Information Technology Network Engineer

Eurofins; Porto; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading testing services provider in Porto is searching for Senior and mid-level Engineers specializing in Network Management. You will oversee network solutions implementation, manage WAN and LAN services, and push innovations for service delivery. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience with Fortinet products, Cisco routing, and complex network migrations. Join a cross-functional team influencing large-scale infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in network infrastructure design and transitions.
• Experience with protocols like IP, SNMP, SMTP, OSPF.
• Experience in complex network migrations.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage infrastructure networking solutions.
• Manage networking services like WAN, LAN, WIFI, Load Balancers.
• Design and create segregated infrastructure zones.

Skills

Strong experience in Fortinet products

Cisco based routing and switching

Knowledge of protocols

Ability to read, understand technical documentation

Collaborative team player

Ability to travel internationally

Tools

FortiGate

Cisco

ServiceNow

Job description

Overview

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

Job Description

In a nutshell

Overall Objective: Owning and managing the networking services

Do you have a practical experience of designing and building medium-sized IT Infrastructure environments?

Are you able to discuss with the Business to understand their requirements and select/build solutions that will deliver according to their requirements?

Are you able to MOVE FAST and adjust your solution on the fly as needed?

We are looking for Senior and mid-level Engineers, who feel comfortable with the concept of Zero Trust Networks, Cloud (Azure, AWS), and are specialized in Network Management.

As part of the Project Team (GSC – NSC IT Infrastructure) you’ll be responsible to define, design and implement a Network Component of virtual Security Zones, or actual Eurofins Locations.

So your hands-on experience in both BUILD and RUN of networks is what we’re after.

You’ll be working with other, highly qualified Application/Storage/Compute/Cloud Engineers, in a small, cross-functional, specific deliverables-oriented Team.

A big advantage of the role is that you’ll use your expertise but working in such setup you’ll have an End to End understanding and influence of what’s being built.

The GSC – NSC IT Infrastructure team supports the Group Service Centers and National Service Centers within Eurofins.

This covers approx. 4,000 end users and more than 30 sites across the world. We are building the infrastructure for this but also the support team which is required to support the required services within the GSN and NSC scope.

Responsibilities

As part of the GSC – NSC IT Infrastructure team you will support and execute strategic and transformational initiatives, such as:

• The segregation execution program
• The implementation and designing of the different segregated zones (IT User Zones)
• Supporting and designing the segregation of the different in scope solutions (IT Application Availability Groups)

Main activities, but not limited to, are:

• Implement and manage state of the art infrastructure networking solutions for high available applications using all the latest innovation (private, public and hybrid cloud)
• Manage the provided networking services (WAN, LAN, WIFI, Loadbalancers, VPN)
• Act as a networking specialist for the in-scope IT services
• Identify opportunities to innovate, extend and enhance service delivery everywhere possible
• Deliver quality documentation: Procedures, Policies and Low-Level Designs
• Improve existing processes through sustainable solutions to recurring problems and enhancements to existing solutions by automation
• Cooperate closely with C&S and Security teams to ensure the appropriate alignment and governance
• Ensure that the services comply with the set policies and standards and meet the agreed SLA’s

Specific Assignments:

• Design and create newly defined segregated Infra zones within Eurofins
• Work together with the solutions teams on the solutions designs for the different Application Availability Groups (AAGs)
• Support the application migration activities into the new zones

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

An ideal candidate should have strong 5+ years’ experience in all the below:

• Strong experience in Fortinet products: FortiGate, Forti Manager (templates), FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiAnalyzer
• Experience in Network infrastructure design and transitions.
• Cisco based routing and switching (CCNP level)
• Knowledge of protocols: IP, SNMP, SMTP, OSPF, VLAN
• ACLs
• Static routing
• SDWAN
• Switch stacking
• Experience of complex network migrations
• Wireless experience
• Ticketing tools experience (preferably ServiceNow)
• Ability to read, understand and create technical documentation of the delivered solutions
• Collaborative team player
• Ability to travel internationally

Below skills will be an advantage

• CCNP level
• Ideally a proven track of LAN/WAN/SDWAN network infrastructure design and implementation during acquisitions, transitions and delivery on enterprise level
• Experience with protocols like: DNS, DHCP, NTP, HTTP, BGP
• Velocloud product knowledge will be an advantage
• VOIP
• QoS
• VPN
• Experience in complex network migrations

Additional information

We support your development! Do you feel like you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/