Network Engineering Manager
i3D.net
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Job summary
i3D.net in Rotterdam is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead a global team building, scaling, and operating one of the world’s most interconnected gaming networks. You’ll guide engineers across backbone, datacenter, automation, and monitoring, shaping technical direction while staying hands-on with Juniper hardware and tooling like Ansible, Python, Kentik, and Grafana.
The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with product and support teams, and delivering reliable, secure, and
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in networking, IT, CS or related field.
- Significant experience in network engineering, preferably ISP, telecom, cloud or gaming infra.
- Experience leading, mentoring, or managing network engineers with people leadership responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of network engineers across backbone, datacenter, automation, monitoring, and customer-facing projects.
- Oversee day-to-day network operations, incidents, escalations, and customer-impacting issues with ownership and urgency.
- Translate technical strategy into practical execution with architects and senior engineers.
- Ensure monitoring using Kentik, Grafana; drive capacity planning and automation improvements.
- Collaborate with product teams, support, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to align priorities and support customers.
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Job description
At i3D.net , we provide world-class global coverage with one of the most interconnected networks in the world. Our solutions focus on low latency, zero packet loss, and unmatched scalability, enabling seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. With dedicated support, bespoke solutions, and cutting-edge technology, we deliver reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure that empowers game developers and businesses to scale effortlessly. Partnering with major names like Nvidia, DuckDuckGo, and Ubisoft, we are shaping the future of gaming and network technology.
As a Network Engineering Manager at i3D.net , you’ll lead and support a global network engineering team responsible for building, scaling, and operating one of the world’s most interconnected gaming and infrastructure networks. From our Rotterdam office, you’ll guide engineers working across both service provider backbone and high-performance datacenter environments. You’ll be responsible for creating focus, structure, and technical direction within the team, while staying close enough to the technology to understand priorities, risks, trade-offs, and escalations. The team works with Juniper hardware, automation tools like Ansible and Python, and smart monitoring platforms like Kentik and Grafana to keep traffic flowing smoothly worldwide. You’ll be part of a technical environment that values doing things right — automated, secure, well-documented, and always evolving.
Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a team of network engineers working across backbone, datacenter, automation, monitoring, and customer-facing network projects.
Team Development: Support engineers in their growth through mentoring, regular feedback, knowledge sharing, and clear development plans.
Delivery: Help the team prioritize and deliver network upgrades, datacenter expansions, automation improvements, and operational initiatives.
Operations: Oversee day-to-day network operations, making sure incidents, escalations, and customer-impacting issues are handled with ownership and urgency.
Technical Direction: Work closely with network architects and senior engineers to translate technical strategy into practical execution.
Monitoring & Capacity: Ensure the team uses tools like Kentik and Grafana to monitor traffic, identify bottlenecks, and support capacity planning.
Automation: Drive a culture of automation by encouraging improvements in workflows, configuration management, and operational reliability.
Documentation: Make sure network documentation, diagrams, standards, and operational procedures are kept up to date and are easy for teams to use.
Security: Support the team in enforcing network security practices, including DDoS mitigation, traffic filtering, and operational risk management.
Collaboration: Work closely with product teams, customer support, infrastructure, architects, and other engineering teams to align priorities and support customer requirements.
Customer Support: Support senior engineers during major customer escalations and help ensure clear communication, ownership, and follow-up.
At i3D.net, your team will work with:
Hardware: Juniper MX, QFX, SRX, EX; legacy includes Mellanox, Cumulus, Brocade.
Protocols: BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, L2/L3 VPNs.
Automation: Ansible, Python, YAML.
Tooling & Integration: Netbox, Kentik, Grafana, REST APIs.
Security: Custom DDoS mitigation, traffic filtering, and threat detection.
You have built trust with the network engineering team and created clarity around
priorities, ownership, and ways of working
You have helped the team deliver key network upgrades and datacenter expansion projects in close collaboration with network architects and senior engineers.
You’ve improved the team’s operational rhythm, including incident follow-up, documentation, capacity planning, and customer escalation handling.
You’ve supported the further development of automation practices that improve delivery speed, reliability, and consistency.
You’re seen as a strong people leader who understands the technical environment and helps engineers do their best work.
You’ve helped make the team stronger through coaching, structured knowledge sharing, better collaboration, and clear technical prioritization.
Education: You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in networking, IT, computer science, or a related field.
Experience: You have significant experience in network engineering, preferably in ISP, telecom, cloud, gaming infrastructure, or datacenter environments.
Leadership: You have experience leading, mentoring, or managing network engineers, either as an engineering manager, team lead, technical lead, or senior engineer with strong people leadership responsibilities.
