About this role
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, configure,
and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers across data center
and corporate environments.
- Implement and
maintain network segmentation to isolate game servers, payment systems, and corporate
networks per security policy.
- Monitor network performance and
availability, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks or outages.
- Manage firewall
rule requests, changes, and periodic rule-base reviews per the change management
process.
- Support DDoS mitigation and network security
controls protecting internet-facing gaming infrastructure.
- Configure and
maintain VPN and remote access infrastructure for employees and third
parties.
- Troubleshoot
network-related incidents affecting game availability, latency, or
connectivity, coordinating with server and application teams.
- Maintain accurate
network diagrams, IP address management (IPAM), and configuration documentation.
- Support network
capacity planning and upgrades to accommodate peak gaming traffic and new market
launches.
- Participate in the on-call rotation to support
production network infrastructure.
Key Performance Indicators/ Key Success Factors
- Network uptime and availability percentage
against SLA.
- Mean time to resolve network incidents.
- Firewall rule review compliance rate.
- Network latency and performance against
defined thresholds for game traffic.
- Number of security incidents attributable to
network misconfiguration, targeted at zero.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information
Technology, Telecommunications, or a
- related field.
- Experience: 3+ years in network engineering or administration, ideally
within a high-availability or real-time transaction environment such as online
gaming.
- Skills & Knowledge: Strong knowledge of routing/switching (Cisco,
Juniper, or similar), firewall administration, network segmentation, VPN
technologies, and network monitoring tools; understanding of DDoS mitigation and network security best
practices.
- Certifications (good to have): CCNA/CCNP or equivalent vendor certification
preferred.