Where you’ll fit in & what our team goals are…
Your role is to support complex network architectures by developing, designing, configuring, and implementing detailed network engineering strategies/solutions that meet and/or exceed capability, flexibility, scalability, performance, and reliability objectives for a variety of large projects, across multiple technologies, within technical area of expertise. You will also provide technical leadership to team/vendor/contractor resources, ensuring viability of designs, flawless execution, and seamless transition into the production environment. How you'll spend your time... Independently perform highly complex assignments. Network design, architecture, management, and deployment of new and existing routing and switching within campus and data center networks. Lead proper execution of network changes & updates in accordance with corporate security policies to meet business requirements. Responsible for network performance and security monitoring in addition to being able to troubleshoot network-related issues in a logical manner. Research, recommend, and establish innovative solutions for proper capacity planning that scale with the business growth. Where possible, introduce automation for daily routine administrative tasks. Collaborates with all Information Technology (IT) disciplines. Creates, maintains, and updates documentation with most relevant information. Escalation resource during major incidents and outages as needed. Perform other special project and duties as assigned. Perform problem diagnosis, initiate problem resolution, and provide ongoing life-cycle support for network deployments and upgrades. Collaborate with team members to ensure project scoping activities are aligned with architectural objectives. Participate and provide input into the continual refinement of processes, policies, and best practices to ensure optimal performance and availability of technologies. Continuously develop specialised knowledge and technical subject matter expertise by remaining informed of industry trends, the direction of emerging technologies, and their potential value to the business. To be successful in this role you will have... Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent work experience. Extensive, relevant networking experience required. Extensive experience with network design and engineering. Strong analytical and customer service abilities. Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organisational levels. Strong thought leadership abilities and a highly innovative problem solver. Ability to coach and mentor experienced Network engineering staff. If you also had this, it would be great… Cisco Platforms: routing and switching (ISR/ASR/Nexus/Catalyst), wireless, ACI, Meraki, SDWAN, ISE Cloud Networking - AWS, Azure Automation & scripting Network monitoring, NetFlow, capacity management Packet Broker – Gigamon Packet capture and analysis - Gigastor, Opnet, Wireshark Firewalls - Palo Alto, Cisco, Checkpoint F5 - Big IP, LTM, GTM, ASM, AFM Infoblox - DNS, DHCP, NTP About Columbia Threadneedle Investments Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses. We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements. Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base. We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter. Full-Time/Part-Time Full time Worker Sub Type Permanent Job Family Group Technology
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Your role is to support complex network architectures by developing, designing, configuring, and implementing detailed network engineering strategies/solutions that meet and/or exceed capability, flexibility, scalability, performance, and reliability objectives for a variety of large projects, across multiple technologies, within technical area of expertise. You will also provide technical leadership to team/vendor/contractor resources, ensuring viability of designs, flawless execution, and seamless transition into the production environment. How you'll spend your time... Independently perform highly complex assignments. Network design, architecture, management, and deployment of new and existing routing and switching within campus and data center networks. Lead proper execution of network changes & updates in accordance with corporate security policies to meet business requirements. Responsible for network performance and security monitoring in addition to being able to troubleshoot network-related issues in a logical manner. Research, recommend, and establish innovative solutions for proper capacity planning that scale with the business growth. Where possible, introduce automation for daily routine administrative tasks. Collaborates with all Information Technology (IT) disciplines. Creates, maintains, and updates documentation with most relevant information. Escalation resource during major incidents and outages as needed. Perform other special project and duties as assigned. Perform problem diagnosis, initiate problem resolution, and provide ongoing life-cycle support for network deployments and upgrades. Collaborate with team members to ensure project scoping activities are aligned with architectural objectives. Participate and provide input into the continual refinement of processes, policies, and best practices to ensure optimal performance and availability of technologies. Continuously develop specialised knowledge and technical subject matter expertise by remaining informed of industry trends, the direction of emerging technologies, and their potential value to the business. To be successful in this role you will have... Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent work experience. Extensive, relevant networking experience required. Extensive experience with network design and engineering. Strong analytical and customer service abilities. Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organisational levels. Strong thought leadership abilities and a highly innovative problem solver. Ability to coach and mentor experienced Network engineering staff. If you also had this, it would be great… Cisco Platforms: routing and switching (ISR/ASR/Nexus/Catalyst), wireless, ACI, Meraki, SDWAN, ISE Cloud Networking - AWS, Azure Automation & scripting Network monitoring, NetFlow, capacity management Packet Broker – Gigamon Packet capture and analysis - Gigastor, Opnet, Wireshark Firewalls - Palo Alto, Cisco, Checkpoint F5 - Big IP, LTM, GTM, ASM, AFM Infoblox - DNS, DHCP, NTP About Columbia Threadneedle Investments Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses. We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements. Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base. We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter. Full-Time/Part-Time Full time Worker Sub Type Permanent Job Family Group Technology
#J-18808-Ljbffr
