Senior Network Reliability Engineer

About us slice A new bank for a new India slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us. Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, and slice business are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together. We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital. About the role As a Site Reliability & Network Engineer in a compliance-driven organization, the role centers on securely designing, deploying, automating, and monitoring both traditional and cloud network infrastructure. The position enforces regulatory frameworks, proactive reliability, and continuous improvement with a strong focus on security and audit readiness. What You Will Do Network Design & Deployment: Lead the secure design, installation, and configuration of critical infrastructure at new and existing sites, including switches, firewalls (Palo Alto NGFW), wireless access points, and ISP circuits. Compliance Automation & Audit: Implement and automate regular network infrastructure audits and compliance checks (PCI/SOX/HIPAA) using Ansible, Python, Bash, and IAC tools (Terraform, Crossplane). Routine Upgrades & Changes: Manage OS upgrades, routing changes, ACL/firewall updates, and ensure change control processes align with compliance requirements. Firewall & Security Operations: Oversee deployment and full lifecycle management of NGFW solutions (especially Palo Alto), including rule reviews, vulnerability mitigation, and audit preparation. Cloud Network Security: Secure, segment, and manage network resources across AWS (preferred), Azure, and GCP; integrate security best practices and compliance controls. Incident Management & Forensics: Respond to security/network incidents, perform traffic/port scans, document findings, and lead post-mortems to reduce risks and maintain audit trails. Collaboration & Cross-Functional Enablement: Work with vendors, workplace, compliance, and development teams to deliver reliable, compliant infrastructure and integrate controls into CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, Chef, Puppet). Monitoring & SIEM Integration: Implement advanced monitoring and SIEM tooling to achieve real-time, auditable visibility into network and cloud health; proactively detect issues and support compliance documentation. Resilience: Contribute to infrastructure strategy with advancing automation, Proactive defense, Disaster recovery, and Regulatory alignment. On-Call & Escalation: Participate in on-call rotation for urgent, compliance-relevant incidents and act as a technical escalation point for critical issues. What You Will Need 4+ years in network and/or SRE roles with hands-on firewall expertise (Palo Alto preferred), including deployment, upgrades, and compliance evidence collection. Practical cloud networking experience (AWS preferred); strong grounding in IP networking, routing, switching, VPN, DNS, load balancing, and relevant security protocols. Demonstrated proficiency with automation (Ansible, Python, Bash) and IAC tools (Terraform, Crossplane) in regulated environments. Experience integrating security policies and controls into CI/CD pipelines and building auditability into network/cloud automations. Familiarity with microservices environments and the unique network/compliance needs they introduce. Advanced PKI, certificate management, digital signature, and secure communication skills; capability to lead incident forensics and produce audit-ready documentation. Competence using SIEM, DLP, and privileged access management solutions in accordance with regulatory frameworks (PCI, SOX, ISO, etc.). Self-motivation, a troubleshooting mindset, and an independent bias for resolving complex network security/compliance issues. Life at slice Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding: Competitive salaries. Period. An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependents. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise. Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule. Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life. A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here. Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding. Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.