Network Team Lead - NRE & Cloud Networking Champion

Ilkari; Málaga; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilkari in Málaga is seeking a Network Team Lead to design, build and operate its network estate across data centre, cloud, and customer environments. You will lead a multisite team, drive NRE adoption, and embed automation, observability, and resilience into operations.

The role combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, and development, while collaborating with Architecture, Security, Platform, and Support to deliver secure, scalable network

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or related field.
• CCNP Enterprise required; CCIE or cloud networking certifications would be advantageous.
• 7+ years of enterprise networking experience with leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multisite Network Engineering team with clear priorities and accountable delivery.
• Design, implement, operate, and improve enterprise, cloud, and datacentre network services for high availability and security.
• Drive Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) adoption through automation, testing, observability, and IaC practices.
• Promote infrastructure-as-code and network automation using Ansible, Python, and GitOps principles to reduce manual work and risk.
• Ensure robust monitoring, capacity planning, and readiness processes before production changes and onboarding.

Skills

Network leadership

Cloud networking

Automation scripting

Incident management

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

CCNP Enterprise

CCIE or cloud cert (advantage)

Tools

Ansible

Python

Git

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Proxmox

Job description

Ilkari in Málaga is seeking a Network Team Lead to design, build and operate its network estate across data centre, cloud, and customer environments. You will lead a multisite team, drive NRE adoption, and embed automation, observability, and resilience into operations.

The role combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, and development, while collaborating with Architecture, Security, Platform, and Support to deliver secure, scalable network