Junior Network Engineer

Fantastic opportunity to join FNZ's growing team and support the continued development of the North American CIO technology function. The role of the Junior Network Engineer requires practical experience and network engineering skills.  The successful candidate will require knowledge in network design fundamentals and network routing, switching, firewalling, load balancing and Azure/Cloud networking along with excellent network diagnosis. In this position, you will be given the opportunity to develop and grow your own knowledge of all things Cloud, Azure and Networking, whilst being given training and support to further your career. 

Specific Role Responsibilities:

• Availability:  ensure the network design is resilient to failure to maximize availability

• Performance:  Ensure networks are monitored and that any performance problems/faults are to mitigated to ensure minimal performance impact

• Information Security: ensure compliance with security policies and controls

• Disaster Recovery:  ensure the network is capable of delivering services in the event of a disaster.  Ensure DR plans, network diagrams are tested and kept up to date.

• Training: prepare and carry out in-house network training. Develop professional and technical knowledge and skills via networking, seminars and other forms of training in order to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.

• Project Work:  work on projects to ensure network impacts are considered as part of the new systems rollouts.

• Budget:  follow the approval process; reduce costs per transaction; innovation in costs.

Additional Role Responsibilities:

• Ensure the project conducts a post implementation review and that lessons learned are captured and shared with the rest of the community.

• Ensure a culture of continuous improvement on the project, support process improvement initiatives, and identify new process improvements.

• Is an active member of the IT community, contributing to team sessions and central improvement initiatives, and sharing best practice and lessons learned.

Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

• Minimum 2 years of work experience (university projects may be considered for outstanding junior candidates) 

• A knowledge of and passion for Azure Cloud Networking

• Knowledge of OSPF and BGP

Knowledge of the following tools would be desirable

• Checkpoint Firewalls versions R80/R81

• Fortinet FortiGate Next Generation Firewalls

• Megaport / Equinix Fabric

What FNZ offers:

• A competitive base salary, bonus, and paid time off.  

• FNZ will match pension plan contributions at 150%, up to 4% total Employee Contribution. 

• Employer-paid medical, dental and vision insurance, and more. 

• We are mission-led - work at the heart of a purpose-led organization where you can be proud of the impact you make, every day. Where you’ll transform the way over 20 million people invest, making wealth management more accessible, sustainable and transparent to more people.

• Learning & development – Placing emphasis on a willingness to learn, to think differently, to be creative and to help drive innovation.

• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, Pre-IPO global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies;

• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the US, Canada, UK, Czech Republic, Asia, Australia or New Zealand

About FNZ Culture

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites, and moves us forward.

Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers, and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork. That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It comprises four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders worldwide.

• Customer obsessed for the long-term

• Think big and make an impact

• Act now and own it all the way

• Challenge, commit and win together. 

#LI-BE

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.