Senior Network Engineer (Data Centre) - CCIE

• Onsite
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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Headquartered in Singapore, MTS is a global provider of world class business solutions and IT services. With a strong focus on serving multinational corporations, MTS caters to over 90 Fortune 500 clients across the globe.