Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 8+ years

Education Not Specified

Category Networking & Telecom

About this role

Senior Network Principal Engineer to design and maintain high-availability networks across data centers in a fintech environment, enforce PCI standards, and mentor engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee configuration and installation network routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers
Design multi data center highly available architecture (traditional and SDN)
Provide budget planning and estimates for future network solutions
Lead Tier-4 off-hour support
Guide and oversight to other engineers to follow best practices

Technical Overview

Core responsibilities include routing protocols (BGP/OSPF), data center design, SD-WAN, firewall/load balancer management (F5, CheckPoint), IPv6, and PCI security; requires experience with Tier-4 on-call support and budget planning.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior network architect with 8+ years of experience in financial technology networks, CCIE certification, and deep expertise in BGP/OSPF, SD-WAN, and data center high-availability designs.

Must-Have Skills

In-depth understanding of network communication and routing protocols (BGP/OSPF)Design and administer routersswitchesfirewallsload balancersData Center design concepts for high availabilitySD-WAN design and troubleshootingDocumentation of complex multi-tier networksNetwork performance optimizationPolicy enforcement and security standardsMulti data center architecture

Nice-to-Have Skills

ACI Data Center administration and designSD-WAN design and administrationIPv6 network experienceF5 LTM/GTM load balancer administration and designCheckPoint Firewall administration

Required Skills

CCIE certification8+ years of network engineeringBGPOSPFSD-WAN (design/deployment)data center architecturePCI security standardsCheckPoint firewallF5 LTM/GTMIPv6DNSload balancermulti data center HAnetwork documentation

Hard Skills

BGPOSPFSD-WANRoutersSwitchesFirewallsLoad balancersTCP/IPData Center designIPv6F5 LTM/GTMCheckPoint FirewallPCI security standards

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam collaborationinitiativeproblem-solving

Certifications

Required

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech

Job Function Lead high-availability network architecture and operations for Global Payments' data centers and networks.

Role Subtype Network Architect

Tech Domains Cisco Networking, Linux, Windows Server, Networking / TCP-IP

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

CCIE certification required, 8+ years of network engineering experience, Must be willing to provide off-hour support

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