About the position
About our client:
Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture and performance.
What you will be doing:
- Manage / maintain the global network infrastructure daily to ensure optimal uptime, security, and performance.
- Coordinate and oversee 24/7 third-party network support providers to guarantee high-quality service delivery.
- Quickly diagnose and resolve complex network issues to minimize downtime.
- Continuously improve network security to maintain security posture.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation and inventories for all network systems.
- Monitor network performance, resolve issues, and implement best practices.
- Evaluate new vendors and technologies, and recommend and implement improvements.
- Lead and manage network-related projects from start to finish, minimizing business disruption.
- Perform hands-on tasks like installing and configuring network hardware, software, and services as needed.
- Collaborate with the Technology and Innovation team and the wider business to provide support for complex issues and project initiatives.
What our client is looking for:
- A relevant tertiary degree would be beneficial.
- Cisco, HP, Meraki, Azure networking, etc. related certifications.
- 5+ years' experience in network administration and architecture.
- Experience with network devices and services (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
- Strong multi-site networking experience (SD-WAN, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP).
- Experience managing physical, cloud-based, VoIP, and wireless networks.
- Understanding of technical and data security concepts.
- Financial services industry experience is preferred.
- Broad understanding of IT fundamentals.
- Intelligent and effective troubleshooting skills, with the ability to engage additional support when needed.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation, and delegation skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and present solutions.
- Personable with good communication skills.
- Willingness to work out of hours when necessary.
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Desired Skills:
- Networking
- Cisco
- Switches
