Senior Network Engineer - Wan & Sd-wan

Visa Visa · Fintech · Denver, CO

Visa is seeking a Senior Network Engineer specializing in WAN & SD-WAN to design, implement, and support IP networks for their commercial network infrastructure. The role involves planning, designing, and supporting network systems, managing WAN connections, provisioning new clients, providing third-level support, and collaborating with cybersecurity. The engineer will also seek opportunities to improve network management through automation and AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Plan, design, implement and support network systems of moderate complexity in the commercial network environment.
  2. Support WAN connections and determine capacity requirements for new business or requirements.
  3. Provide network design documentation to project teams, peers, and network support organizations.
  4. Provision new client processing by completing the necessary network updates and providing technical assistance to clients in support of network changes.
  5. Perform third-level support within Visa to resolve network issues and provide guidance to other Visa teams involved in network troubleshooting.

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
  • 3-5 years of work experience and a Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 1 years of experience with a PhD.
  • Network design and engineering experience on customer facing networks.
  • Automation / scripting experience (Ansible, Python, Perl, etc.)
  • IP networking switching and routing in MPLS based networks.
  • Familiarity with DMVPN implementation in a high availability setting would be useful.
  • Experience and expertise with IP routing protocols OSPF and BGP plus knowledge of encryption technologies (IPSec, SSL), standby protocols HSRP and VRRP, and network address translation (NAT) experience.
  • Some familiarity with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to facilitate automation.
  • Some experience of deploying and using SDWAN technologies would be useful, particularly Silverpeak and Versa.
  • Some experience of working on connectivity solutions using leading public cloud platforms would be beneficial, such as AWS and GCP.
  • Experience of working in a variety of network operating models including managed services.
  • Good interpersonal and leadership skills including effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • ITIL certification
  • Experience creating low-level network design documentation including detailed Visio diagrams
  • Experience leading projects, including planning, documentation, and implementation.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and commitments in an environment that requires multitasking among multiple concurrent projects while also handling interrupts.
  • Experience in the use of network management tools such as Netbrain, NetScout.
  • Experience in the financial and/or technology related businesses is desirable.
  • Basic ITIL understanding or ITIL certified.

What the JD emphasized

  • network systems of moderate complexity
  • third-level support
  • network issues
  • security standards
  • client connectivity
  • automation and AI