages and performance degradation.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyse network performance trends, capacity, hardware utilisation and growth requirements.
• Plan and test redundancy, failover and recovery mechanisms.
• Participate in change management, maintenance, upgrades and lifecycle management activities.
• Participate in the operational standby/on-call roster supporting 24×7 AI Cloud services.
• Develop and maintain HLD/LLD, network diagrams, SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, troubleshooting runbooks and technical documentation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of relevant network engineering experience, preferably within data-center, cloud, service-provider or large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, BGP and network redundancy/high availability.
• Strong experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting production network infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise/data-center switching and routing platforms such as Juniper, Cisco, Arista or equivalent.
• Experience with enterprise firewall technologies, network segmentation, ACLs, VPNs and security policies.
• Solid understanding of advanced networking technologies, particularly those related to AI would be highly advantageous.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to work site-based in Johor and to participate in a 24×7 escalation roster.

Key Competencies

• Hands-on experience with NVIDIA InfiniBand, Spectrum Ethernet Platform, and/or RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) preferred.
• Good understanding of Linux and host networking.
• Enterprise & AI network delivery (LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN).
• Secure connectivity (site-to-site VPN, MPLS, private interconnects).
• Network automation & NetDevOps (IaC, Ansible, Python, CI/CD).
• Network security (firewalls, VLANs, ACLs, zero-trust).
• Operations, monitoring & incident response.
• AI networking tech (InfiniBand, Spectrum, RoCE).
• Linux networking fundamentals.
• Cross-team collaboration & mentoring.
• Certifications such as NVIDIA-Certified InfiniBand or Networking Professional, JNCIP or JNCIE, CCNP or CCIE, Fortinet NSE 4 and above, CISSP or CISM.