Our client based in Brussels is looking fora Senior Network Engineer on a contract/freelance basis.

This contract is for 12 months initially with long term extensions (could be a number of years).

Please note that due to the nature of the role and working in a secure environment, this role is full time on site in Brussels.

Candidates must hold active EU Secret.

Required skills and experience:

• Valid Security Clearance.
• 4 year degree in Computer Science related Degree and 10 years experience in IT Engineering. (In the absence of a degree each candidate will have an additional two years experience per annum of missing higher education).
• 10 years experience and excellent knowledge of TCP/IP Data Networks (including CWDM, QOS), 10 years experience in Structural cabling and fibre installations, 10 years experience and excellent knowledge of administration of Ethernet switching and routing systems in large networks (>1000 nodes) on UTP and fibre optic cabling, 10 years experience and excellent knowledge of network management, monitoring and debugging tools and Performance monitoring.
• 8 years experience and very good knowledge of CISCO & Nexus application Switches ;
• 5 years expertise in network security, 5 years experience in telecommunication protocols (VoIP, H232), 5 years experience working in ITIL environment, 5 years experience and very good knowledge of F5 Application delivery controller, load balancing.
• 5 years experience and excellent knowledge of administration of Fortinet & CISCO firewall systems, content inspection, firewall statistics and related security tools, 5 years experience and excellent knowledge of SSL offloading devices and High-grade encryption, 5 years experience and very good knowledge of DHCP/DNS Infoblox, Trinzic 825 w/ Network Services One and Grid, 5 years experience with proxy servers ;
• 3 years experience and good knowledge of Crypto devices, 3 years experience in managing highly available environments and mutliple site support such as Secure Network Environments, 3 years experience in disaster recovery management at network level ;
• 1 year experience and excellent knowledge of dial-in systems with authentication and encryption.
• An excellent knowledge of English is mandatory.