Senior Lead Engineer

Introduction
At IBM Technical Solution Architects work to understand needs and then create complex high-quality solutions that make meaningful impact. You’ll be responsible for overall leadership and delivery of the solutions from requirement gathering through implementation. You’ll use your in-depth knowledge of leading-edge products and technologies along with industry and business skills to influence outcomes.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Lead design and implement network solutions to support global business operations.
• Configure and maintain routing switching load balancing and firewall solutions ensuring high availability security and performance.
• Provide Last Level of Support to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues providing advanced support for network-related incidents.
• Lead and participate in network transformations driving improvements in performance scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new technologies and optimize existing infrastructure.
• Work with open hardware network platforms leveraging open-source solutions where applicable.
• Automate network tasks using scripting and controllers to enhance operational efficiency.
• Customer-focused approach with the ability to understand user problems and deliver solutions that enhance End user experience and application performance.
• Operate with a “One Team” mindset fostering collaboration and alignment across all teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to support a global network footprint with availability to address critical issues outside of standard business hours when necessary.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Proven Enterprise experience in routing switching load balancing and firewall technologies.
• Experience in driving technology transformations with a focus on network performance security and scalability.
• Experience in scripting languages software defined network automation SDN controllers for network automation tasks.
• Proven Experience in creation and delivery of High-Level Design and Low-Level Design solutions.
• Experience in making standardized template driven configurations.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with global teams and stakeholders.
• Testing and assessment of tech. designs and solutions in remote lab environment and verification for enterprise deployment.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Certifications from vendors such as Cisco Juniper F5 and Palo Alto are highly preferred; experience with NAC.
• Experience with open hardware network platforms is a plus.
• Occasional on-call coverage during Weekends to support internal Teams in case of high severity incidents.
• Flexible working hours based on Business Demand (Global Team Meetings Change Implementation outside of business hours)

Gross monthly salary starts from 3 500eur.