Senior Network Engineer - Data Center Connectivity; Hybrid

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy. We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely.

We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

Please note Swift is unable to sponsor any employment authorization now or in the future.

• Work with the Product Owner and Squad members to develop, test, configure, upgrade and maintain Datacenter Network Infrastructure in line with agreed requirements
• Deploy Network Infrastructure and Life Cycle management according to our change management processes
• Collaborate with our internal and external customers following Dev Ops/Agile principles and best practices
• Assist in developing and maintaining technical documentation
• Work with your team to implement and operate your solutions
• Perform Swift Datacenter Network’s Network Management software deployments and upgrades
• Perform investigation of Swift Datacenter Network problems (at Level
  2) identified by the Daily
  -Operations Level 1 and the execution of the necessary corrective actions to address the issues according to availability targets
• Manage the Swift Datacenter Network Carrier infrastructure maintenance for all SWIFT locations and elevate critical issues according to procedures
• Interact and collaborate with other internal teams to ensure excellent customer satisfaction
• Manage issues always focusing on continuous improvement: you will automate, educate and share knowledge transparently
• Perform Swift Datacenter Network’s Network devices installations and provide end user/application connectivity
• Have an opportunity to develop yourself and others in a true Dev Ops agile environment
• This position is mission critical and offers flexible work (minimum 2 days onsite and maximum 3 days from home – per week)
• Willing to perform weekend deployment activities and on-call on a rotational basis with peer team members (Estimated: One Saturday out of 4 weekends)

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 10+ years of solid work experience, 5+ years of Cisco ACI, Tetration, NDO & NDI (or Orchestrator), APIC
• Strong expertise in Cisco ACI architecture, APIC operations, and policy-based networking and Nexus 9000 Series
• Experience designing and implementing ACI logical objects, L3
  
  Out, contracts, and service graphs.
• Familiarity with Firewall technologies, like Fortinet, Palo Alto, Checkpoint
• Expertise on CISCO IOS-XE, ACI-OS as well NX-OS
• Strong knowledge of network Routing Protocols: EIGRP, BGP, ISIS, MPLS, VRF, VDC
• CCNP certifications with ACI specialty are a plus
• Experience with hybrid or cloud environments (e.g., Integration with AWS/Azure)
• Strong automation and scripting skills using Terraform, Ansible, and REST APIs and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• Incident Response:
  Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of complex network-related incidents, including performance…