Project description

The IT Department is seeking a Network Engineer with 2+ years of experience to maintain and evolve the network across our offices, data centres and public clouds. The team is responsible for network services across all •••••• locations (45+) and Public Clouds (mainly Azure, but also have AWS and GCP). A key focus of this role is network automation and the practical use of AI: we are moving from manual operations to an automated, data-driven model.

Responsibilities

  • 1. Operate and maintain the stability and performance of network infrastructure within the EU (offices, DCs, Azure). 2. Design and build automation for routine network operations (config generation, compliance checks, provisioning) using Python, Ansible and Terraform. 3. Develop and integrate AI automation to the existing solution based on Open Hands. 4. Maintain NetBox as the single source of truth: validate data, improve data quality and automate synchronisation with monitoring and CMDB. 5. Keep monitoring up-to-date, reduce alert noise and propose improvements (incl. anomaly detection / AIOps approaches). 6. Keep Confluence documentation accurate; automate its generation from NetBox and IaC where possible.

SKILLS

Must have

  • Core Requirements 1. 2+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise or ISP networks. 2. Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing and switching; working knowledge of BGP and OSPF. 3. Hands-on experience with at least one NGFW platform (Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, FortiGate or similar): - Security policies and NAT - Site-to-Site IPSec and remote access VPN 4. Basic experience with public cloud networking (Azure or AWS): VNet/VPC, subnets, security groups, VPN gateways. 5. Basic scripting and automation skills: - Python or Ansible for routine network tasks - Familiarity with Git 6. Active use of AI tools in daily work (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude or similar) for scripting, troubleshooting or documentation, and strong interest in AI-driven automation. 7. Experience with monitoring systems (Zabbix, PRTG, LibreNMS or similar). 8. CCNA or equivalent knowledge. Nice to have - Palo Alto Panorama, HA configuration - Terraform or other IaC tools - NetBox or another CMDB/IPAM - Experience building scripts or small tools that use LLM APIs - CCNP or equivalent

Nice to have

Python, Ansible, Linux, Azure Networking