Senior Network Systems Engineer — 24x7 Ops & Design

Ad Astra Consultants; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ad Astra Consultants seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (Network) to lead design, deployment and operation of enterprise networks and data centre infrastructure. The role covers planning, project management and 24x7 on-call support to ensure high availability and performance of systems, services and applications.

Candidates should have 5+ years in network/DC facilities, strong knowledge of routing protocols, security devices and network management tools, with vendor coordination and documentation

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in supporting, maintaining and implementing Network and/or Data Centre Facilities Management (Cisco/Aruba network devices, Cisco ACI) 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 of routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS.
• Familiar with setup and configuration of network security devices such as firewalls, WAN optimisers, VPNs and authentication servers.
• Proven working knowledge of high availability Network Security devices (Checkpoint, Cisco Firepower, Fortinet, Palo Alto).
• Proven knowledge of DNS, time synchronization, Proxy, F5 Load Balancers, Infoblox, RSA.
• Proven knowledge in switch and router configuration, including storage switch configurations.
• Monitor & measure performance & availability of network devices; implement corrective actions for performance and capacity planning.
• Experience on Network Management platforms (MRTG, Cisco ISE, AlgoSec, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Technical design, administration, implementation, troubleshoot and management of Network and Data Centre infrastructure.
• 24x7 Operations Support including scheduled on-call duties.
• Vendor management, project management for network related projects and support to other Technology projects.
• Documentation including RFQ/RFP technical specifications/diagrams, operations manuals/guidelines.
• Backup role for Data Centre Facilities Management services including audit support and/or additional tasks assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Network administration

Data centre operations

Vendor management

Project management

TCP/IP

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

Network security

Firewall configuration

DNS

Time synchronization

Proxy

F5 load balancers

Infoblox

Tools

MRTG

Cisco ISE

Algosec

Infoblox

F5

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Job description

Ad Astra Consultants seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (Network) to lead design, deployment and operation of enterprise networks and data centre infrastructure. The role covers planning, project management and 24x7 on-call support to ensure high availability and performance of systems, services and applications.

Candidates should have 5+ years in network/DC facilities, strong knowledge of routing protocols, security devices and network management tools, with vendor coordination and documentation