Senior Network Engineer

• Design, implement, support and troubleshoot regional and global network and firewall and load balance solutions
• Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems; develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems
• Implement security measures and follow relevant policies to protect the company from cyber threats. Conduct security assessments and vulnerability remediation.
• Participate in network automation with a goal to manage network components using scripts
• Collaborate with IT OPS staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of systems, services and software for fulfilling business objectives and processes
• Implement processes, policies, best practices and tools to provide stable, predictable and high-performance environment
• Develop and maintain networking and security standards and documentation to ensure effective knowledge transfer and team collaboration
• Give solicited and unsolicited advice within own area of responsibility
• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues
• Provide guidance and mentorship to more junior colleagues, review their work, be on a leading position within network team
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures
• Ready to work outside normal office hours and weekends, if required

Dimensions

• Able to backstop for the daily activities the Team lead with whom he/she works closely for an indefinite period, if and when necessary
• Directly responsible for: secure corporate network solutions
• Impact and influence: short term/day to day issues
• Key relationship/customers: Servicedesk, Application owners, Functional and Technical Application Management, Architects, Information Security

Personal competences

• Highly customer-oriented approach, have a strong sense of responsibility and are empathetic
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Consistently demonstrate pro-active way of working
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, self-managed and very structured
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Attention to detail to ensure the highest quality in work delivery and documentation
• Have a critical look at risk assessments for security purposes and changes
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills in English. Must be able to adapt communication to different audiences

Who are we looking for?

• Bachelor/Master or equivalent degree in Information Technology or another relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar role
• Strong knowledge of networking principles, protocols, and security concepts
• Experience with firewall and network design, deployment and management in large and complex environments
• Proven significant Fortinet experience at a level of NSE4 and NSE5 minimum: FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer
• Distribution and access technologies based on Fortinet, Cisco Nexus 9000 series and Cisco Catalyst family
• Knowledge of and the experience with the network management tools Cisco certification: at least CCNA Routing and Switching
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving abilities to resolve complex issues within an enterprise environment
• Proven leadership and team management skills with the ability to mentor and guide more junior colleagues

Next skills, experience and certifications would be a plus:

• Fortinet NSE4 and NSE5 certification
• Experience in working with F5 products, including Load Balancers
• Experience with Ansible, Python or other network automation tooling
• Understanding of AWS services and architectures
• Experience with OT networks, knowledge of OT concepts