Network Engineer

About Citco

Since the 1940s, Citco has provided specialist financial services to alternative investment funds, investors, multinationals, and private clients worldwide. With over 6,000 employees in 45 countries, we pioneer innovative solutions that meet our clients' evolving needs and deliver exceptional service.

Our continuous investment in learning means our people are among the best in the industry, and our corporate social responsibility programs provide meaningful and fulfilling work in the community. A career at Citco isn't just a job – it's an opportunity to excel in an environment that genuinely supports your personal and professional development.

About the Position

We're looking for a skilled Network Engineer to join Citco's global IT infrastructure team based in Charlotte, NC. This role focuses on supporting and maintaining our worldwide network infrastructure, combining traditional networking expertise with modern cloud technologies.

As a Network Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining and expanding our Global Enterprise Network spanning Office Networks, Datacenter, and Hybrid Cloud environments — ensuring high availability and performance across our worldwide operations. You will work alongside a collaborative global IT team, contributing to both day-to-day operations and longer-term infrastructure initiatives.

Your Role:

Network Operations & Management

• You will lead Tier 1 technical support for global network infrastructure
• Maintain and optimize WAN/LAN infrastructure across data centers and remote offices
• Execute network maintenance activities including critical updates, software upgrades, and security patches
• Implement and manage SD-WAN solutions across office locations
• Support external client connectivity requirements
Ensure all LAN and WAN traffic remains encrypted in accordance with network security standards

Technical Leadership

• Contribute to network architecture decisions and improvements, including topology design, deployment, and support of all network infrastructure hardware
• Support cloud connectivity design to public cloud providers across multi-cloud architectures
• Collaborate with global IT teams on infrastructure initiatives and projects
• Provide troubleshooting support across technology domains
Ensure compliance with established procedures and security policies

Operational Support

• Participate in on-call rotation (1-week duration / 8–10 week intervals)
• Adapt to flexible working hours when required
• Travel for critical infrastructure projects several times annually

About You :

• You must have 3+ years of enterprise networking experience
• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field
• CCNA certification required
Experience in the financial services sector preferred

Must have Skills

Network Infrastructure

• Cisco enterprise routing platforms (routers & switches)
• Nexus/Catalyst/Meraki switching
• OSPF multi-area implementation
• BGP (iBGP/eBGP) configuration
STP, VLANs, LACP, vPC, VSS

Security & Access

• Palo Alto firewalls & Panorama management
• IPsec/VPN solutions
• Cisco AnyConnect & GlobalProtect
• NAC/802.1x implementation
Network segmentation and perimeter access controls

WAN & Performance

• VeloCloud SD-WAN
• QoS implementation
• Metro Ethernet/MPLS
• F5 BIG-IP load balancing
Network redundancy design

Protocols & Analysis

• TCP/IP protocol suite
• Packet analysis and network debugging
Performance optimization

Scripting & Automation

• Python
• Ansible
PowerShell

Nice to Have Skills

• CCNP certification
• Cloud networking experience across multi-cloud architectures
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience
• SolarWinds network monitoring
• Infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
CI/CD pipeline experience

Our Benefits

Your wellbeing is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.

At Citco, we take pride in fostering an inclusive culture by prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation, mutual respect, and collaboration. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. If you require any accommodations to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please let your recruiter know.

As an equal opportunity employer, Citco adheres to making all employment and personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin, or any other protected status. We believe that an inclusive workforce not only enriches our company but also drives us towards greater success.

Please note that this job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Our employees may perform other job-related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of our organization.