Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title - Infrastructure Engineer

Corp Title – up to VP

Location – Chester

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Role Overview:

The role is within the EMEA Network Engineering team, working on the least complex technical designs that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. This job facilitates deployment of technical solutions by designing, engineering and implementing configuration across EMEA network infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Eliciting, analysing and documenting technical application and service requirements
• Working with multiple technical teams to identify end to end solutions that balance business, security, availability and resiliency requirements.
• Creating and documenting designs utilizing design patterns and standard approaches to best meet requirements.
• Configuration of devices to deploying new services into production
• Participating in the prioritization and scheduling of implementation activities.
• Managing stakeholder requirements
• Active participation in the Change Management process
• Assisting with the troubleshooting of existing and new implementations to resolve issues identified in testing and improve services.
• Identifying / managing the mitigation of risks within the operational environment.
• Ensuring documentation is updated to reflect new additions to or modifications in the environment and handed into Operations successfully.

Skills

• Proven experience implementing and configuring Cisco switches and routers.
• Proven experience as a Load Balancing and Proxy Network Engineer.
• Experience with load balancing technologies (F5, AVI)
• Ability to build and configure McAfee or Skyhigh Web Gateway proxies.
• Strong DMZ architecture and engineering Experience
• In-depth knowledge of Virtual Tunnel Interfaces (VTIs), Crypto Maps, and IPSEC protocol.
• Experience and working knowledge of BGP and Multicast
• In-depth knowledge of network protocols, security principles, and best practices.
• Working knowledge of DNS
• Strong communication and technical analytical skills
• Network security and compliance
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving complex network issues.
• A good strong team player but capable of self-working
• Strong client focus

Benefits of working at Bank of America:
UK
• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum 
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.