Principal Cloud Network Engineer (Information Technology)

Salem Five is a growing regional financial services organization with a rich history of over 160 years.  As an independent bank, we are deeply rooted in the communities we serve and offer our employees successful and rewarding careers.

Who We Are: Join an organization that prioritizes innovation, customer service and supporting the communities we serve. Love the people you work with while participating in and helping to shape our collaborative environment. When you join Salem Five, you become part of a growing, regional financial services company. Salem Five has more than 30 retail banking branches throughout Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk counties, strong business banking capabilities, an Insurance division, a Wealth Management & Trust organization and a Mortgage Company that has provided homeownership to generations of families.

Why Salem Five: We've been around since 1855 – which means we will be around a lot longer – but we also know what it takes to be competitive in this day and age.  We pride ourselves in being one of the first banks on the internet and continually try and push ourselves to offer the latest in online and mobile banking to serve our customers in whichever channel they prefer. Whether it be a virtual assistant via our website, obtaining cash at ATMs without a card present, or going through the mortgage process via our digital app, we want to offer the digital experiences that customers want. Continued company growth offers opportunities for individual growth.

Salem Five believes deeply in supporting the communities in which we reside. Donations through our Charitable Foundation or events at the branch or location-level are an important part of our DNA. We would not be the company we are without our commitment to businesses and organizations that help the region thrive and to our employees. Come see what we're all about.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Design, implementation, and support for existing and new Azure network infrastructure and local network infrastructure to include but not limited to Azure networking (BGP, Express Route, Site to Site tunnels), LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and other network technologies.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with Azure networking.
•  Cloud Architecture as it relates to Microsoft public and private peering, VPC peering, SG, NACL, route-table updates.
• Maintain VPN tunnels using Palo Alto and Cisco ASA solutions.
• Subject Matter Expert for all Cloud Networking and must be able to lead projects as they relate to Cloud/On Prem Networking design and implementation.
• Experience working on projects with a cross-functional team to create best-practice private/public-cloud networking environments.
•  Ability to perform packet captures and analysis to solve complex network routing and application traffic issues.
• Implements complex networking solutions (e.g., enterprise-level strategic systems, revising the existing design for a secure introduction) to meet business objectives. Monitors deployed network to ensure high availability and ensure that the aggregation and analysis of log data represents appropriate detective controls based on risk.
• Designs, implements, and maintains the bank's networking infrastructure at all locations.
• Monitors network activity for anomalies or possible security breaches. Analyzes security incidents and escalates the events as appropriate.
• Mentor and lead more junior Network Engineers.

Requirements: 

•  8+ years of experience as a Network Engineer
•  5+ years of recent hands-on experience working with cloud technologies, preferably Microsoft Azure
•  Extensive experience building/supporting/troubleshooting Azure/AWS Cloud Networks. Certifications preferred.
•  Understanding of Express Route/Direct Connect - Maintain routing, security, load balancing, front door, and other standing cloud-based network services.
•  Experience with Cloud Architecture as it relates to Microsoft public/private peering. VPC peering, SG, NACL, route-table updates.
•  Palo Alto / Cisco / Fortinet experience in both an on premise and cloud architecture as well as a strong understanding of Global Protect VPN is strongly preferred.
•  Strong knowledge in configuring/troubleshooting Cisco routers/switches (Catalyst/Nexus)
•  Experience mentoring and leading more junior Network Engineers
•  Effective written and verbal skills

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