Job Description
Our client, a leading global multinational information technology services and consulting company, is recruiting a Network Infrastructure Administrator to join their business in Germany.
Position Title:
Network Infrastructure Administrator
Position Type:
Permanent
Start Date:
ASAP
Location:
Freiburg, Germany
Contact:
Bojan | +49 89 23 88 98 671
Responsibilities:
- Monitor, manage, troubleshoot, and support Network infrastructure related tickets globally.
- Partner and work with the team to obtain knowledge in new technologies, setup, and architecture related topics.
- Document new operational issues and solutions from the field and transfer knowledge to team members.
- Support in new Network infrastructure provisioning and de-provisioning
- Provide Root cause analysis to production outages as required
- Support Infoblox IPAM provisioning and DNS related activities.
- Administer Cisco (Routing, Switching, Wireless) and Riverbed infrastructure.
- Administer SolarWinds / Orion, Cisco Prime Servers and support day to day operations.
- Adhere to IT access-management and change control procedures.
- Receive and respond to escalations from Desktop Support and field support team. Escalate issues to management, if necessary.
- Collaborate with team members and mentor junior staff to execute the IT strategy in a cost effective and timely manner.
- Stay abreast of industry best practices in risk management techniques and integrate new methods and tools as appropriate.
- Support other areas of technology supported by the Security team (Network Access Control, Firewalls, Single-Sign on – Okta, Logic Monitor, and SNMP based monitoring)
- Network and Firewall OS patching, monitoring and alerting
Required Skills and Experience
- At least 5 years+ support in Network and IT Security
- Cisco or similar Certifications – Cisco CCNP or similar
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Cisco Routing, Switching (Catalyst and Nexus), Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco ASA, Firepower
- TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VPN, IPS, SDWAN, DMVPN, NAC and 802.1x deployment
- Experience in Python scripting, Ansible automation or similar technology is a huge plus
Required Education and Training
- Cisco or similar Certifications – Cisco CCNA / CCNP or similar
- Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience