Lead Cloud Network Engineer

AIRWALLEX (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in Singapore seeks a Team Lead for their networking team to ensure a reliable cloud and physical network for their global financial infrastructure. This role involves providing technical leadership, implementing cybersecurity strategies, and managing hardware devices. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience, a relevant Bachelor's degree, and familiarity with network configurations and cloud products. Join us to drive innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise-level network planning and management.
• Experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Familiarity with mainstream equipment and configurations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to the engineering team.
• Plan and build the network environment for financial infrastructure.
• Implement cybersecurity strategies and network monitoring systems.

Skills

Enterprise-level network planning

Team leadership

Problem analysis

BGP configuration

IPSec configuration

MPLS configuration

Cloud networking

Golang

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Routing equipment

Switching equipment

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

Helm

Cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud)

Job description

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

About the team

As the engineering organization matures, the infrastructure teams are the key to Airwallex's ability to build a globally distributed platform, increase engineer productivity and ensure effective use of resources. Our team works to provide the best possible experience for our developers and customers while providing a safe and secure environment to ensure that our financial solutions are always available.

What you’ll do

The networking team delivers a reliable and secure cloud and physical network to support Airwallex’s global financial infrastructure.

As a team lead, you will lead the team to collaborate with key domain teams such as Payments Platform, Tech Platform, etc., to deliver high-quality solutions and maintain the SLA higher than 99.999%. By using various tools and bleeding technologies, you will streamline the team’s delivery process and ensure it meets the requirements of regulators.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers based in Singapore.
• Plan, build and ensure the network environment of the company's financial infrastructure.
• Cross connect IDC and public cloud networks to build a global high-performance network.
• Formulate and implement cybersecurity strategies to meet compliance and audit requirements.
• Deploy network monitoring systems to discover network faults.
• Manage and secure hardware devices such as switches, routers, HSMs etc.

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise-level network planning and management.
• Previous experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Bachelor degree or above in computer science or networking related majors.
• Familiar with switching, routing and firewall configuration of mainstream equipment, proficient in BGP, IPSec, MPLS.
• Familiar with public cloud network products and interconnection configurations such as AWS and Google Cloud.
• Familiar with at least one programming language (Golang or Python).
• Strong ability to analyze and solve problems independently.

Preferred qualifications

• Have CCIE/JNCIE certificate.
• Familiar with Equinix/Megaport.
• Familiar with Terraform/Ansible/ArgoCD/Helm.