DC Network Engineer
Vodafone
DC Network Engineer
At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.
Your day to day:
As a Network Senior Design Engineer you will be responsible for design related to the network infrastructure in our Data Centre including decision on technology to be used, capacity planning and requirements gathering from the customers matching key network aspects such security, reliability, high availability, load balancing and redundancy.; evolve legacy setups to new and standard network designs and components mitigating possible operational risk generated by out of support network infrastructure.
You will have the opportunity to work with innovative technologies like: xSTP, vPC, FabricPath, OSPFv2/v3, BGP/MP-BGP, VXLAN/EVPN, Load Balancers, Security Appliances (traffic filtering), (all kinds of) NAT, IPv6.
Although we are speaking about a design/architecture role, you will have access to all the systems and networking equipment (via CLI, GUI, etc.) to help you understand the network in the proper way (hands-on). We know it is always nice to be able to confirm your assumptions by looking directly into the LIVE network.
Our Data Centers are big, and we are hosting critical systems and applications there, bringing to life all kinds of Vodafone solutions and services across Europe – we think this is BIG and exciting, an environment which inherently will participate into your development.
With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:
- Provide solution design for Vodafone Local Market services to achieve highest availability, service performance as well as scalability of designed solution
- Migration planning and design to evolve legacy network environments into new network components and services
- Outline global network design standards to maximize efficiency and standardization across all the local market services
- Collaborate with other stakeholders like Operational team, on-prem Data Center teams and other risk owners during the scoping of design policies, optimization initiatives and projects
- Capacity planning and engineering
With these skills you are a great candidate:
- In-depth knowledge of OSPF, BGP, load balancing.
- Knowledge about firewall systems and network protocols.
- University degree in technology [e.g., engineering, telecommunications, computer science]
- Fluency in English, both speaking and writing
- Professional certified (e.g. CCNA, CCNP) is an advantage
Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:
- Hybrid way of working
- Medical and dental services
- Life and hospitalization insurance
- Dedicated employee phone subscription
- Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
- Special discounts for gyms and retailers
- Annual Company Bonus
- Loyalty Programme
- Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
- You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
- Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
- We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.
- Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave
We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job advert, we encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.
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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.
