Network Engineer (m/f/d)

Want to work in a culture built on mutual trust and respect? How about having the freedom to make work fit into your life (and not the other way round)? A career with Thinkproject could be just the opportunity you\’re looking for.

What do we do?
Thinkproject is a European market-leader in digitalisation tools for construction companies. It sounds complex, but we\’ll explain further! Construction companies used to use manual administration and physical paperwork for projects (sometimes hundreds of thousands of bits of paperwork for one project!). Using our construction intelligence solutions, businesses can go digital, which benefits everyone from the construction companies to the wider public.
Our mission is to deliver digitalisation to make a safer, healthier and more sustainable AECO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations) industry. This is a really exciting time to join our company, since our founding in 2000 we have gone from strength-to-strength and have lots of exciting developments coming up soon that you could be a part of.
Location: Anywhere in Germany
Department: R&D
Contract: Permanent

We are seeking a skilled Network Engineer (m/f/d) to provide comprehensive oversight, expert guidance, and hands-on support across our IT environment. The network engineer will protect the organization from financial and reputational risks by ensuring adherence to security industry standards and regulations to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. The Network Engineer will provide hands-on and remote network-level support, design, and implementation functions to Thinkproject, ensuring that customer requirements are met effectively both in terms of technical capability and cost-efficiency. This will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, internal departments, and external suppliers. The role is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation, security, and delivery of communication networks to provide maximum performance and availability for the organization and its customers.

What your day will look like

• Design, configure, test, and maintain LAN/WAN/security solutions and related services. This includes Firewall, Wi-Fi, Routing, and Switching Technologies.
• Support all end-to-end network infrastructure across the business, ensuring that all assigned incidents and requests are managed effectively.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve network incidents and problems.
• Deliver IT-based technical projects as well as business-led projects.
• Interface professionally with internal employees.
• BAU adds/moves/changes to the Data Network and Network Security Estate.
• Day-to-day management of a suite of common network and security products, e.g. Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA), FortiNet, Cisco, Microsoft Azure network/security solutions, Cloudflare, Email Security Gateway Technologies, AWS network/security solutions.
• Update and maintain comprehensive documentation for all implemented networks.
• Ensure the network estate complies with the organization\’s required accreditation standards and internal policies.
• Performance, capacity monitoring, and event management of network infrastructure components.

What you need to fulfill the role

You Must Be

• English speaking.
• A European citizen living in Germany or Austria.

You Must Have

• At least 2 years of relevant network engineer experience.
• Working knowledge of network routing protocols and features such as HSRP and NAT.
• Working knowledge of network switching technologies and features, such as POE and SFPs.
• Working knowledge of firewall technologies, including site-to-site and remote access VPN, IPS, and APCL/URL filtering.
• Working knowledge of network cabling options, for example OM4, Cat6.
• Experience in producing designs and topology diagrams.
• Experience in submitting changes or method statements to propose works to be carried out across the network.
• Experience in a network engineer BAU support role.
• Experience in a network engineer project delivery role.
• Knowledge of cloud-based environments such as Azure and AWS, including connectivity methods into and within these environments.
• Knowledge of DNS (public and private).

It Would Be Good to Be

• German speaking.

It Would Be Good to Have

• Experience with Fortinet firewall, switch, and wireless technologies.
• Experience with Cisco networking technologies, including Cisco Nexus switching.
• Experience in managing Telcos and service providers.
• Experience with Azure and Azure (Entra) AD.
• Experience with Azure and AWS technologies and services.
• Experience with managing differing network architectures across multiple on-premise and cloud environments.
• Experience with Active Directory, encryption, access control, web security gateway, email security gateway, web application firewall, DDOS protection, and vulnerability/penetration testing solutions.

What we offer

Health Days, Lunch \’n\‘ Learn Sessions, Women\’s Network, LGBTQIA+ Network, Demo Days, Coffee Chat Roulette, Ideas Portal, Free English Lessons, Thinkproject Academy, Social Events, Volunteering Activities, Open Forum with Leadership Team (Tp Café), Hybrid working, Unlimited learning.

We are a passionate bunch here. To join Thinkproject is to shape what our company becomes. We take feedback from our staff very seriously and give them the tools they need to help us create our fantastic culture of mutual respect. We believe that investing in our staff is crucial to the success of our business.

Your contact:

Preethika Ramdass

Please submit your application, including salary expectations and potential date of entry, by submitting the form on the next page.

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