DEPLOY has been retained to find a Network Engineer II for an onsite role in Birmingham, AL.
The Network Engineer II serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the design, security and operational integrity of the organization's network infrastructure in a regulated financial environment.
This role combines advanced engineering expertise with leadership responsibilities, ensuring the network supports secure, compliant and resilient business operations.
The position plays a critical role in safeguarding sensitive financial data, maintaining regulatory compliance, and supporting business continuity objectives.
Minimum Requirements:
- Advance routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP).
- Strong knowledge of network security principles, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, and segmentation.
- Experience with secure network design in compliance-driven networks + cloud networking (Azure, AWS) and hybrid architectures + network monitoring, logging, and alerting tools + Palo Alto Networks, HPE Aruba Networking, Aruba Edgeconnect SDWan, Radware ADC.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5-8+ years of network engineering experience, preferably within a financial institution or regulated industry with demonstrated experience leading technical teams or projects.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of secure network infrastructure (LAN< WAN< VPN< Wireless).
- Serve as the technical lead network for initiatives, including infrastructure modernization, segmentation, and secure access architecture.
- Supervise and mentor Network Engineer I staff, including task delegation, training, and performance management.
- Ensure network architecture and operations align with regulatory requirements (e.g., FFIEC, GLBA, SOC2).
- Develop, implement, and enforce network security standards, including firewall policies, segmentation and access controls.
- Partner with Information Security to support risk assessments, vulnerability remediation, and audit activities.
- Oversee network monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis, ensuring timely resolution and documentation.
- Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning, including network resilience and failover capabilities.
- Manage vendor relationships, including telecom providers, hardware vendors, and managed services.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation to support audits, including network diagrams, configurations, and change records.
- Ability to lead, mentor and develop technical staff.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience supporting audits and regulatory examinations.