Network Security Engineer

Are you a skilled Network Security Engineer looking for your next challenge? Join a prestigious government department in Brussels on an initial 1-year contract with hybrid working flexibility.

Your responsibilities:

• Handle service requests and provide 2nd-level incident response
• Support problem management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
• Assist in design, implementation, and configuration of network solutions
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and network lifecycle management
• Manage network documentation and configuration changes
• Develop and configure custom tools (dashboards, databases, scripts)
• Define and implement operational metrics for performance monitoring
• Migrate new systems into production and automate operational tasks

Your experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Networks, or Telecommunications
• 8+ years of experience in large-scale network operations
• Strong knowledge of incident management, troubleshooting, and service improvements
• Experience with network monitoring tools and routing/switching technologies (BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VPNs, MPLS)
• Familiarity with firewalls (Cisco ASA, Check Point, FortiGate) and multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet)
• Knowledge of automation & scripting (Python, Ansible, Terraform is a plus)
• Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, NSE4) are a plus but not mandatory
• Fluent English (C Level)

Nice to have skills:

• Experience with network automation & monitoring tools
• Knowledge of cloud networking (AWS, Azure, hybrid-cloud)
• Understanding of container networking (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Exposure to network telemetry and SDN/virtualization (NSX, Cisco ACI)

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now.