Lead Network Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Network Engineer

Locations: 100% Remote

Get To Know Us:

Global IT is the provider of Information Technology Services to the SS&C Enterprise.  Our business is to connect our clients to their customers by automating business process, providing information for decision making, and providing productivity tools to increase efficiency.  This includes the information technology infrastructure and architecture functions, as well as, global information privacy and security.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

Lead Network Engineers are top-level technical contributors with advanced industry knowledge and company-related expertise in networking, communications, and related hardware and software.  They demonstrate a versatile skill set in a variety of technologies applicable to the company’s networking and computing infrastructure. 

Responsibilities 

• Automate, troubleshoot, consult with, and resolve highly complex network-related issues. 

• Research and conduct technical studies/evaluations on vendor products as well as on current and emerging technologies; they recommend appropriate investments in the company's network infrastructure, related communication technologies, and equipment. 

• Develop automation, methodologies, technical standards, security requirements, and best business practices to maintain and enhance the company's client-facing, Internet-facing, and internal network infrastructure and related communication technologies and equipment. 

• Analyze highly complex network-related requirements and develop high-level and complimentary detailed technical design documentation that supports an overall business solution for the client. 

• Lead and mentor others in peer technical design reviews by providing advanced technical advice in network planning, design, engineering, and architecture. 

• Lead and mentor others in peer technical design reviews by providing advanced technical advice in network planning, design, engineering, and architecture. 

What You Will Bring:

• 8-10 years engineering, installing and configuring WAN connectivity solutions (Ethernet over MPLS, Site-to-Site VPN, etc.) 

• 8-10 years network engineering experience in large datacenter environments 

• 8-10 years installing and configuring routing protocols such as BGP and EIGRP 

• 8-10 years installing and configuring switching technologies (STP, VPC, FabricPath, etc) 

• Ability to understand and work in a complex network with minimal supervision 

• 8-10 years installing and configuring routers/switches, firewalls, VPN, DNS, load balancing and proxy technologies (Arista, Aruba, Juniper, Cisco, Cumulus, F5, NGINX, Palo Alto, Versa, VMWare, NSX, etc.) 

• Experience with NFV (Network Function Virtualization) and ESXi 

• Excellent communications, interpersonal and customer support skills 

• Ability to lead project and teams 

• Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Software-Defined WAN (SDWAN) deployment knowledge 

• 8-10 years’ experience in Network hardware refresh processes 

• SIP installation / Support Experience 

• Ability to script in Python, Perl or other Network Automation products 

• Strong documentation / Process development skills 

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website: www.ssctech.com/careers.

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SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.