Network Architect

Company Description
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2024, Continental generated sales of €39.7 billion and currently employs around 190,000 people in 55 countries and markets.

With its premium portfolio in the car, truck, bus, two-wheel and specialty tire segment, the Tires group sector stands for innovative solutions in tire technology. Intelligent products and services related to tires and the promotion of sustainability complete the product portfolio. For specialist dealers and fleet management, Tires offers digital tire monitoring and tire management systems, in addition to other services, with the aim of keeping fleets mobile and increasing their efficiency. With its tires, Continental makes a significant contribution to safe, efficient and environmentally friendly mobility

Job Description
The Network Architect will be responsible to design, implement, and optimize our network services together with the internal teams.

You will be responsible for designing a secure, reliable, and efficient architecture for network services related to firewalls, WAN, load balancers and network security components that meets the needs of Continental Tires' internal clients. Additionally, the role involves identifying synergies across other solutions within the Tires IT infrastructure portfolio to co-develop cohesive target designs.

In detail your tasks include:
Lead the redesign of network services (VPN, Meraki, RADIUS (WLAN), WAN, Internet Access) to ensure they meet the evolving needs of Continental Tires. Develop and design robust architectures for internal access services, ensuring they are secure, reliable, and efficient.

Stakeholder Management:
Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including managed service providers, software and hardware vendors, technical teams, business units, and group sectors, to understand their needs and ensure the solutions align with their requirements.

Technical Leadership:
Provide technical leadership and guidance on BPA technologies, best practices, and industry standards and oversee the implementation of redesigned external access solutions, ensuring they are deployed effectively and efficiently.

Continuous Improvement:
Continuously monitor and optimize the performance of BPA services to ensure high availability and reliability, derive optimizations and ensure all solutions comply with relevant security standards, regulations, and best practices.

Documentation:
Maintain comprehensive documentation of solution designs, architectures, and implementation processes.

Network Management:
Oversee and manage network components like gateways, firewalls, ISE clusters.

Conduct hardware patching and configuration of complex network infrastructure to maintain optimal performance and security.

Qualifications
Academic degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent.
• Proven work experience as a network architect or in a similar role is crucial.
• Profound knowledge of state-of-the-art technology, trends and paradigms of IT

Minimum of 5 years of experience in network architecture or a related role, with a focus on firewalls, load balancer and network security components.

Skills:

• Strong understanding of network technologies protocols.
• Experience with network security principles and best practices.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing complex network architectures.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience in cloud environments (preferably AWS, Azure, Alibaba and/or Google Cloud)
• Good communication and change management skills.
• Proficient in English, both spoken and written and intercultural sensitivity

Collaborative, visionary, customer-oriented, passionate, result-driven work-style

Knowledge in agile frameworks, ITSM processes and DevOps (automation, infrastructure/configuration as code) is a plus

Additional Information

• 13th salary;
• Performance bonus;
• Christmas & Easter bonus;
• Seniority bonus;
• Flexible working time;
• Competitive salaries & benefits;
• Health & wellness (Life Assurance, Private Health and Dental Insurance, Sport activities, Canteen, 24/7 Helpline with Psychologists etc.);
• Different discounts (tires, glasses, medical, shopping, etc.);
• Relocation bonus for non-Timisoara Residents;
• Professional development opportunities (in Technical and Leadership Areas);
• International Work Environment & Traveling Opportunities.

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