Network Engineer

Overview

As a Network Connectivity Engineer you will be the on-site expert at our client's factory, serving as the primary point of contact for all connectivity-related issues.

Your role will involve close collaboration with internal teams and external partners to ensure seamless equipment connections and network structural cabling works. While you won't be configuring devices directly, your deep understanding of network operations will be crucial for troubleshooting and resolving incidents.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate/Lead in managing the IT network, telecommunication, and local on-prem server infrastructure duties;
• The job scope comprises approximately 70% network, 20% server responsibilities, and 10% other IT infrastructure duties;
• Collaborate in creating logical network designs and the physical layouts of network and server infrastructure;
• Contributes to the creation and implementation of security patching schedules and policies for network and hosting equipment;
• Proactive monitoring for network status & capacity monitoring;
• Participate in IT infrastructure operations & escalations to ensure network telecommunication & hosting availability and performance;
• Work with network, telecommunication, on prem server infra and data cabling providers on different levels of operational issues;
• Lead / Participate in IT infrastructure global & local projects coordination and execution in alignment with local and global guidelines;
• Coordinate operations with local IT Service Vendors/Partners;
• On-call duty: availability after normal office hours in rotation with other colleagues to support high impact issues. Physical interventions might happen occasionally if issue cannot be resolved remotely. Thus the requirement to be able to reach on-site in an hour.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology related field of study with a network/hosting engineering focus - not a blocker if a candidate does not have it but is studying similar field;
• Min 4 years of experience in Infrastructure Network/Telco domain or equivalent;
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure (network and hosting) hardware;
• Experience in IT technologies: Networks, Telecommunications, Server, Virtualization (Hyper-V);
• Experience/Understanding of CISCO network (LAN, WLAN, WAN) infrastructure including experience with implementation or management network segregation (VLANs);
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITIL methodology), SNOW experience is a plus;
• Understanding of network security with security policy implementation (CISCO, Palo Alto);
• Ability to create network and hosting diagrams and documentation, HLD, LLD and technical standards;
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions;
• Excellent communication skills, ability to collaborate cross-functionally in global, internal and external partners;
• A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment;
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, knowledge in budget and project management;
• CCNA certification is preferred and any other networking, server, firewall certificates will be a plus;
• Languages: Proficient in Italian and English.