Principal Network Engineer

About the role

The role involves providing escalation support for important network services, ensuring the operational stability and performance of the LSEG global network. Responsibilities include finding opportunities and improvements, defining requirements for software automation, developing dashboards for near real-time network status, and collaborating with network operations and service teams to provide technical support and guidance for multicast- and WAN-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain systems, software, and applications across various domains
• Independently make technical design and amendment decisions
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, aligning with infrastructure and network capacity needs
• Develop dashboards for near real-time network status
• Collaborate with network operations and service teams to provide in-depth technical support and guidance for multicast- and WAN-related issues and implementations
• Lead upgrades, coordinating efforts with internal teams and third parties
• Support the deployment of engineering patterns and contribute to creating solutions by coordinating design requirements to be automated, tested, and released

Requirements

• Proven experience in network products and services, with specific focus on Cisco WAN technologies, including ASR and Nexus9K
• Expertise in LAN, WAN, MPLS, VPLS, LDP, GRE, BGP, OSPF, and ISIS within a VRF context for L2/L3VPN services, Traffic Engineering, and RSVP
• Comprehensive knowledge of multicast concepts, including PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, IGMP, MVPN, and MLDP
• Proficiency in product-aligned, service-focused work, with a solid grasp of network automation, SRE, and DevOps or equivalent experience
• Working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and project management tools like JIRA
• Excellent skills in network packet analysis and packet capture tools for troubleshooting
• Familiarity with load balancing technologies, TCP/IP, and multicast in internet environments
• Understanding of low-latency technologies commonly used in the financial sector
• Experience in Data Centre Networking, including Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Cisco ACI, VxLAN, and related technologies
• Proficiency in Service Management processes, preferably with ITIL knowledge
• Excellent spoken and written English skills, enabling meaningful collaboration