Network Architect

Position Title: Technical Network Architect

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Duration: 5 Months

Languages: Dutch, French and English

Work mode: Hybrid

Job Description:

• Solving 2nd and 3rd line network problems (routing, switching and wireless networks)
• Monitoring networks and intervening in the event of problems on networks
• Measuring traffic on operational police networks
• Validating network architecture proposals
• Developing the network architecture for the federal police buildings
• Advising local police zones on their network architecture
• Documenting the networks
• Manage assets
• Conducting site surveys on structured network cabling for fixed and wireless networks
• Participate in a ""reachable and on-call"" service outside normal business hours.

Your challenges

• Making the digital transformation of the police force a reality by applying different tools and technologies in a secure way
• Ensuring the cybersecurity of our applications and environments by ensuring their optimal security.
• Participate in the digitalization, modernization, and implementation of modern, mobile, secure, and efficient systems

Your talents

• A degree or diploma in computer science or equivalent through experience.
• French or Dutch speaking and willing to work in a multilingual environment (French, Dutch, English)
• Demonstrated experience of at least 5 years in a similar position
• At least 5 years of practical experience in general technical management (architecture design, selection of equipment and connections, evaluation
• A wide area network of at least 50 sites in a maximum configuration.
• At least 10 local computer networks, interconnected by a wide area network.
• Led at least 2 local network installation projects (structured cabling, architectural design, connection points) in the last 5 years.
• Have led at least one migration project (design, budgeting, lab testing, implementation, ...) for the technological change

Technical knowledge required :

• Computer networks from LAN to WAN :
• Network architecture
• Network security
• TCP/IP and its application in fixed and wireless networks (including SNMP, OSPF, BGP)
• Ethernet local networks with Layer 2/3 switching, based primarily on Avaya/Extreme Networks and including VLAN, MLT and S
• Wireless networks (Wi-Fi), preferably based on Aruba equipment
• Wide Area Networking based on SDSL and VDSL connections (MPLS IP VPN), SD-WAN, wireless connections (Hz), fiber optic connections
• Solutions for managing the performance of a computer network, including the use of Netscout's Truview product.
• Firewall operation and programming.
• Dark fibre and the DWDM equipment installed in it, such as ADVA.
• Blade switches and virtual switches in virtualized environments (KVM and VMWare).
• Minimum Cisco CCNA kennis level

Skills

• Dark Fiber
• SQM
• LAN/WAN
• Networks
• SDSL and VDSL (MPLS, IP, VPN)
• SD-WAN
• TCP/IP
• VMWare
• WiFi