Technical Specialist (Network Engineer)

Sun Life Financial; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life Financial in the Philippines is seeking a senior Network Engineer to design and deliver secure enterprise network solutions for a global operation footprint.

You will manage on-premises and cloud connectivity, drive automation and analytics initiatives, and ensure governance, performance, and resilience across the network.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network/information technology design and support.
• Certifications in security/cloud/vendor areas are advantageous (e.g., CCIE, CISSP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience with on-premises and cloud convergence, data center, and WAN/VPN environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership within projects to deliver secure, compliant network solutions.
• Produce both high-level and detailed designs with governance, security, and performance considerations.
• Advance automation, data analytics, DevOps, and API enablement for network services.

Skills

Network design

Security design

Automation

APIs/REST

Cloud concepts

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

ASA

VXLAN

BGP

Terraform

Splunk

Job description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you'll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful. When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Network Engineer Enterprise Network Service provides essential set of network connectivity and functional services to the Sun Life Financial global community in support of the digital enterprise and business operations worldwide. The Network Solution Design Engineering Team is accountable for developing and maintaining strategy and roadmaps for network technology domains as well as designing, engineering, communicating, and delivering complex and innovative end-to-end solutions, enabling Sun Life Financial business operations globally.

What you will do

Provide technical leadership or subject matter expertise within projects to deliver secure suitable technical solutions, compliant with governance, policies, standards, and procedures to realize the projects’ objective, successful implementation, and its operationalization. Deliver both high-level and detailed-level designs, in accordance to best practices, with security, fault resiliency, tolerance, sizing and agility considerations, inclusive of just in time and solution release documentation. Contribute to ongoing operations, maintenance, and evolution of the network infrastructure and its services on-premises/in-cloud, through POC, LCM, proactive health and performance analysis, as well as degradation and incident remediation. Advance enabling technologies for Automation, Data & Analytics, DevOps, API, and Digital Assets, within Network Services’ Infrastructure and Functional Engineering be it on-premises or in-cloud. Create & manage business requirements, business processes and operational standards and procedures. Development of comprehensive Engineering and Architecture documentations

What you will need to succeed

10 + years of progressive network and information technology design and support experience with the application of network design lifecycle and best practice methodologies. Industry, Professional, or Vendor Certifications an advantage relative to Security, Cloud, AWS, Cisco, Process, Governance (e.g. CCIE, CISSP, TOGAF, ITIL, AWS, AZURE, Microsoft, VMWARE) OSPF, BGP(iBGP/eBGP), VxLAN, PfR (Performance Routing), QoS, MPLS, DMVPN, IPSec Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS, ASA, NSX/ESX Nexus 9k/7k/5k, Catalyst 6500/4500 Series, ASR/ISR routers SPAN/ERSPAN/Cisco Tunneling Technologies/Traffic Aggregation Proficiency Microsoft Visio, Power Point Design Documentation Technical Skills: Network Infrastructure on-premises and cloud convergence: Data Centre, LAN/Wireless/WAN/VPN/SDx and Cloud Connectivity, Firewall, Load Balancing AWS/Azure/NFV/Virtualization/Subscribed and Colo-services Familiarity with WAN Connectivity services from AT&T, Verizon, Zayo, and other major Telco Network routing & switching protocols, segmentation, data aggregation, application delivery and perimeter security. Coding, API, Analytics, Automation, Service and Functionality Performance monitoring and management. Operating Systems and IOS: Cisco: IOS, NX-OS, ASA; Aruba: Wireless OS, Clearpass, Airwave/Central; Gigamon, Bluecat, Checkpoint, F5 Microsoft; Windows Servers 2012/2016/2019, UNIX/Linux/CentOS, and other derivatives. Applications and Tools Suite: Microsoft: Visio, Office, Project; Linux/Unix and derivatives Automation and Orchestration tools: Ansible, Cisco NSO, Cloud Formation, Terraform Splunk, ScienceLogic, LiveAction/NX, Algosec, TGW Network Manager, ServiceNow, Agile tools: Jira, Git, Bitbucket, Scrum Programming Coding and Integration: API (RESTFul/HTML/SOAP), Python, YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF

Job Category

IT - Technology Services Posting End Date: 30/12/2026

Shine together

At Sun Life, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you - and your career - can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed. Make life brighter We're a global company with a passion for people. Our purpose is to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. As a team of 30,000 across 26 countries, our impact is far-reaching, and locally relevant There's power in numbers. As part of Sun Life's growing team, you have an impact on people in your community and around the world. Shape the future With an optimistic eye on a brighter future, we drive to innovate. Be part of leading change, push boundaries and try new ways of working. Use data to drive bold actions. Be agile and pivot as we test and learn. At Sun Life, we're driving transformation, sustainability and innovation for our Clients, employees, partners, and communities. Join us. Together, we can make the future brighter. Join a top employer for a brighter future. Visit Sun Life Careers