Network SME

Network SME

Location: Poland / anywhere in Europe

Immediate joiner/ 1 week notice period

Team Purpose:

The Managed Network & Security Team is responsible for remote management of the

network & security devices in Datacenters, connectivity towards customers and Cloud

providers and on premis Network & Security implementations at our Customers

Role Purpose:

The role is to proactively and reactively manage the Network and Security devices , act

on alarms from our network management systems , act on incidents reported by our

customers. Troubleshoot & analyse incidents and changes , make suggestions to fix and

implement the solution. Test and deploy software upgrades or security patches. Work

as a full member of our international team. We are looking for an experienced

Professional who is autonomous, experienced, self-driven security fanatics.

You should possess excellent communication and team working skills and have

confidence working on your own initiative. You will be required to work during European

business hours from Monday to Friday however depending on the situation you might

need to stretch as well on certain occasions and participate in on Call rota. Flexible

working option is available

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Manages the design, implementation and ongoing management of mainly

Fortinet/Cisco environment, including LAN, WAN, and Wireless Environments.

Coordinates with networking vendors to ensure appropriate platform integration and

performance. Makes recommendations to Senior management on new technologies

and products for enhancement of the network.

Leads and participates in the installation of Network systems and equipment for new

facilities and expansions. Tests, debugs and analyzes performance, and documents

infrastructure components.

Develops Network infrastructure installation procedures to ensure successful

integration of systems hardware/software. Develops and recommends technical

strategies and solutions to maintain and/or expand service levels.

Monitors and analyzes network, and provides results on a regular basis. Takes

corrective action to improve data network.

Responds to emergency situations and can perform effective troubleshooting during

production outages.Assist in guiding, training, instructing and assisting others at peer or lower levels on

technical issues and products.

Act on Network Incidents reported by our network management tools, Customers.

Practively test & upgrade software on various devices

Prepare and execute Change requests

Remotely Configure new devices

Interact with multiple teams ( Helpdesk , Customer , Service delivery Mgr )

Make technical advisory / designs for customer network migrations

Make technical advisory to improve customer security environment.

Create and update documentation sets

Team presentations on your activities

Understand vendor product / solution evolutions

Skills/Experience

Mandatory:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in Networking Field with vendor products like Cisco,

Fortinet

Hands on experience to work in an ITIL structured organisation dealing with Incident /

Change / Problem management

Strong working experience both deploying and managing large and complex majorly

Cisco/Fortinet (Routing & Switching / SDWAN / Cisco FTD / Wireless / Cisco ASA

/Fortigate Firewall, FortiSwitching) LAN, WAN, Wireless Environments.

Expert with implementing and supporting OSPF, BGP, VRRP and other routing protocols.

Experience with Wireshark or other protocol analyzers.

Configuring network & security devices with end to end security in mind.

Configuring end to end Quality of Service

Troubleshout using traffic analysers , capacity management tools.

Incident Report Document writing.

Documentation ( MS Word ) & drawing ( MS Visio ) updates

Participating in Team & Customer meetings. Desirable:

Knowledge and skills on handling F5 load balancing, F5 DNS.

Understand to interprete wireless ( WIFI ) site survey reports.

Execute / tune wireless ( WIFI ) radio management.

Qualification/Certification requirements

Masters or Graduate

Technical certifications ( at least one CCNP or Fortinet Cert )

• Cisco CCNP R&S / Sec / Wireless

• Fortinet NSE 6 or Higher

• F5 Certified (desirable)

Awareness ITIL® V3 framework

English speaking & writing skills ( additional languages is a plus (Spanish/French/Italian)