Network Skills: You understand service provider and datacenter networking concepts, including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, and L2/L3 VPNs.
Hardware: You are familiar with Juniper environments or similar high-performance networking platforms such as Cisco, Arista, Nokia, or Brocade.
Automation: You understand the value of automation and have experience working with tools such as Ansible, Python, Netbox, or similar platforms.
Tooling: You are comfortable working with monitoring, documentation, and operational tooling such as Kentik, Grafana, Netbox, REST APIs, or similar tools.
Troubleshooting: You understand how complex network issues are investigated and resolved, from hardware and optics to routing, traffic flow, configuration, and customer impact.
Operational Ownership: You know how to balance project delivery with operational reliability, incident response, on-call processes, and customer escalations.
Communication: You are fluent in English and able to explain technical topics clearly to engineers, stakeholders, leadership, and non-technical teams.
People Management: You enjoy helping people grow, setting direction, creating structure, giving feedback, and building a healthy engineering culture.
Broader Tech Insight: You have a good understanding of related infrastructure areas such as Linux, storage, virtualization, cloud fundamentals, and datacenter operations.
Certifications: JNCIP-SP, JNCIP-DC, CCNP, CCIE, or similar certifications are a plus, but not required.
Remote vs Onsite: This is a hybrid position with onsite work required at our Rotterdam office. You are either based near Rotterdam or open to relocating. Candidates must be authorized to work in the Netherlands.
Global Exposure: We operate our own international backbone network, with a presence in over 60 locations worldwide.
State-of-the-Art Technology: Work with cutting-edge service provider and datacenter equipment in a high-performance global network environment.
Leadership Impact: Lead a skilled engineering team working on infrastructure that directly supports millions of users worldwide.
Technical Depth: Stay close to advanced networking topics such as backbone routing, datacenter networking, DDoS mitigation, automation, monitoring, and capacity planning.
Scale & Complexity: Help shape how a global network is built, operated, automated, and improved.
Competitive Perks: Enjoy great pay, an annual bonus, vacation days, travel allowance, pension, and other local benefits.
Skill Development: Level up with career guidance, leadership development, and education reimbursement.
Gaming Perks: Get lifetime access to Ubisoft’s game library and two free games every year
Remote is the new office. Optimize your home office space to suit your comfort and needs.
Get your hard work rewarded with our performance-based bonus of up to 12% of your yearly salary.
With offices, data center PoPs, and customers scattered across the globe, you'll be sure to see a city or two.
Keep your mind and body in top shape with our company-funded programs. Quit smoking, get a health check, personal training, or mental coaching.
A fully equipped gym in our Rotterdam office equals deadlifts, squats, and the treadmill for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
The sky is the limit. We offer you all the room to grow. With our unlimited educational fund, w e've got you covered for everything from books or part-time courses to a whole Master’s degree.
Access to the entire Ubisoft backlog for life comes with the job! You'll never be bored again.
Views, 50 specialty beers, french fries, Friday afternoon drinks, and an all-you-can-eat candy buffet.
Low latency is our mission! In 2002 we set out to improve online experiences for gamers. Today, we translate our hosting innovations to various industries, but gaming is still in our DNA. And as of 2019, we are part of the Ubisoft family! We build out our network presence in data centers across the globe – from Madrid to Mumbai, Amsterdam to Seattle, and everything in between – bringing content closer to the users.
Our team works hard on everything related to running our privately owned premium network, from opening new points-of-presence, setting up peering relationships, developing integral products like anti-DDoS protection, and serving our customers with expert help and advice. Finally, we play even harder, in our office gym and bar, and with our lifetime access to Ubisoft games.
- A challenging and dynamic job in an international company
- A competitive salary (depending on education, knowledge, and experience)
- 25 vacation days (excluding national holidays)
- Travel allowance & work-from-home budget
- All the hardware and software you need to perform, including a laptop
- Career guidance including remuneration of relevant education, courses, training
- A modern office in a prime location with open workplaces
- Free access to Ubisoft games through Ubisoft Connect
- Free use of the in-house gym
i3D.net is an equal opportunity employer.
At i3D.net, we believe in a fair and equal workplace for all and foster an environment that is inclusive as well as diverse.
We do not discriminate based on color, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender (identity), age, mental or physical abilities, or other characteristics.
We believe that employees thrive when they can be comfortable and be themselves!
We encourage candidates to apply knowing that they will be considered solely on their merits and qualifications.
You may consult ourprivacy statement for more information on the processing of your personal data.
We do the recruiting for this vacancy ourselves. Please do not contact us for sales purposes.
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