Senior Network Engineer (Data Centre) – CCIE

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement data centre network architectures including spine-leaf, VXLAN, EVPN, and multi-tier environments.


• Lead L2/L3 network design aligned with industry best practices and MAS/TRM regulatory requirements.


• Provide architectural guidance for data centre modernization, cloud integration, and network refresh projects.

Operations & Engineering

• Manage daily operations of the data centre network covering routing, switching, load balancing, and security components.


• Perform advanced troubleshooting across complex, multi-vendor environments.


• Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and continuous optimization of network infrastructure.


• Ensure high network resilience through redundancy, fault-tolerance, and disaster recovery readiness.

Security & Compliance

• Implement network security best practices such as segmentation, access controls, IPS/IDS, and zero-trust-aligned configurations.


• Ensure compliance with MAS TRM, internal audit requirements, and financial-sector cybersecurity standards.


• Support audit activities and remediate network vulnerabilities.

Project Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead regional infrastructure initiatives including data centre upgrades, migrations, cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN rollouts.


• Collaborate closely with architecture, cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams for seamless project delivery.


• Work with vendors, telcos, and service providers on solution design, implementation, and issue resolution.

Skills/Experience:

Technical Skills

• CCIE (Routing & Switching, Enterprise Infrastructure, or Data Center) required, or equivalent expert-level capability.

Routing:

• BGP


• OSPF


• EIGRP


• IS-IS

Switching:

• VLAN


• STP


• VPC/vPC


• FabricPath


• LACP

Data Centre:

• VXLAN


• EVPN


• Spine-Leaf


• MPLS

Load Balancers:

Firewalls:

SD-WAN:

• Cisco, VMware, Aruba solutions

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills in high-availability and regulated environments.


• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management capabilities.


• Ability to work independently and mentor junior engineers.

Experience

Minimum 15+ years of experience in customer-facing roles within telecom, IT, or related industries.

Strong background in architecture, consulting, and delivery of solutions across:

Network

Security

Infrastructure

Cloud

Experience supporting end-to-end customer engagements, including assessment, design, governance, and implementation oversight.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

CCIE certification (active or suspended within 2 years).

8-12 years of enterprise networking experience, with at least 3-5 years in data centre engineering or architecture.

Career opportunity