Senior Network Engineer - Data Center Connectivity; Hybrid

About Swift

We’re a global provider of secure financial messaging services headquartered in Belgium. Our mission is to enable the banking community to move value securely and efficiently across borders.

• Work with the Product Owner and Squad members to develop, test, configure, upgrade and maintain Datacenter Network Infrastructure in line with agreed requirements.
• Work with your team to implement and operate your solutions.
• 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.
• Interact and collaborate with other internal teams to ensure excellent customer satisfaction.
• Manage issues with a focus on continuous improvement: automate, educate, and share knowledge transparently.
• 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.
• Will perform weekend deployment activities and on‑call on a rotational basis with peer team members (estimated one Saturday out of four weekends).
• Perform Swift Datacenter Network’s Network devices installations and provide end‑user/application connectivity.
• Perform Network Management software deployments and upgrades.
• Investigate Network problems (Level2) identified by daily Operations Level1 and execute corrective actions.
• Maintain Carrier infrastructure for all SWIFT locations and escape critical issues according to procedures.
• Pro‑actively improve existing processes and procedures.
• Conduct security integrity checks for Swing Enterprise Network baseline compliance after major changes.
• Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of complex network‑related incidents, including performance bottlenecks, security breaches, and misconfigurations.
• Utilise tools such as Sev One, Wire Shark, SMARTS, Splunk to monitor performance, analyse traffic patterns, and optimise configurations.
• Partner with Architecture, SOC, Security and Operational teams to integrate network systems with broader infrastructure and applications.
• Maintain detailed documentation of configurations, processes, and procedures for audit and operational purposes.
• Ensure network deployments meet industry standards and regulations such as PCI‑DSS, GDPR, ISAE, DORA.
• Stay ahead of emerging threats and technologies, recommending upgrades or new tools to enhance network security.
• Communicate effectively in English, articulating technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of solid work experience.
• Hands‑on expertise with CISCO ACI infrastructure.
• Expertise on CISCO IOS.
• Strong knowledge of routing protocols: EIGRP, BGP, ISIS, MPLS, VRF, VDC.
• Good knowledge of Quality of Service (QoS).
• Good knowledge of ACI products such as Tetration, NDO & NDI (or Orchestrator), APIC.
• Strong Cisco knowledge mandatory (CCNA or CCNP certifications are an asset).
• Experience with hybrid or cloud environments (e.g., integration with AWS/Azure).
• Familiarity with SD‑WAN and Zero Trust architecture.
• Familiarity with Zero Touch/Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC).
• Autonomous, driven, with strong adaptability to change.
• Customer‑oriented with a quality mindset.

• Knowledge of network security: MACSEC / IPSEC, RADIUS, TACACS, 802.1x, ISE.
• Knowledge of switching technologies:
  Spanning Tree, vPC, OTV.
• Knowledge of WLAN: APs, WLC, Prime Infrastructure, CMX.DNAC.
• Experience with automation/scripting (Python, Ansible, Bash) for datacenter network management.
• Basic knowledge of monitoring & management systems: HP NNMi, Wireshark, Infoblox, Sev One, DHCP, Netmri.
• Basic knowledge of network observability.
• Dev Ops tools:
  Ansible, Terraform, Git, Jenkins, CI/CD, Python required.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence and Service Now for collaboration.
• Experience operating in Linux operating system.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline and automation technologies for build and deployment – Ansible, Jenkins.

Estimated salary range in Virginia: $96,499.00 USD – $ USD annually. Salary may vary based on job‑related factors such as knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with no premium costs for employees and their families, and a retirement plan with matching 401(k) contributions.

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