Senior Distributed Networking Architect (IC Track)

Fortaegis Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global scale ownership

IC track

Engineering culture

Amsterdam base

Job summary

Fortaegis Technologies in Amsterdam is seeking a seasoned Distributed Network Engineer to anchor our networking, security and distributed systems efforts. You will shape cross-team strategy and drive large-scale control plane architectures.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years in distributed systems or telecom networking, deep routing knowledge, and production-grade Rust/Go experience. This role emphasizes ownership, scalable design, and collaboration across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or telecom networking, with staff-level or equivalent impact.
• Deep expertise in routing protocols TCP/IP, QoS, DHCP, and data center / cloud networking architectures.
• Strong backend engineering skills in Rust/Go with production-grade distributed systems experience.
• Proven ability to design systems processing PB-scale data with multi-tenant isolation and high availability.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker and at least one major cloud platform (OCI, AWS, or equivalent).
• Deep understanding of low-level systems: packet processing, hardware interaction and control plane data plane optimization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication - ability to author RFCs, present to leadership, and align distributed teams around a technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands on staff engineer for distributed networking architecture, owning cross-cutting design decisions that span multiple teams and multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Define and drive the technical strategy for routing, switching, and networking control planes at enterprise and ISP scale.
• Work with rigorous attention to scalability, fault tolerance, and security.
• Work on control plane features: latency optimization, traffic distribution, and multi-region resilience.
• Own the design of QoS systems, traffic shaping, and policy enforcement for Fortaegis product solutions.
• Work closely with Firmware, Security and Platform engineers towards a goal
• Work on observability, logging, and compliance visibility systems for network security at scale.
• Author and champion RFCs, architecture decision records, and technical specifications that shape engineering direction.

Skills

Distributed systems

Staff impact

Routing protocols

TCP/IP

QoS

Data center networking

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

Rust/Go

Multi-region systems

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

OCI/AWS

Job description

Fortaegis Technologies in Amsterdam is seeking a seasoned Distributed Network Engineer to anchor our networking, security and distributed systems efforts. You will shape cross-team strategy and drive large-scale control plane architectures.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years in distributed systems or telecom networking, deep routing knowledge, and production-grade Rust/Go experience. This role emphasizes ownership, scalable design, and collaboration across engineering teams.