Network Engineer

ITCONNECTUS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Singapore is seeking a qualified candidate to develop automation processes for managing applications in cloud and data centers. The ideal applicant will have excellent networking knowledge, experience in troubleshooting, and a degree in Computer Science or related fields. This role emphasizes security practices and network optimization.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge in IPv4/IPv6 addressing, VLAN, switching, and routing configurations.
• Experience in designing and troubleshooting networking devices and technologies.
• Skills in Firewall/IDS/IPS rules optimization and load balancing.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation processes for application deployment and management.
• Take ownership of end-to-end solutions provided by teams.
• Implement security practices to protect the organization's data.

Skills

IPv4/IPv6 addressing

VLAN

Routing configurations

Load balancers

Windows and Linux OS

Network Security

Ansible

Docker

Firewall configuration

NAT

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines

Tools

Ansible

Vagrant

Docker

Puppet

Job description

RESPONSIBILITY

• Develop automation and processes to enable teams to deploy, manage scale and monitor their applications in data centers and in cloud.
• System troubleshooting and problem solving across platform and application domains, expect to participate in on-call escalations to troubleshoot customer facing issues.
• Take ownership of end-to-end solutions provided by teams across the organisation.
• Deploy and manage monitoring tools of infrastructure performance, utilization and health to ensure system availability and reliability.
• Implement configuration management system for business continuity management and automate disaster recovery measures.
• Implement security practices that comply with standards to protect th organisation's data and infrastructure.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS NEEDED

• Excellent knowledge on the fundamentals such as IPv4/IPv6 addressing, VLAN, switching and routing configurations, Application performance management using Load balancers, Server Operating Systems (Windows and Linux) networking and OSI layer Protocols.
• Experience in designing, implementing, operating and troubleshooting networking devices and technologies (Structured Cabling, WAN, LAN, Network Security, Wireless and Voice) in standardised operating environment.
• Experience in one or more provisioning tools for network infrastructure such as Ansible, Vagrant, Docker, Puppet to manage configurations using automation.
• Skills essential for the role would be Firewall/IDS/IPS rules optimisation, load balancing of applications, network devices configuration & hardening, NAT, DNS, DHCP and Wireless network health management.
• Understanding of security concepts such as Network Access Control (NAC), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Cybersecurity threats and mitigations Content Distribution Network (CDN).
• Understanding of networking technologies such as Software Defined Infrastructure (SD-WAN, Open Vswitch, VXLan, OpenFlow, OpenStack and CloudStack), Network Functions Virtualization (operate network functions in virtual machines), Secure Access Service Edge ( Zero Trust Network Access, Cloud Access Security Broker and Secure Web Gateways) and Internet of Things(loT) will be advantageous.
• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, Information Technology or related disciplines.