This role focuses on managing and maintaining enterprise connectivity across WAN, WAN Border Control, Meraki infrastructure, Separation Firewalls, and Local LAN environments. You will play a key part in ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performance network operations across the entire organisation.

In detail your tasks include:

• Manage and maintain WAN connectivity and hybrid network models.
• Work Closely with the solution architects to develop and design the network environment
• Administer WAN Border Control and Separation Firewalls to enforce perimeter and internal segmentation policies.
• Operate and optimize Meraki-based network infrastructure.
• Support and maintain Local LAN environments, including switching, VLANs, and access control.
• Troubleshoot complex connectivity issues escalated from L1/L2 teams.
• Monitor network performance using enterprise-grade tools and respond to anomalies.
• Lead network upgrade and migration projects across WAN, LAN, and firewall domains.
• Ensure compliance with internal security standards and external regulations.
• Maintain accurate documentation of network configurations, policies, and procedures.

Your skills and qualification:

• Academic degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of network technologies protocols.
• Strong hands-on experience with WAN, LAN, and firewall technologies.
• Familiarity with Meraki dashboard and cloud-managed networking.
• Solid understanding of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and network segmentation.
• Experience with network security principles and best practices.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing complex network architectures.
• Experience in cloud networking environments (preferably AWS, Azure).
• Proficient in English, both spoken and written and intercultural sensitivity.
• Profound knowledge of state-of-the-art technology, trends and paradigms of IT

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications such as CCNP or equivalent.
• Knowledge in agile frameworks, ITSM processes and DevOps (automation, infrastructure/configuration as code)

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

Being part of a global IT team of thousands of colleagues working on various innovations and tasks, there is always an opportunity to grow and move into different directions within our corporation.

On top of that you can expect the following benefits:

• Individual development planning based on your personal needs and targets (e. g. mentoring, trainings or global internal Software Academy)
• Work from home up to 2 days a week (unless workshops etc. require physical presence)
• Option to work from other EU countries up to 40 days per year
• Agile and collaborative workstyle
• Opportunity to make a difference
• Employee discounts
• An international team across 4 locations in a globally active organization
• Company and tariff pension plan
• Health insurance
• Assistance with child-care
• Relocation package offered if needed
• Canteen on-site
• On-site physicians
• Sabbatical option

If this sounds like a perfect match for you and if you want to become the next supporter of our core values Trust For One Another, Passion to Win and Freedom to Act, we are looking forward receiving your application.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging are important to us and make our company strong and successful. We offer equal opportunities to everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, cultural background, disability, religion, ideology or sexual orientation.

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