Wide Area Network (WAN) Engineer - 2 Years Direct contract with Permanent Benefits

Assurity Trusted Solutions (ATS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech). As a Trusted Partner over the last decade. ATS offers a comprehensive suite of products and services ranging from infrastructure and operational services, governance and assurance services as well as managed processes. In a dynamic digital & cyber landscape where trust & collaboration is key, ATS continues to drive mutually beneficial business outcomes through collaboration with GovTech, government agencies and commercial partners to mitigate cyber risks and bolster security postures.

Take on a high-impact engineering role at the heart of our digital infrastructure. As a Wide Area Network Engineer, you will design, build and evolve secure, resilient and high-performing WAN services that connect users, systems and locations. You will tackle complex routing,availability and performance challenges, influence technical direction, and turn emerging technologies into reliable operational capabilities.

What You Will Do

• Design, build and continuously improve secure,resilient enterprise WAN services across MPLS, SD-WAN, internet connectivityand IPsec VPN.Perform hands-on, in-house WAN operations, including incident troubleshooting, changeexecution, service validation and performance optimisation.
• Codify network infrastructure and automate key operational tasks such as configurationgeneration, pre-change checks, deployment, compliance validation, backup anddrift detection.
• Use telemetry and monitoring data to manage latency, jitter, packet loss,utilisation, availability and service reliability.
• Explore practical network AI use cases for anomaly detection, event correlation,root-cause analysis, capacity forecasting and troubleshooting support.
• Work with internal teams, vendors and service providers while retaining strong internal engineering ownership of WAN design, operations, automation and outcomes.

What You Will Bring

You will thrive in this role if you combine deep WAN expertise with curiosity, sound engineering judgement and a drive to automate repetitive work.

• At least 3 - 6 years of hands-on network engineering experience, with a strong focus on enterprise WAN design and operations.
• Strong knowledge of MPLS, SD-WAN, IPsec VPN, TCP/IP and WAN performance concepts.
• Practical experience with routing protocols and traffic engineering, including BGP and OSPF, together with route control, redundancy and fault isolation.
• Experience configuring and managing Cisco, Juniper or equivalent routing, switching andSD-WAN platforms.
• Familiarity with network observability, monitoring and telemetry tools, and the ability toturn performance data into action.
• Experienceor strong interest in Network as Code and automation using Python, Ansible,Terraform, APIs, data models and version control.
• An interest in AI-enabled network operations, with the discipline to validaterecommendations, protect operational data and keep appropriate human oversightover production changes.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the confidence to work through ambiguity and solve difficult multi-vendor network problems.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical, business and service-provider stakeholders.
• Cisco CCNA, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Service Provider or equivalent certifications are advantageous; above all, you bring initiative, resilience and an appetite for continuous learning.

Why Join Us

Join us to shape the future of critical WAN connectivity while solving complex, high-impact engineering challenges. You will deepen your expertise across routing, resilience and performance, codify infrastructure, build automation and explore practical AI-enabled network operations. The role offers end-to-end ownership, influence over engineering standards and opportunities to turn emerging technologies into dependable services. You will collaborate with diverse technical experts, grow across networking, softwareand AI disciplines, and make a measurable difference to the reliability and efficiency of essential digital services.

Join us and discover a meaningful and exciting career with Assurity Trusted Solutions!

The remuneration package will commensurate with your qualifications and experience. Interested applicants, please click "Apply Now".

We thank you for your interest and please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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