Senior Network Architect

At #Akkodis, we’re a diverse team of 50,000+ engineers and digital experts, operating across 30 locations worldwide. From training teams to delivering projects, our Smart Industry experts create new value for businesses across the world. United by our passion for talent and technology, our colleagues bring their diversity of experience, skills, and insights together to deliver 360° capabilities to our partners. This is how we make the incredible happen, every day.

We are currently seeking a senior-level Network Architect with deep hands-on expertise to support efficient solutions to modernize and future-proof network infrastructure for the next 5–10 years.

Hybrid work: Work office (1-2 days pw) is required at the beginning, then more flexible approach can be considered.

Location: Netherlands (office in Den Bosch) - candidates must already be living in the Netherlands

Language: Fluent written and spoken English

Business trips: Yes. 3-4 trips annually within the EU

Start date: As soon as suitable candidate is found

Duration: 1 year contract with possibility to extend further

Beyond technical excellence, our client is looking for a strategic thinker and change agent — someone who can challenge the status quo, influence stakeholders, and shift the mindset of our networking and security teams towards a modern, agile, and security-first approach.

We need to have a modern flexible and adjustable network we can add new offices to in a fast manner.

Role responsibilities:

• Planning and designing data communication networks

• Presenting network plans to management staff

• Overseeing the network implementation process, including setting schedules and budgets

• Managing information and network security

• Overseeing upgrades to hardware and software as needed

• Manage maintenance and repairs to network equipment

• Keeping documentation of networks, including drawings, descriptions and configurations

• Researching network technologies and staying up to date on advancements in the field

Must have technical skills:

• Knowledge of networks:

*layer 1

WAN connection types

provider connection types

LAN connection types

*layer 2

Vlans

Portchannels

sub interfaces vs trunk

*layer 3

IP

Routing

VRF

• Must have knowledge and experience of Firewalls (Fortigate & Forcepoint)

• Knowledge of Cisco (Certified)

• Ability to analyze complex network infrastructures, determine the root cause for performance deficiencies, propose efficient solutions, and manage its implementation.

• Telephony/VoIP infrastructure management and migration projects.

• Knowledgeable about modern networking (SDWAN, Cloud Networking, Zero Trust, etc).

• Understanding of technical offers from telecom providers, and ability to select the most appropriate services for each need / Telecom providers management

Nice to have skills:

• Project Management certification

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