AVP Network Engineer, GIPS

About the role

United Overseas Bank (UOB) is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Network Engineer to design, implement and maintain its critical network infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, security and optimal performance. The role involves working closely with other IT teams to keep banking systems running smoothly.

Key responsibilities

• Design, configure, install and troubleshoot network hardware and software, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers and wireless access points.
• Monitor network performance, resolve issues and take proactive steps to prevent outages and improve efficiency.
• Maintain network documentation such as diagrams, configurations and procedures.
• Implement and enforce network security policies to protect sensitive banking data and systems.
• Take part in capacity planning, upgrades and migrations.
• Collaborate with systems, security and applications teams, and support internal users on network issues.
• Stay current with networking technologies and security threats, and take part in on-call duty for critical incidents outside business hours.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Minimum of 6-8 years of network engineering experience, preferably in a large enterprise or financial institution.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills; able to work independently and in a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to security and compliance.

Required skills

• Cisco routing and switching (CCNP/CCIE preferred), Cisco Wireless, ISE and Catalyst Center.
• Firewall configuration (Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet).
• Network monitoring tools and protocols such as SNMP, NetFlow and Wireshark.
• TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, OSPF, BGP and load balancing (e.g. F5 Big-IP).
• Cisco SDA is a plus.