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Network Engineer

Vitol
Full-time
On-site
Geneva Geneva Switzerland
Vitol
Company Description

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2023 were $400bn.

For more information: vitol.com

Job Description

The Network Engineer will be based in Geneva and will report to the Network manager and will have responsibility for:

Main task is to ensure the day-to-day network operation and monitoring, find and technically solve problems related to network with a business-oriented approach
Work with other IT teams on a global scale to implement new systems and address security concerns
Maintain network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, troubleshooting network problems, and escalating problems to vendor, office, datacenter and remote location
Upgrade network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases
Design and implement both wire and wireless networks of an organization, including LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet exposure and Sdwan solution
Cisco ISE authentification (802.1x, Radius & Tacacs)
Enhance network security, as well as documenting network processes and cabling layouts
Knowledge of regulatory requirements and security compliance standards relevant to network infrastructure
Ensure that proxy solution is up and running and be able to manage deployment
Nice to have telephony knowledge for SBC and Teams environment
Will be required to work beyond normal business hours and be on call
Integrate and be part of a Follow the Sun team

Qualifications

Very strong technical skills on Cisco Equipment – CCNP certification preferred
Implement and maintain Palo Alto Firewalls for network security and access control.
Utilize SolarWinds NPM (Network Performance Monitor) and NCM (Network Configuration Manager) for network monitoring and configuration management. And ThousandEyes solution.
Solid understanding of Cisco routing and switching products and networking (Eigrp, Ospf, BGP / DmVPN/ Catalyst & Nexus)
SDwan, Internet & low latency circuit experience is required
Wi-fi deployment and operation on Aruba & Cisco Meraki
Cloud experiences on Azure, AWS, GCP is required
Audiocode SBC + IP phones
Proxy solution such as McAfee, Zscaler, Palo Alto
WAF on F5 Silverline
Automation, python script, ansible is required
Experience with Trading Market Data is an advantage
Education: Minimum Bachelor of Science in Networking
Experience: 8-10 years as Network engineer in a multi-cultural environment

Additional Information

Fluent in English both verbally and in writing (C1 level minimum)
Flexible and available out of business hours if required
Highly responsive, energetic and enthusiastic
Capable of prioritising tasks and meeting critical deadlines
Business and end users focus
Structured, rigorous and autonomous
Can work under pressure with good stress management
Excellent judgment, attention to details
Can work independently and report to the Network Team leader
Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing
Solution and results oriented
Proactivity on new solutions or improvements
Team player, with an open non-political style and a high level of personal integrity
Ability to travel when required