Senior Network Engineer, Infrastructure

What you’ll do

• Build the foundations of our new corporate network, and help design the team structure and size for the future

• Maintain, design and deploy Airwallex’s global cloud footprint, aligning network requirements to regional demands.

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and secure production network infrastructure (LAN, WAN, VPN, Cloud) across multiple global data centres and cloud regions.

• Configure on-prem gateway/router/networking hardware globally, including mixed vendors in some locations

• Manage global connectivity over international leased lines and domestic internet connections

• Own the configuration and troubleshooting of complex network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and cloud environments.

• Act as a first-responder or escalation point for complex network issues, running an incident through to completion and after-action reports.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., CorpSec, ProdSec, Engineering, Product, IT Engineering, Workplace, etc.) to integrate network solutions and support business initiatives.

• Work with IT Engineering, IT Support on troubleshooting network issues on endpoints, including basic IT operations support, building a core networking understanding among the team

• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures.

• Evaluate and recommend new networking technologies and solutions to stay ahead of our business growth

• Participate in a global on-call rotation, providing primary response for production and infrastructure issues

• Flexible scheduling (as needed) to support the business and team initiatives — i.e. participate in pre-scheduled network upgrades, work to minimise business disruption

• Who you are

• CCNP / JNCIP level experience showing a strong networking foundation

• Demonstrated experience in a multi/mixed networking vendor environment (Juniper, Palo Alto, Cisco, Aruba, etc.) in a global company

• Experience and understanding of scripting languages eg: python, bash

• Event driven automation experience a plus

• Comfortable with declarative infrastructure tools, eg: terraform, git ci/cd pipelines

• Strong documentation habits and understanding of change control processes

• AWS and/or GCP experience, solid experience with both is a plus.

• Understanding of AI assisted workflows and use cases

• Solid understanding of command-line configuration of networking hardware and vendors (JunOS, IOS, etc.)

• Willingness to learn new technologies and skills

• Strong understanding of core BGP and route filtering principals

• Outcome oriented approach

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in working with greater technical team outside of networking

• Ability to translate network technical to non-technical

• Strong knowledge of Linux Distributions

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, 5+ years of relevant experience in a similar role

• Strong, demonstrated written and verbal English communication skills,

• Experience using and understanding of other cloud infrastructure (Aliyun, azure, etc.)

• Experience working in all SaaS-based systems and applications

• Ability to move fast and urgently, making correct decisions and assumptions – sometimes without all the information

• Ability to assess the impact of changes and incidents and manage accordingly

• Familiarity with elastic connectivity providers

• Familiarity with datacentre providers, access and conduct requirements.

• A builder mindset a strong plus

• Experience with IPSEC VPN setup and troubleshooting

• Experience with fintech, finance and adjacent high availability networks