Senior Network Engineer (Cisco ACI and F5)

Accord Innovations; Bandar Baru Bangi; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Innovations seeks an experienced Network Engineer to participate in telco SD-WAN migrations for RHB branches and ongoing device refreshes. You will maintain and administer Data Center LAN/WAN, load balancers, and wireless APs, while monitoring performance and capacity.

Strong collaboration with vendors and internal teams is required, plus incident handling and patch management. Malaysian citizen with 5+ years in banking/finance network environments is preferred; certifications such as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT-related field with focus in network engineering.

Responsibilities

• Participate in network projects such as SDWAN migration and device refresh.
• Maintain, configure, and administer LAN/WAN, DC networks, load balancers, and wireless APs.
• Monitor network performance using monitoring tools and perform capacity planning.
• Provide support for network incidents, upgrades, and firmware patches on network devices.
• Investigate network faults, troubleshoot outages, and escalate to vendors when needed.
• Collaborate with teams and vendors on optimization of LAN/WAN infrastructure.
• Engage in network projects, capacity planning, and disaster-recovery exercises.
• Prepare and update network inventories, diagrams, and documentation.

Skills

Network engineering

LAN / WAN

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Vendor coordination

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / IT

Cisco Certification (CCNP / CCDP)

F5 Certification

IP Engineering / IP Routing certs

Huawei HCNA/HCNP

Other IT certifications

Tools

Cisco ACI

Nexus switches

ISE

F5 GTM/LTM

Gigamon

Huawei switches

Brocade switches

SolarWinds

Network monitoring tools

Job description

Responsibility:

• To participate and contribute in network projects such as telco SDWAN migration for RHB branches, network devices refresh, Solarwinds enhancement, Gigamon enhancement, and patch management on network devices
• Maintain, configure and administer computer networks, Data Center Network, LAN / WAN, load balancers, wireless access points
• Monitor and maximize network performance via monitoring tools, observe health-checks, capacity and resiliency through assessment and carry out fine-tuning if required on network monitoring tools
• Provide support on all network matters which includes attending to user requests and incidents, break-fix reports, upgrades and firmware patches on network devices
• Incident handling on network which include undertaking investigation on causes of network fault using appropriate tools and techniques, troubleshooting network related issues or outages, and escalation to network vendor or service provider as appropriate
• Perform upgrades and patches where required and collaborate with network team, vendors and service providers on optimization of network infrastructure which include LAN / WAN
• Participate in network projects, network capacity planning and disaster-recovery exercise
• Prepare, maintain and update network related inventories, diagrams, reports and documentations

Responsibility:

• To participate and contribute in network projects such as telco SDWAN migration for RHB branches, network devices refresh, Solarwinds enhancement, Gigamon enhancement, and patch management on network devices
• Maintain, configure and administer computer networks, Data Center Network, LAN / WAN, load balancers, wireless access points
• Monitor and maximize network performance via monitoring tools, observe health-checks, capacity and resiliency through assessment and carry out fine-tuning if required on network monitoring tools
• Provide support on all network matters which includes attending to user requests and incidents, break-fix reports, upgrades and firmware patches on network devices
• Incident handling on network which include undertaking investigation on causes of network fault using appropriate tools and techniques, troubleshooting network related issues or outages, and escalation to network vendor or service provider as appropriate
• Perform upgrades and patches where required and collaborate with network team, vendors and service providers on optimization of network infrastructure which include LAN / WAN
• Participate in network projects, network capacity planning and disaster-recovery exercise
• Prepare, maintain and update network related inventories, diagrams, reports and documentations

Qualification & Requirement:

General

• Malaysian citizen, with excellent command in English and Bahasa Malaysia
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or IT related field of study with focus in network engineering, or equivalent training and experience.
• Strong preference will be given for prior experience of minimum 5 years in implementation and administration of IT network systems on both LAN / WAN within banking / finance environment, and deployment of network and infrastructure-related projects.
• Strong understanding of network systems comprising network infrastructure, hardware and technology
• Proficient in implementing, administering, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure devices comprising switches, routers, load balancers, wireless access points
• Has any of the below certifications with a minimum of 5 years industry experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree / Higher Diploma / Diploma in Information Technology
• Cisco Certification (CCNP / CCDP / ACI)
• F5 Certification
• Certified IP Engineer
• Certified IP Routing or IP Switched Network
• Certified Wireless Professional
• Certified Packet Analysis
• Huawei Certified Network Associate / Professional

Qualification & Requirement:

Technical Skills

• Knowledge and skill in implementing, setup, configure, administer, manage and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure (Cisco ACI, Nexus, Catalyst, ISE; F5 GTM, LC, LTM, Gigamon, Huawei Switches; Brocade Switches)
• Knowledge of networking – OSI layer and TCPIP suite and architecture (IPv4, IPv6, ARP, NAT, IPsec, ICMP, IP Datagram, TCP and UDP Protocol, DNS, DHCP, SNMP. Etc)
• Knowledge and skill in implementing, setup, configure, administer, managed and troubleshoot Layer 2 & Layer 3 network infrastructure (Static and Dynamic Routing – BGP, EIGRP, OSPF; IP segmentation, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, VLAN, STP, LACP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, IPv4, SNMP, Logging, ACL, ARP, MAC, Security Hardening, etc.)
• Knowledge and skill in implementing, setup, configure, administer, managed and troubleshoot wireless network infrastructure
• Knowledge and skill using network sniffer tool to troubleshoot network issue, identify root cause and rectification
• Knowledge and skill on Network Management System usage network log analysis, network trending and analysis and network capacity planning.
• Knowledge and skill to prepare network diagrams, documentation, incident report and network analysis reports
• Has proven record of deploying and managing medium to large scale network infrastructure projects

Soft Skills

• A self-starter and able to work independently under minimal supervision
• Good interpersonal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with all level of staff and contribute in a team / teamwork / Group
• Able to adapt to local bank working culture, is flexible when required and has own-transportation
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills