About The Company
Ouro is a global, vertically-integrated financial services and technology company dedicated to the delivery of innovative financial empowerment solutions to consumers worldwide. Ouro's financial products and services span prepaid, debit, cross-border payments, and loyalty solutions for consumers and enterprise partners.
Ouro's flagship product Netspend provides prepaid and debit account solutions that connect customers with secure, convenient access to global payment networks so they can manage their money and make everyday purchases. With a nationwide U.S. retail network, customers can purchase and reload Netspend products at 130,000 reload points and over 100,000 distributing locations.
Since Ouro's founding in 1999 by industry pioneers, Ouro products have processed billions of dollars in transaction volume and served millions of customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with employees worldwide.
Role Overview
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for the architecture, deployment, and optimization of our global, high-availability network infrastructure across data centers and AWS cloud environments. Your role involves expert-level knowledge in managing complex enterprise routing and switching, designing and maintaining enterprise Wireless Infrastructure (Cisco Meraki), configuring enterprise-grade firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto), and integrating hybrid cloud solutions. You will bridge the gap between high-level business goals and technical execution, ensuring our network is cost-optimized, secure by design, and resilient.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of experience in Network Engineering
- Expert-level knowledge in designing and maintaining scalable, high-availability network solutions across global data centers and AWS cloud environments.
- Proven ability to manage communication and coordination with external vendors and partners for timely resolution of network service issues.
- Proficiency in managing complex enterprise routing and switching
- Proven experience in designing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise Wireless Technologies.
- Hands on experience on handing Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
- In-depth knowledge of AWS Networking components, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, and Client VPNs, for hybrid cloud integration.
- Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining enterprise-grade firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet etc.).
- Familiarity with data center technologies such as VXLAN, EVPN, or Cisco ACI.
- Strong competency in proactive network health monitoring, troubleshooting complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 issues, and leading Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Ability to manage physical hardware lifecycle (racking, stacking, and cabling) and oversee server room environmental monitoring, power distribution (PDU), and UPS systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Network Architecture: Design and maintain scalable, high-availability network solutions across global data centers and AWS cloud environments.
- Routing & Switching: Manage complex enterprise environments utilizing BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
- Wireless Infrastructure: Design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Wi-Fi using Cisco Meraki, ensuring seamless roaming, high density, and secure guest/corporate access.
- Hybrid Cloud Integration: Design and manage AWS Networking components, including VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, and Client VPNs.
- Security & Firewalls: Configure and maintain enterprise-grade firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco Firepower) to protect critical assets.
- Data Center & Server Room Management:
- Manage physical hardware lifecycle (racking, stacking, and cabling).
- Oversee server room environmental monitoring, power distribution (PDU), and UPS systems.
- Maintain data center technologies such as VXLAN, EVPN, or Cisco ACI.
- Performance Monitoring: Proactively monitor network health, troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 issues, and lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) efforts.
- Cisco Identity Services Engine
Mandatory Certifications (Anyone)
- SISE - Implementing and Configuring Cisco Identity Services Engine
- DCACI - Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
- PCNSE - Network Security Administrator
Preferred Certifications
- CCNP/CCIE - Cisco Certified Network Professional or Similar
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
