Remote WAN Engineer — Banking, Cisco ASR/ISR

Optiveum; United States; Remote; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Optiveum is seeking an experienced Network Engineer – WAN to join the network operations team. This 100% remote, full-time role is conducted on a B2B basis with Optiveum, working from Poland for a large German banking group.

Responsibilities include end-to-end WAN operations on Cisco ASR/ISR, BGP/OSPF/MPLS, provisioning coordination, firmware and licensing management, and incident handling. Fluency in English is required; German is a plus.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience with Cisco WAN technologies (ASR/ISR, BGP, OSPF, MPLS).
• CCNA or CCNP Enterprise certification (or equivalent).
• Experience leading or coaching network engineering teams.
• Strong communication and conflict-resolution skills.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes in regulated environments (Incident, Change, Release).
• Fluent English; German language skills are a strong plus.
• Experience in banking/financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Run WAN product end-to-end on Cisco ASR/ISR and Catalyst from transition to operations.
• Configure, administer and troubleshoot Cisco routers; manage BGP, OSPF and MPLS.
• Coordinate WAN line provisioning, carrier handovers, and site connections.
• Manage IOS-XE firmware lifecycle and Cisco licensing (Smart Licensing).
• Analyze outages, latency and QoS; coordinate incidents (2nd/3rd line).
• Support audits and drive continual service improvement and automation.
• Mentor nearshore engineers and write runbooks, standards and SOPs.

Skills

Cisco WAN technologies

Leadership / coaching

English fluency

ITIL processes knowledge

Conflict resolution

Network security awareness

Education

CCNA or CCNP Enterprise certification

ITIL certification

Tools

CheckMK

Splunk

Cisco Smart Licensing

Ansible

Python

Cisco ASR/ISR

Job description

Optiveum is seeking an experienced Network Engineer – WAN to join the network operations team. This 100% remote, full-time role is conducted on a B2B basis with Optiveum, working from Poland for a large German banking group.

Responsibilities include end-to-end WAN operations on Cisco ASR/ISR, BGP/OSPF/MPLS, provisioning coordination, firmware and licensing management, and incident handling. Fluency in English is required; German is a plus.