NetworkEngineer/SeniorNetworkEngineer

Role Summary Firmus Technologies is seeking a skilled Network Engineer / Senior Network Engineer to join our Engineering and Technology team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in leading the development of our network designs and supporting the network deployment for AI infrastructure projects. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of AI networking technology and contribute to the growth of AI infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design, Implement and Maintain Network Infrastructure Architect, deploy, support the corporate LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VPN infrastructure. Ensure high availability, performance and security of on-premise and cloud-connected network services. Setup, configure and maintain secure site-tp-site VPNs, MPLS links, or private interconnects between data centres, customer site, cloud environments and partner networks. Network as Code and Automation Develop and maintain automated network configurations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (eg: Ansible, Netbox, Python scripts) Implement CI/CD pipelines for network changes to improve speed, consistency, and auditability Automate routine tasks such as provisioning, backups and compliance checks. Network Security and Policy Enforcement Implement and manage firewall and security devices. Apply firewall rules, VLAN segmentation, ACLs and zero-trust principles to safeguard internal and external communications. Collaborate with SMC Security and Risk team to enforce policies and respond to security incidents. Operation Support Respond and resolve escalate network issues, outages and performance degradations across the SMC Corporate and Compute network infrastructure. Analyze logs, run diagnostics and coordinate with vendors, carriers as needed. Work with internal observability team to setup and maintain monitoring tools to proactively identify bottlenecks, errors and abnormal behaviours. Analyze trends for bandwidth, hardware utilization, and growth to inform scaling and