Lead Network Engineer

We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centres and network operations centres. Storm duty is mandatory, and overtime during outages is common.

The position

Cypressgate needs another Lead Network Engineer to design, run and troubleshoot the LAN, WAN and wireless networks across 14 sites. This hire will lead our SD-WAN rollout and clean up years of inconsistent branch configs. This is a hybrid role. Most of the team is in the Nantes office Tuesday to Thursday.

Key responsibilities

• Deploy and support enterprise wireless (Cisco, Aruba, Juniper Mist)
• Travel to remote sites for installs and hardware swaps.
• Set up 802.1X and NAC with Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass.
• Design and troubleshoot routing with BGP, OSPF and EIGRP.
• Roll out and manage SD-WAN across branch locations.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, STP and routing protocols.
• Available for after-hours maintenance and on-call rotation.
• CCNA required, CCNP preferred.
• Valid driver's licence for travel to company sites.
• Experience with site-to-site and remote access VPNs.
• Understanding of DNS, DHCP, QoS and load balancing.

Nice to have

• Voice networks and QoS for VoIP.
• Network automation with Python or Ansible.

Pay and benefits

• Health insurance (mutuelle) covered at 60%.
• Two days of remote work per week.
• 50% of public transport pass reimbursed.
• Works council (CSE) benefits.
• Profit-sharing.
• Meal vouchers.
• Training budget.

Include your expected salary and earliest start date with your application.

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cypressgate SARL.