Lead Network Engineer

Lead Network Engineer

Rate: Up to €38/hour

Overview

We are looking for a Lead Network Engineer to join the CloudOps team of our client in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous operation of IT platforms, managing and troubleshooting over 3,000 servers across both private and public cloud environments. As part of a dynamic and cross-functional team, you will play a pivotal role in modernizing network solutions, automating deployment and operations, and maintaining the security and reliability of network infrastructure.d collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement network solutions that are both efficient and secure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and Troubleshoot: Perform root cause analysis and resolve issues across a wide range of network solutions, ensuring minimal downtime for our client’s IT platforms.
• Network Solutions: Modernize and optimize network solutions for critical SaaS products, improving the efficiency and performance of network infrastructure.
• Automation: Continuously work on automating the deployment, configuration, and operations of network components and services to improve operational efficiency.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure that all network infrastructure solutions adhere to the best IT security practices and company standards.
• Documentation and Governance: Enhance documentation quality and governance for network solutions, ensuring transparency and compliance with internal policies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams to implement IPS for network solutions and improve network documentation practices.
• Stakeholder Communication: Explain complex networking concepts to non-technical stakeholders in an easy-to-understand manner.

Requirements:

• Technical Leadership: Proven experience in leading technical teams in the networking area within a multi-functional, cross-cultural environment.
• Networking Expertise: Extensive experience in designing networks for high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR), including the creation of network diagrams and technical documentation.
• Firewall Administration: Strong hands-on experience with Fortigate firewall administration, BGP routing, and network protocols such as MPLS, VPN, SSLVPN, and Site2Site VPN.
• Cloud Technologies: Good understanding of cloud network technologies such as Azure and AWS, including Azure firewall, Virtual Gateway, Virtual Networks, and VPC.
• Troubleshooting Skills: In-depth experience with network troubleshooting (HTTP, TCP/IP, DNS, Routing, Switching, and Load Balancing).
• Security Focus: Knowledge of modern security requirements and implementation patterns in network solutions.
• Automation Tools: Familiarity with automation tools like Fortigate API, and experience in automating network operations is a plus.
• Excellent Communication: Ability to communicate complex technical issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.
• Experience in Agile: Familiarity with Agile methodologies and the ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with network automation tools and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-based security frameworks.