Network Engineer

Orange Business Services; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office in Oslo

Job summary

Orange Business Services in Oslo is seeking a Network Engineer to join a cross-country team, responsible for operating, maintaining, and enhancing our network infrastructure across data center and campus environments. You will work with switching, routing, firewalls, load balancing, SDN, and Wi‑Fi, driving automation and continuous improvement.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of hands-on network experience, strong troubleshooting skills, Linux know-how, and a drive to optimize through automation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience with network infrastructure.
• Strong networking fundamentals and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with Linux and an interest in network automation.
• Familiarity with ITIL-based processes is a plus.
• Good communication skills in Norwegian and/or English.
• Ability to obtain Norwegian security clearance/approval.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and improve network infrastructure across switching, routing, firewalls, load balancing, Wi-Fi, and SDN.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents, owning from investigation to resolution.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and respond to critical incidents.
• Implement customer changes and maintenance activities per established processes.
• Design and implement standard network solutions based on customer needs and architecture.
• Contribute to projects, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Automate network tasks and tooling using Ansible and Python.
• Maintain accurate network documentation, configurations, and inventory.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

Linux experience

ITIL familiarity

Norwegian/English communication

Tools

Ansible

Python

Job description

The team, position & mission:

The Network team at Orange Business is a cross-country team of network specialists working across Norway and Sweden. We are responsible for operating, maintaining, and continuously improving our network infrastructure to ensure reliable and secure services for our customers.

As a Network Engineer, you will be part of a broad technical environment covering data center and campus network infrastructure. You will work closely with colleagues across the Network team and other infrastructure departments and our Delivery organization, to deliver stable and high-quality services to our customers.

Our network portfolio spans several technologies and domains, including switching, routing, firewalls, load balancing, Wi-Fi, software-defined networking, and network automation.

We believe in continuous improvement and actively look for ways to make our work more efficient through automation, scripting, and better tooling.

Your key areas of responsibility as Network Engineer:

• Operate, maintain, and improve network infrastructure across switching, routing, firewalls, load balancing, Wi-Fi, and SDN.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents, taking ownership from investigation to resolution.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and respond to critical incidents when required.
• Implement customer changes and maintenance activities in line with established processes and best practices.
• Design and implement standard network solutions based on customer needs and company architecture.
• Contribute to projects, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Automate network tasks and improve tooling using technologies such as Ansible and Python.
• Maintain accurate network documentation, configurations, and inventory.

As an ideal candidate you have:

• 3+ years of professional experience with network infrastructure, preferably in a data center, enterprise, or service provider environment.
• Strong networking fundamentals and hands-on troubleshooting experience, with the ability to take ownership of incidents and technical problems.
• Experience with Linux and an interest in network automation, scripting, and operational improvement.
• Experience working with ITIL-based processes is an advantage.
• Good communication skills in Norwegian and/or English.
• Ability to obtain Norwegian security clearance/approval.

Experience with the following is an advantage:

• Juniper switching and routing
• Cisco firewalls
• F5 BIG-IP and load balancing
• VMware NSX / SDN
• Juniper Mist Wi-Fi
• Ansible and Python for network automation
• Network monitoring and operational tooling

You don't need to be an expert in every area. We expect you to have a broad network foundation while continuing to deepen your expertise in selected technologies. Together, we will support your development toward advanced and expert-level capabilities.

What we offer you:

• Hybrid ways of working with access to our modern & collaborative office in Oslo
• We may work with tomorrow’s technology, but at our core we are a people-oriented organization
• An open and inclusive culture, that enables us to reach our full potential
• A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise
• Read more about the benefits we offer here

Why join us?

At Orange Business, you will join a Nordic team working with critical network infrastructure and a diverse customer portfolio. You will get the opportunity to work across different technologies rather than being limited to a single platform or vendor.

We value knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and we want our engineers to have the opportunity to develop both technically and professionally.

About Orange Business:

Orange Business is a leading network and digital integrator company with 30 000 experts located in offices in 65 countries worldwide, and part of the Orange Group.

We combine our history as a telco operator with the rigor of a network and connectivity expert and the agility of a global digital solutions integrator. Our joint mission is to help innovate, drive and lead them in their digital transformation challenges and business strategies in key digital domains, including Cloud, Customer Experience, and Data & AI. As an agile and fast-moving digital business partner, the business line offers trusted end-to-end solutions and products that help businesses in a wide range of industries in the private and public sector transform their operations, enhance customer experience, and drive growth.

With our digital expertise, we are a strategic partner of Orange Business objectives to be a leading network and digital integrator with our team as a key growth engine.

The process:

We screen applications on an ongoing basis, with the aim of conducting conversations and interviews as we receive them.

Are you interested to read moreabout Orange Business? Visit our Website or follow our LinkedIn account.