AVP/VP, Network Data Engineer, Core Technology Infrastructure

at  Bank of America

JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

APAC Network Services “Internal Networks” team is responsible for end-to-end engineering and deployment of network infrastructure services within Bank of America.
The candidate will work on data networks engineering & deployment projects focused on modernizing networks, Line of Business requirements, Sustained Engineering Efforts, Life Cycle Management, and Vulnerability management.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Around 8 years with hands-on experience in Data Engineering & Deployment team preferably in the banking and finance industry.
• Strong knowledge and experience in engineering and deployment of network solutions including Routing and Switching (Cisco/Arista), Wireless (Cisco, Aruba), Micro segmentation (ISE/Clearpass).
• Strong Knowledge in software defined networks, SD-WAN, SD-Access, Cisco-ACI/Arista VXLAN, CVP, Orchestration and Automation (Ansible, Python, YAML).
• Strong knowledge of networking communication principles, network standards, and network security practices.
• Strong Working Knowledge of Market Data delivery networks using both TCP and UDP multicast with an ability to comprehensively troubleshoot through these networks.
• Experience in network analytics through packet capture (Sniffer) analysis and end system diagnostics (Netscout).
• Strong knowledge in VPN technologies, Tunneling protocols – SSL/TLS, IPSec, GRE, MACSEC etc.
• Strong understanding of QoS policies, principles, and best practices.
• In-depth knowledge on common routing protocols and WAN technologies including but not limited to BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, Multicast, and MPLS/VPLS.
• Expertise in creating Application and network diagrams including all pertinent flows and decisions.
• Capability to summarize complex issues into executive summaries.
• Communicate with business partners at an enterprise level, interfacing with internal business representatives and information security partners.
• Understanding in Automation (Python, Ansible, YAML, REST API, XML and JSON).
• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify gaps, challenge others with positive intent, and drive debate towards identification and remediation of underlying risks.
• ITIL processes knowledge: Change Management, Incident Management, Request Management, and Problem Management

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Possesses strong analytical skills and root cause investigation techniques with a desire to expand horizon to next-gen products, applications, and technology.
• Familiar with product deployments within a global banking environment.
• Knowledge of regulatory risk management in Technology and Information Security domains.
• Willing to work some irregular hours based on the needs of global operating model and the location of clients.
• At least one professional level certification in Network Security or Networks such as CCIE or CCNP (R&S, DC, and SP), CISSP, Arista ACE etc is desirable.
• Educated to degree level in IT/Engineering field.

• Responsible for hands-on implementation, engineering, and deployment of new services into production.
• Work with support teams, lines of business and 3rd parties that BofA connect to in order to build end-to-end solutions that balance business, security, availability and resiliency requirements.
• Eliciting, analyzing, and documenting technical application and service requirements.
• Maintain designs patterns and provide feedback into architectural standards.
• Active participation in the change management process.
• Manage stakeholder requirements across projects and ad-hoc consulting.
• 3rd level escalation for troubleshooting issues on the production network.
• Identifying and managing the mitigation of risks within the environment.
• Ensuring documentation is updated to reflect new additions to or modifications in the environment and handed into Operations successfully.
• Collaborate with global engineering domain leads and operations teams from service design through operations transition process for new services.
• Support activities related to Audit, Compliance Reviews & Regulatory Exams.
• Review of all capacity metrics to ensure availability of all services.
• Facilitate meetings among all stakeholders/ vendors regularly and produce status update reports periodically.