Senior Network Engineer

Manpower Staffing Services (S) Pte Ltd - Head Office; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing services firm in Singapore seeks a Network and Security Specialist responsible for managing and maintaining network infrastructure. Responsibilities include 24x7 support, vendor management, and ensuring compliance with SLAs. The ideal candidate has a degree in IT, relevant certifications, and at least 5 years of experience in the field. This role offers a dynamic environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years' experience in Network and Data Centre technical administration and support.
• Excellent understanding of common network technologies, including TCP/IP, IPSec, VRRP.
• In-Depth Working Knowledge of routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the network infrastructure and the data centres with system availability of at least 99.96%.
• Ensure network and security infrastructure is certified for the required SLA.
• Manage external support vendors to provide 24x7 support.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Customer Focused

Organised, efficient and friendly

Resourceful, proactive and can act independently

Demonstrate a willingness to learn and innovate

A good problem solver

Education

Degree in IT or engineering or equivalent

Possess technical network certification (CCNP, CCNA)

Tools

Checkpoint

ASA

Cisco ISE

F5 LTM

Job description

Overview

Scope of Responsibility

• Technical design, administration, implementation, troubleshoot and management of Network and Security infrastructure
• 24x7 Operations Support including scheduled on-call duties
• Vendor management and project management for network/security related projects, provide support to other IT projects
• Documentation including RFQ technical specifications/diagrams, operations manuals/guidelines
• Backup role for security services management and data centre management, including audit support

Key Duties

1. Manage and maintain the network infrastructure and the data centres with system availability of at least 99.96%.
2. Ensure the network, data centre and security infrastructure is certified for the required SLA by tracking the maintenance renewal for all network, data centre and security equipment. Keep track of the IT asset (inclusive of licenses, etc) for the network, data centre and security infrastructure.
3. Manage external support vendors to provide the 24x7 support and track their performance to ensure compliance to the SLA, including physical onsite supervision of the vendors at the remote data centre sites.
4. Execute implementations, patches and upgrades, change release procedure, BCP and DRP exercise.
5. Develop and maintain documentation related to the installation, administration, and operations of network, data centre and security infrastructure.
6. Provide 24x7 operations support, including on-call support.
7. A subject matter expert in networking, data centre and security areas for our infrastructure and project initiatives. Keep up to date with technology advances and changes in the industry and conduct feasibility studies and technology evaluations.
8. Provide feedback for specific risks and mitigation efforts in terms of security assessments for new projects.
9. Independently manage network and security projects and/or complex infrastructure changes
10. Develop and maintain IT policies, processes and procedures for our network, data centre and security standards and practices.

Key Job Specifications

1. Education

• Degree in IT or engineering or equivalent.
• Possess technical network certification (CCNP, CCNA)

1. Experience

• At least 5 years' experience in Network and Data Centre (Cisco Inter-networking Solutions, including Routers, Switches, ACI network) technical administration and support.

• Excellent understanding of common network technologies, including TCP/IP, IPSec, VRRP, HSRP, SNMP, NAT, Multicast, Sub-netting, Ethernet, Access-lists.

• In-Depth Working Knowledge and understanding of the following routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS.

• Proven working knowledge, implementation and administration experience of Network Security (Checkpoint, ASA)

• Proven working knowledge of DNS, Proxy, F5 LTM Cisco ISE, RSA.

• Monitor & measure the performance & availability of systems proactively; implement corrective actions identified to improve performance & service level availability and capacity planning.

• Knowledge of WAN technologies, structured cabling, data centre physical architecture (power, grounding, cooling, cabling, fire protection, rack/physical layout, physical security, management)

• Experience on the various Network Management platforms (e.g. MRTG, ELK etc)

• At least 5 years of experience in the IT support involving 24x7 operations.

• At least 2 years of experience in managing vendors in terms of purchases, writing and managing RFQ, project management, problem resolutions.

• Able to multi-task.

1. Special Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer Focused
• Organised, efficient and friendly
• Resourceful, proactive and can act independently
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and innovate
• A good problem solver

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