Kerja Sepenuh Masa, Assistant Vice President, Network Security Engineer di Robert Walters Federal Territory - Maukerja

Job Title: Assistant Vice President, Network Security Engineer

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the Fifth largest global bank globally by assets, with 2400 locations in over 50 markets. Our client has approximately 360 years of history. Its global network has over 180,000 employees. It was ranked as the fourth largest in the world.

The Role

Our client is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Network Security Engineer in the Banking division.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

Job Description:

The role is for the position of Assistant Vice President, Network Security Engineer in Kuala Lumpur. The successful candidate will be part of a growing dynamic regional team that does Network project implementation and operations of Network infra in the region.

The role requires a hybrid skillset across operations, implementation, and advanced troubleshooting, with exposure to banking/fintechs or technology-driven environments. The candidate will act as a technical escalation point for L1/ L2, and work with Engineering and operations teams, ensuring stable, secure, and scalable network operations.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Administer, Monitor, maintain and optimize WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi networks for optimal performance and maximum availability.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents (latency, packet drops, DNS issues, firewall policies, VPN instability).
• Perform WAN/LAN/Wi-Fi/Firewall/Load balancer configuration, backups, and regular network documentation updates.
• Collaborate with regional team on the design and implementation of new technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and optimize WAN circuits with upstream provider.
• Manage and coordinate the administration of several systems
• Visit to sites and regional Data Centres carry on the tasks as required
• Assist with security and third-party software installations.
• Communicate and liaise with all company departments; notify appropriate parties immediately of any issues which may affect efficient operations including, but not limited to, outages, service disruptions, and network bottlenecks.
• Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architects for network optimization.
• Secure network system by establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access.
• Take an automated data driven approach to diagnosing and solving complex network infrastructure issues
• Leverage on automation skills and take a "dev ops" approach to improve efficiency of solving complex network infrastructure issues, network management.
• Capacity Planning: Perform ongoing network performance monitoring and capacity planning to handle current and future data demands.
• Security Compliance: Collaborate with security teams to ensure networks are designed and implemented with security best practices, regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), and threat mitigation in mind.
• Documentation and Standards: Develop and maintain documentation for network architecture, including diagrams, configuration guides, and operational procedures.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Partner with application, cloud, and infrastructure teams to optimize overall system performance and deliver integrated solutions.
• Troubleshooting: Support for diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex network issues, ensuring business continuity.

Technical Requirements:

• Networking Protocols: Expertise in IP networking protocols (e.g., BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, IPsec, TCP/IP, QoS) and related technologies.
• Network Security Technologies: Proficient in network security technologies like firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, Load-balancers: F5 BIG-IP / AVI LB, Web proxy’s; DDI Enterprise – DNS, DHCP, NTP, IPAM
• Security: Understanding of Network Segmentation in DMZ/ Perimeter networks, Zero Trust concepts, Cloud based DDOS/WAF capabilities.
• Network Monitoring: Familiarity with network monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Netscout, Wireshark) for performance and anomaly detection.
• Data Centre Architecture: In-depth understanding of data centre networking (e.g., spine-leaf, fabric architectures) and cloud connectivity.
• Cloud Networking: Good to have exposure, with basic understanding on various cloud-to-on-prem deployments like hybrid connectivity (VPN/Direct-Connect/Express-route)
• Network Automation: Knowledge of network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Python scripting, Terraform) to automate configuration, deployment, and management processes.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in networking in domains such as data networks, security, FW, Proxy, LB, Voice, etc.,
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of innovative problem-solving and ability to troubleshoot complex network systems.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree: Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field is required.
• CCNA / CCNP or related professional certification is preferred.
• Firewall vendor certification (Fortinet NSE / Palo / Check Point) is good to have.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.