Network Specialist

at  Avaloq

Company Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
Job Description
Cloud and Infrastructure Team holds the fort to the Infrastructure and the Platform services that support Avaloq’s internal and external clients on a day-to-day basis. Being part of a dynamic team, SME from multiple domains are involved in the design, build and operation of Infrastructure and Platform services, collaborating closely with Applications, Security Operations and Engineering teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience managing a complex network environment preferably in banking or financial environment
• Certification in CCNA / CCNP / CCDA / CISSP highly preferred
• ITIL V3 Foundation preferred
• Experience working with multiple technical platforms, e.g. two-tiered client-server, three-tiered client-server environment
• Experience with automated network monitoring and stress testing tools combined with capacity planning
• Experience in managing network operations and resource capacity and optimizing network performance
• Experience in supporting DR operations resulting in successful production failover to alternate data center
• Experience operating in highly business critical data center environment
• Familiar with cloud infrastructure designs and implementations and guiding the process from development to operations
• Excellent understanding of networks (LAN and WAN), server and SAN storage farm environment
• Good oral and written communication skills with ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others and gains understanding
• Process oriented with good documentation and diagrammatic skills

• Be the Subject Matter Expert for enterprise-class network architecture
• Design, plan, deploy, support and upgrade/migrate of the following technologies:
• MPLS WAN and Internet connectivity
• IPsec and TCP/IP networking protocols
• Cisco routers and switches
• Checkpoint firewalls
• Cisco APIC