Senior Network Engineer

The Senior Network engineer delivers Network Projects, aimed at the expansion and upgrade of the global network & security infrastructure including (re)design, development, support and maintenance. These activities are carried out for the datacenters, as well as the company network. This is a high impact function within the business as all active components in the network infrastructure are essential to the successful operations of the company as a whole.

The position reports directly to the Manager ICT Infrastructure and is part of a team of three Network Engineers. The position is partly operational, partly design/redesign.

• Project Engineering, Implementation of Network Components, primarily Layer 3 Switches.
• Architecture and design of the International network.
• Design, develops and maintains landscape charts of network.
• Design, develops and maintains procedures for network usage.
• Design, develops and maintains an IP (ranges) plan.
• Design, develops and maintains the multi homed (BGP) internet connection.
• Provides technical expertise in the management of the ICT network.
• 3rd Line support of escalated incidents.
• Co-performs technical analyses of software, hardware and transmission facilities using various diagnostic tools in support of efficient network operations.
• Monitors data traffic and controls network resource performance to ensure high-quality transmission. Checks log files and relevant monitoring systems on a day-to-day basis.
• Security/Firewall Administration.
• Tests and analyses network facilities including network control software, routers, switches, lines, modems, adapters and servers
• Provides out of hours network administration support, on-call basis 1 in three weeks.
• International travel required at times.

• Minimum CCNP level
• Experience in implementation and support of Nexus & Catalyst Switches.
• Must have experience with both BGP and OSPF,
• VMWare (networking) experience.
• Firewall Administration with Checkpoint and preferably Fortinet.
• Preferably experience with Brocade/Foundry switches., * Education level is HBO ICT related studies.
• 5 or more years of work experience in an extensive, international network environment.
• Experience in working in a multi-vendor environment (able to maintain different 'languages').
• Experience on telephony infrastructure considered a major plus.
• Fluent in English, both written and orally, and preferably Dutch. Other European languages are an advantage, * Good communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Able to manage projects through to conclusion.
• Strong discipline; organized and structured way of working.
• Attention to detail.
• Risk aware; knows how to assess risks and how to communicate these risk to stakeholders.
• No 9 to 5 mentality.

Eliantie is een succesvolle en betrouwbare dienstverlener op het gebied van ICT detachering en recruitment. De hoogopgeleide mensen binnen Eliantie zijn gedreven en professioneel en helpen een groot aantal opdrachtgevers met ICT vraagstukken op het gebied van Infrastructuur (netwerk- en systeembeheer, security en ondersteuning). Eliantie bestaat sinds 1989, is in 2007 door de Computable lezers uitgeroepen tot beste Detacheerder van het jaar en in zowel 2011 als 2012 genomineerd voor deze ICT-Award. Eliantie werkt vanuit Rijswijk met eigen ICT-ers en vult deze vaste kern aan met freelancers die vaak al jaren voor het bedrijf werken. Bedrijfsomschrijving Our client is a leading provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers through 42 data centres in 11 European countries. The uniformly designed, energy efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. Bedrijfscultuur