Network and Security Architect

Your new company 

For our client, we are looking for a Network and Security Architect to join global structures. 

In your new role you will be:

• Working as a key player in a dynamic and international team ensuring the security (CIA) confidentiality, integrity and availability of the company and its customer's (where relevant) systems and data.
• Maintaining the availability of IT systems and services for international manufacturing companies with more than 70 locations worldwide, including physical and virtual data centres.
• Part of lead architecture team for designing large-scale global WAN and LAN networks and advanced security deployments.
• L3 advance support for the operational support process.
• Working closely with critical people from Solution/ Infrastructure Architecture and Cyber (SOC) Security Operations Centre, Server Hosting Operations teams, and providing advanced support and guidance for the Network Operations team. Also, regularly working with Risk & Security Management and Internal Audit teams.
• Working with TCP/IP-based networks, communication and security solutions across all IT areas, including but not restricted to: Network systems, Global-WAN, VPN (various tech.), MPLS, SD-WAN, LEO Satellite, LAN, Campus LAN and SAN, converged switching fabric, 802.11-based Wireless infrastructure, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) approach, Advanced NAC (Network Access Control), IdP (Identity Providers), R/SPAN, IDS-IPS, SASE, SSE, https-inspection, network-level AntiVirus and AntiBot, SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation Response) and internal and external penetration testing and red/blue-team efforts, internal and external audits.
• Working with OT / ICS (Operation Technology and Industrial Control Systems) networks and alike.
• Working with the following audit, compliance, and governance models such as: ISO/IEC 27001:2005, ISO/IEC 27002:2022, ISA/IEC 62443, GDPR, TISAX, CIS Controls, NIST NVD, NIST CSF 2.0, OWASP, MITRE, and ITILv4 frameworks.
• Supporting corporate mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, etc. to design target IT landscapes, to prepare for transition to corporate standards, including advanced LAN, WAN/ VPN, and security technologies.
• Working in leading and coordinating teams to securely operate global Automotive IT communication networks, including (ENX) European Network exchange and other IT network backbones, as well as working with global MPLS and Tier-1 internet providers, and working with large international data centre/hosting and IaaS providers.
• Project Management, Task Management, Delegation, External Resource Management.
• Planning and managing budgets/ cost plans in cooperation with Corporate Purchasing and IT Service Management teams.
• Stay on top of technological advancements in IT, specifically networks and network security, be aware of malicious attack vectors and common vulnerabilities and best-practice network security defences.
• Design network and network security concepts and strategies to support a growing global enterprise network in line with company goals; working to existing standards and developing new ones.
• Provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to existing and future challenges.
• Participate in projects related to architecture upgrades, designs, optimisation and migrations of business acquisitions.
• Excellent level of documentation upkeep including skilled use of diagramming tools such as MS Visio.
• Having the ability to present, argue and justify concepts and strategies up to C-Level Management and non-technical people is a key attribute.
• Advanced configuration knowledge and experience, maintenance and monitoring of active LAN, global-WAN equipment including switches, routers, firewalls, SASE, SSE, web proxy, NAC, IPS/IDS, SD-WAN, 802.11 wireless infrastructure and other network equipment.
• Proactively monitoring and improving IT systems to provide optimal performance.
• Varying levels 2nd/3rd /4th of support escalation solving current incidents, requests and problems.
• Implement and maintain documentation, how-to guides, instructions, SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) for network architecture, licences etc.
• Communicating, working with and coordinating actions with third-party/ external consultants and engineers.

What you'll need to succeed 

• Degree in computer science or 5+ years’ experience working in IT with a focus on networking
• At least 2+ years’ working with designing and managing advanced TCP/IP-based networks.

• Licences/ Certifications:
  Industry recognised certifications preferred from: CCNP, CCIE, CISSP, Security, Wireless, Voice specialities, Check Point, Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto or other advanced application firewall vendors.

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