Airwallex Hiring! Full Time (Senior) Cloud Network Engineer, Infra team in - Ricebowl

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

Must haves

• 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
• 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

Nice to haves

• Experience in working with greater technical team outside of networking
• Ability to translate network technical to non-technical
• Strong knowledge of Linux Distributions
• 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
• 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 provides, 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