Network Tool Engineer

Job description:( In Detail)

• Minimum 6 years in network engineering, including minimum 3 years engineering and integrating network tooling platforms.
• Engineering-level experience with at least two of SolarWinds, Infoblox and AlgoSec in an enterprise environment, including architecture, upgrades, High Availability and backup/restore (not console use only).
• Experience in Python scripting against REST APIs (e.g., Infoblox WAPI, SolarWinds SWIS, AlgoSec API).
• Experience in Git-based version control and code review and ServiceNow integration (REST, MID Server or similar).
• Possess solid networking fundamentals (routing, switching, SNMP, syslog, NetFlow) to understand what the tools measure.
• Possess positive learning and collaborative mindset.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Agile, fast learner and able to adapt to changes.
• Ansible, NetBox or Nautobot; CI/CD pipelines for network changes.
• ThousandEyes, Splunk or ELK.
• Cisco APIC (ACI) and Arista Cloud Vision APIs.
• Zscaler, Check Point or Palo Alto log and API integration.
• Financial services background is advantageous.
• Certification in the following areas will be an added advantage:SolarWinds Certified Professional, Infoblox or AlgoSec certificationCisco CCNP Automation (formerly DevNet Professional) or Red Hat Ansible certification.
• A public code portfolio (e.g., GitHub) certification.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

• SolarWinds: architecture and engineering of NPM / NCM / NTA, polling design, alerting design, NCM compliance policies and config backup, dashboards, hardening and upgrades.

• Infoblox: NIOS grid design and engineering, DNS / DHCP / IPAM architecture, IPAM data model and quality, DNS security features, automation via WAPI.

• AlgoSec: Platform engineering, device onboarding (Check Point, Palo Alto), FireFlow workflow design. Policy analysis remains with the security engineers.

• Cisco ISE / Forescout: platform-level integration only – pxGrid and eyeExtend integrations, log forwarding to SIEM. NAC policy design sits with the Campus & NAC Engineer.

• High availability, Backup and Disaster Recovery design for each platform; accurate device inventories, credentials and access models across all tools.

Integration& Automation

• Design and build integrations between the tools and ServiceNow (e.g., AlgoSec FireFlow change workflows, automated change records).

• Reconcile Infoblox IPAM with Discovery so that every live subnet and device is monitored.

• Build configuration compliance and change reporting for audit (e.g., MAS TRM).

• Engineer tooling for platform changes in the data centre and security estate (SNMP/telemetry, log ingestion, API integrations) so monitoring is not lost during migrations.

• Develop scripts and automation in Python and Ansible, maintained in Git with peer review.

Engineering Standards and Documentation

• Design alerting and event correlation to reduce noise and improve signal for operations teams.

• Build dashboards and reports for capacity, availability and change.

• Document platform architecture, integration designs and runbooks; hand over to operations teams.

SKILLS: SolarWinds(NPM, NCM, NTA), Infoblox (NIOS, DNS, DHCP, IPAM), AlgoSec (FireFlow, device onboarding), Python scripting, REST APIs (WAPI, SWIS), Git version control and code review, ServiceNow integration (REST, MID Server), High Availability, Backup/Restore and Disaster Recovery, Routing and switching, SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow, Ansible, Alerting and event correlation, Configuration compliance and reporting