Network Infrastructure Engineer – AWS

Travelers Companies, Inc.; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in London is seeking a Network Engineer to design and maintain high-performance network infrastructure. The role requires expertise in cloud services, WAN technologies, and automation scripting. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to innovative solutions. This position supports business applications and offers competitive benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits programs

Qualifications

• Experience in technology preferred.
• Experience as a technical lead preferred.
• Proficiency in WAN connectivity and Data Center networks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network solutions for various environments.
• Monitor network performance and resolve issues promptly.
• Collaborate with peers to improve network environments.

Skills

Proficiency in automation scripting languages

Advanced knowledge of infrastructure technologies

Telecommunications knowledge

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Ability to design network solutions

Tools

Cisco Switching/Routing

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Wireshark

Job description

* Responsible for designing, engineering, analysis, configuration, and troubleshooting of the company’s WAN, cloud and on-prem network infrastructure and services. This includes switches, routers, firewalls, SD-WAN solution, WAN protocols, and dynamic routing.* Design and implement network solutions in any of the following network environments to support a wide variety of business applications: Cloud VPNs, Global Wide Area Network, High Speed Core Network, Data Center fabric, Remote/Campus/Offshore offices, Internet/DMZ, Business to Business connections* Maintain quality and reliability of our network service availability while developing innovative ways to manage the infrastructure and deliver network services with infrastructure as code principles* Ensure a high level of availability for network services, monitoring existing hardware/software, network performance and provide prompt response to issues* Provide smart-hands support for local network issues in and around London with periodic travel to UK field offices* Provide third level support with troubleshooting issues affecting our network* Build, leverage, and maintain alliances across technical and business communities to achieve efficient and effective results* Collaborate with peers to proactively identify potential issues and areas of improvement in existing network environment* Work with application areas and lines of business to provide technology solutions to support the business* Gaining industry experience and exposure to seed new ideas with respect to the company’s best interests* Contribute to research, evaluation and recommendations of new technologies or redesign of existing solutions* Maintain detailed documentation for IT infrastructure* Present findings, updates and recommendations to all levels of management, up to and including C level executives* Ability to multi-task, prioritize work and manage projects within established budget objectives and customer priorities* Ensure that industry best practices and methodologies are applied to design, deployment and operations of network infrastructure* Responsible for establishing and managing to established quality control and security protocols* Develop tactics and operational plans in alignment with strategic objectives for assigned technologies and projects.* Drive the execution of departmental and corporate programs.* Leverage infrastructure technology to develop and/or redesign technology solutions.* Build, leverage, and maintain effective alliances across technical and business community.* Interact with customers to achieve efficient, effective results.* Multi-task, align to business priorities and production availability requirements.* Perform as a technical expert within the service delivery organization (SDO) and consults across SDOs.* Participate in on call rotation to provide 24/7 support* Other duties as assigned* Experience in Technology preferred.* Experience as a technical lead preferred.* Advanced knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as Network, Database, Server, Storage etc. preferred.* Native cloud services and connectivity in AWS and/or GCP required* Proficiency in Wide area network connectivity, Data Center Networks and branch connectivity: Cisco Switching/Routing (Nexus/ASR/ISR), Firewalls & SD-WAN technologies required* Proficiency in automation scripting languages required (Terraform, Python, REST API, Rundeck) to automate network configuration, provisioning and management* Successfully leverage network management and performance analysis tools (Broadcom DXNetOps, Appneta, Wireshark, DataDog)* Telecommunications (MPLS, Optical Networks, ISPs, CDNs, SLAs) required* Networking (WAN, LAN, Routing:BGP,OSPF,VxLAN, NFV, IPv4, QoS, Traffic Profiling, Anomaly Detection, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Continuous Availability, High Availability)* Possess exceptional interpersonal skills, technical communication skills, as well as a strong work ethic* Demonstrate a solid working knowledge of capabilities and direction of technology to support assigned projects that will meet business needs* Ability to design and implement solutions to meet business needs that reflect a clear understanding of the objectives, practices and procedures of the corporation, department and business area* Demonstrate the ability to interpret technology and market trends as a foundation for technology and product roadmaps* Ability to multitask and operate under tight timelines and remain focused under pressure (ex. critical outage/disaster)* Emphasize on customer focus, collaboration and follow-up skills* Foundational IT Infrastructure* Operating Systems* Knowledge of process discipline and IDLC methodology## **Employment Practices**Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit .