Network Data Engineer

Job Description

The Position

In Our Company, we harness the power of innovative science to enhance and save lives globally. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, we have been dedicated to bringing hope to humanity for over 130 years through the development of vital medicines and vaccines. Our Information Technology department plays a crucial role in empowering our business colleagues to achieve these important objectives.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our LAN Connectivity Team in Prague, Czech Republic. As a member of the LAN Connectivity team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development and design of the Campus Network, including Manufacturing segments with a primary focus on LAN technology. The candidate must possess advanced knowledge of routing and switching, and hands on experience with network automation. The candidate will be the technical point of contact for the customer and provide design, migration and deployment guidance.  The operations activities include troubleshooting performance issues and performing break-fix network changes.

What will you do?

• Create Low Level Design, High Level Design, Implementation Plan, and Acceptance Test Plan documents in accordance with the defined standards.
• Create, update and publish standards to ensure the network meets business and compliance needs.
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of Our Company’s managed hardware, software and peripheral devices.
• Automate configuration changes on thousands of devices.
• Own platform life-cycle management.
• Research, architect, and introduce Next Generation Network Solutions based on industry trends.
• Ability to accomplish objectives while working collectively with the Global team, IT divisional teams, country IT departments and business teams.
• On-call rotation during business hours, including weekends.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Senior Network Engineer in a regulated industry such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare or in a compliance space
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field
• Deep knowledge and expertise with multivendor (Cisco & Arista) Routing and Switching
• A solid understanding of what comprises a scalable, robust, supportable design
• Experience working in a large geographically dispersed network environment
• A belief that standardization and automation is the path to happiness
• Good understanding of Network Automation solutions
• Proficient with Python and Ansible
• Hands-on experience with Arista AVD
• Experience with and a strong knowledge of Incident, Problem and Change management processes using SNOW

Nice to have

• Industry recognized certifications such as Cisco CCIE or Arista equivalent
• Pharmaceutical Industry and/or compliance experience is a plus
• Experience with project management/backlog tracking tools such as JIRA

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases) 
• Pension and health insurance contributions 
• Internal reward system plus referral programme 
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card 
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes 
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone 
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner 
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Applied Engineering, Applied Engineering, Arista EOS, Availability Management, Capacity Management, Change Controls, Configuration Management (CM), Design Applications, Global Team Collaboration, Incident Management, Industry Trend Analysis, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, IT Service Management (ITSM), Management Process, Network Automation, Peripheral Devices, Platform Management, Process Troubleshooting, Project Implementations, Project Management Tools, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Administration {+ 2 more}

 Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/30/2025

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