Network and Systems Engineer

Swift Transportation; Leiden; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension

Sport allowance

In-house fitness center

Competitive salary

Job summary

SWIFT is a multinational leader in secure financial messaging services, seeking a Network and System Engineer to maintain and improve our global infrastructure. Based near Leiden, you will join the CMC Infrastructure department and collaborate with multilingual teams to keep our operational network robust and secure.

You will handle day-to-day admin tasks, diagnostics, and installations, while supporting problem investigations with the Customer Support team.

Qualifications

• HBO level in IT.
• Work experience as a Network and System Engineer is preferable.
• Good knowledge of UNIX/LINUX.
• Good knowledge of Juniper SRX is a big plus.
• Knowledge/experience with Fortinet firewalls, Cisco and F5/BIGIP, analytics software such as Elastic and Kibana and scripting language such as Python is a preference.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Good team spirit, eager to work in a multicultural environment, willingness to learn and good analytical and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day admin tasks, collect data, analyze network health and performance.
• Diagnose issues, manage error logs, monitor bandwidth and link utilization.
• Assist troubleshooting of complex problems and ensure permanent resolution.
• Support Customer Support during investigations and communicate findings.
• Review problem situations and identify process/tools improvement opportunities.
• Implement configuration changes and new installations, willing to weekend daytime work.

Skills

Networking

UNIX/Linux

Python

English

Teamwork

Education

HBO IT level

Tools

Juniper SRX

Fortinet

Cisco

F5/BIG-IP

Elastic

Kibana

Job description

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.

We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.

The Department:

The CMC Infrastructure department is responsible for delivering and maintaining SWIFT’s operational network infrastructure against agreed targets for availability while continuously deploying new features triggered by customer, security, scalability or technological demands.

Responsibilities:

Perform and control day-to-day administrative activities that may include data collection and analyses on the network health and performance, perform diagnostics and manage error logs, monitor and maintain bandwidth and link utilization

Assist during the troubleshooting of more complex problems and follow through towards a permanent resolution is made

Provide support to the Customer Support department and interact with them during problem investigation

Participate in the review of problem situations and identify opportunities for improvement to processes, procedures or tools

Implement configuration changes and new installations

You must be willing to work in the weekend (daytime)

Qualifications:

• HBO level in IT
• Work experience as a Network and System Engineer is preferable
• Good knowledge of UNIX/LINUX
• Good knowledge of Juniper SRX is a big plus
• Knowledge/experience with Fortinet firewalls, Cisco and F5/BIGIP, analytics software such as Elastic and Kibana and scripting language such as Python is a preference.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Good team spirit, eager to work in a multicultural environment, willingness to learn and good analytical and problem solving skills

In return, you will be part of a dynamic and multinational company (with English as the working language) employing more than 55 nationalities. SWIFT offers a motivating work environment with a structured training and development program for you and plenty of opportunities to demonstrate your personal strengths. We have benefits such as premium free health insurance, premium free end wage pension, sport allowance, a free in-house fitness center and there will be a competitive salary on offer.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact [e-mail] or indicate this in your application.

Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision, hearing or neurodiversity).

All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.