Information Technology - Lead Systems Engineer (It Network Communications)

Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network and Communication Engineer to join our team and be responsible in the design, implementation, and support of SIA Group's data centre -related network. The primary objective of this role is to ensure well-designed network architecture and resilience of our network infrastructure to support the Company's business objectives.
Responsibilities includes:

- Review and improve the network infrastructure's functionalities and availability, e.G. through automation
- Provide advice and solution for projects to ensure IT services, such as application products, comply with SIA architecture and standards
- Architecture and own technical solutions
- Run large-scale network operations, with strong service management knowledge in a multi-vendor environment
- Have L2/3 experience in various networking technologies including
o data centre networking including SDN (preferably ACI), Load Balancer (GTM and LTM), SASE, DNS, etc,
o automation experience (Ansible or Python)
o security products such as firewall, IPS, WAF;
and routing switching such as BGP, OSPF, etc
- Possess relevant knowledge and experience in cloud technologies
- Configure and maintaining monitoring dashboards on NPM and SIEM
- Track, perform POC and plan technology refresh
- Deliver large-scale IT projects on time, within budget and of committed quality and outcome
- Manage outsourced vendor(s) and internal teams
- Lead and coordinate incident resolution across different internal and vendor teams
- Ability to work in a team with 24*7 support
Requirements:

- Degree with 6 - 10 years of network experience in managing network operations in a multi-vendor(s) environment on at least two of the following multiple domains:

o Data Centre Network,
o Security,
o Network Automation
- Relevant certifications in core data centre networking (e.G. Cisco), DC SDN (e.G ACI, VMWare), Firewall (e.G. Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet), GTM/LTM (e.G. F5), Cloud Provider (such as AWS/Azure) and Automation (e.G. Ansible) are preferred
- Understanding of data centre architectures, experience in planning, design &
implementation of data centre infrastructure
- Excellent problem-solving, logical thinking skills to isolate and identify potential issues in a complex environment
- Excellent communication &
interpersonal skills, including writing
- Excellent project management skills. Able to run large scale project independently
- Effective communication skills
- Demonstrated keen interest in technology and product knowledge