MTS Global Pte Ltd Hiring! Full Time Senior Network Engineer (Data Centre) – CCIE in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

Key Responsibilities

Network Architecture & Design

• 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.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Routing: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS
  • Switching: VLAN, STP, VPC/vPC, FabricPath, LACP
  • Data Centre: VXLAN, EVPN, Spine-Leaf, MPLS
  • Load Balancers: F5, Citrix Netscaler (preferred)
  • Firewalls: Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower, Fortinet (advantageous)
  • SD-WAN: Cisco, VMware, Aruba solutions

Cloud & Integration (Preferred)

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute).
• Exposure to hybrid-cloud architectures or cloud-migration projects.

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.