Senior Network Engineer

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Job Description

For the Network Operations team we are now looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Network Engineer who is aiming to become member of an international team active in five countries supporting the Vattenfall business units while being located in the Vattenfall headquarter in Stockholm, Solna.

Your Job as Senior Network Engineer

Focus will be provisioning and operating network solutions for specific business areas (‘Tech-IT’) with their applications and LAN/WAN-environments mainly in Sweden, but also in other countries, where Vattenfall is active. Part of the job is as well to cooperate with our external sourcing partners for Data Center and Office Networks.

Your key activities will be:

• Work in an international team (5 countries)
• Network operations ‘Tech-IT’ with focus on Firewalls, Routers and Switches based on ITIL processes including planning, documentation, troubleshooting as well as execution of lifecycle and patch management
• Develop network operational concepts and support network related projects in technical areas of the business (‘Tech-IT’) with focus on Sweden
• Business trips are required within an international team as well as for executing e.g., life cycle activities and on-site meetings with the business in the Swedish country region
• Taking part in on-call duty (24/7)

Qualifications

Your profile as Senior Network Engineer

You have at least five years of experience in network operation and engineering in corporate environments, strong skills in Cisco Routing & Switching and Checkpoint Firewalling.

You have skills/knowledge in the following areas, relevant Cisco and Checkpoint certifications are preferred:

• Minimum five years job experience in network operations in enterprise environments
• Strong skills in Checkpoint Firewalling, additional FortiGate experience is preferred
• Good skills in Cisco Routing & Switching
• Wide experience in working with Linux distributions based on Red Hat and Debian
• Python scripting with Ansible, Jinja templating, PYATS libraries, REST API, etc.
• Usage of monitoring and diagnostic tools like Nagios, LibreNMS, etc.
• Skills in AAA administration, configuration and troubleshooting with Radius and TACACS (Cisco ISE is preferred) is a plus
• Knowledge in the area of remote access (RAS), WLAN, cabling and security engineering will be considered as a plus
• Practical experience with ITIL processes (incidents, changes, problems)
• Effective communication skills (fluent English and Swedish are a must) for communicating to the customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, e.g., the IT Security department
• Knowledge about structure of Data Centres including security zones
• Proven analytic and conceptional abilities
• Independent / autonomous workstyle
• Academic Degree in IT: Computer Science, engineering, science, mathematics or similar
• Driving license

Additional Information

Location

Solna, Stockholm

What we offer

Vattenfall is more than "just" an interesting job in a results-oriented company. You will be part of a challenging, complex, and international working environment. We offer competitive remuneration, a company pension scheme, and opportunities for training and personal development. Some of the conditions:

• an unlimited contract (after a test period of 6 months)
• an office in Stockholm
• possibility to work about 50 % from home
• flexible working hours including part time contracts
• 25 days of vacation leave

More Information

For further information about the recruitment process please contact responsible recruiter Carolina Osterman, [email protected]. For more information about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Christian Schwert, +49 40 60 00 54 825.

We welcome your application in English no later than 25th of September, 2023. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

Trade union representatives in Sweden: Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.