Network & Security Engineer

About the role

A Network Security Engineer is sought to join a team with strong expertise in network infrastructure, security operations and connectivity solutions, preferably in financial services environments. The role covers monitoring, managing and securing network infrastructure across data centres, cloud environments and customer connectivity points.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor, manage and optimise network infrastructure across data centres, cloud environments and customer connectivity points.
• Operate and maintain enterprise network devices and services such as routers, switches, load balancers, wireless networks and monitoring tools.
• Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting, incident management and escalation to resolve connectivity and availability issues.
• Configure and maintain VPN tunnels, MPLS, GRE and IPsec connections for secure inter-site connectivity.
• Update firewall rules and network access changes in line with security policies and change management procedures.
• Support disaster recovery, redundancy planning and network capacity management.
• Support secure connectivity with FinTech partners, SWIFT gateways and cloud providers.
• Maintain network topology diagrams, configuration inventories, operational documentation and change records.
• Collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams on onboarding, provisioning and connectivity testing.
• Support audits, root cause analysis and continuous improvement of network operations.
• Analyse packets and investigate suspicious network activity.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years in network/security engineering, with at least 2 years in a banking or financial institution.
• Preferred: familiarity with firewall operations (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA, Check Point) and understanding of ITIL; experience in NOC/SOC or large-scale operations teams.

Required skills

• Routing, switching, VLANs, STP, BGP/OSPF and traffic optimisation.
• Enterprise platforms (Cisco, Juniper, HP/Aruba or equivalent).
• VPN, IPSec/GRE/MPLS and load balancing.
• Monitoring tools such as Zabbix, SolarWinds or PRTG.
• L2/L3 troubleshooting and structured change management.