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Our GCIO organisation plays a critical role for the bank. This team partners with the businesses to build the platforms, systems, and products that our customers use every day. We keep people’s money and data safe, and are at the forefront of driving innovation for our businesses, customers, and colleagues.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Technical Specialist.

Principal Responsibilities

In this role you will

Act as the recognized firewall technical expert (Check Point, Fortinet and others) and apply technical knowledge of network security solutions to meet business requirements and resolve identified technical constraints

Accountable design authority for technology decisions and stay abreast of technology trends and advise Technology and the Business about potential benefits/impacts

Provide a network security consultancy role to Technology and Business teams where appropriate. Define configuration standards and provide technical solutions to Operations teams to resolve technical issues

Work and implementation on various complex projects, as a Technical Subject Matter Expert. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure technical deliverables are met

Proficient hands-on experience networking background (Subnetting, Switching, Routing, VLANs, VRFs, NAT, VXLAN, EVPN…etc).

Proficient in setting up and manage the modern configuration management, infrastructure as code tools, CI/CD tools (e.g. Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitHub...etc.)

Manage vendors across the project delivery and technical matters

Participate in an on-call rotation for support of systems outside of normal business hours. Provide 2nd line network support for major incidents. To lead problem resolution and coordination activities