Senior Network Engineer

Job Description:

Financial Dimensions:
• Directly managed budget: < $ 0

Business Dimensions:

• The position supports Shell projects at various locations ranging from offices to remote environments.
• Directly controls or indirectly influences:

Network projects with a value of up to $1M
No direct reports but has the responsibility to provide oversight of contract staff engaged to support project delivery.

Special Challenges
• Manage complex interface structures across organizational and geographic boundaries.
• Ability to collaborate with project teams, telecom contractors/service providers (ISP
*Qualifications

Technical MANDATORY:

• Typical Years of Experience: 12-16 - leading and executing Telecoms project delivery, Telecoms operations, or IT consultancy assignments to design, develop and deliver viable network and telecom solutions, preferably in Oil and Gas or similar industries with offshore experience preferred.
• A high degree of technical network knowledge on traditional (IP) networks and systems as well as telecom solutions such as Satellite, Optical/Radio links, Wireless Canopy, Mobile Radio (DMR/Tetra), Microwave, Fiber Optics, Marine and Aeronautical Radio, Sub-marine Fiber and Access Security/CCTV
• Minimum Education or Certification: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications or equivalent work experience

Skills MANDATORY:

Mandatory: Design experience: requirement gathering, HLD, LLD, EOL, config creation, deployment experience.
Must have 1 of the 3 highlighted: Design and deployment expertise in LAN, Aruba WLAN, Infoblox DDIA, and F5 load balancing.

• Mastering the OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SMTP, FTP, TFTP)
• Mastering of Layer-2 Switching, VLAN and Access-list
• Mastering WiFi, authentication, security technologies, Internet, SD-WAN, MPLS and Voice over IP (VoIP)
• Mastering IP addressing and subnetting and routing concepts
• Switches: Full configuration and VLAN setup on Cisco switches
• Telecoms Industry knowledge with extensive experience in Networks and Telecommunications, Testing and Commissioning
• Consistently delivered results in a matrix, global virtualized organization
• Experience in working with suppliers
• Experience in negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Proven experience in stakeholder and relationship management including external vendors
• Ability to translate technical requirements and specifications into easily understood business concepts and vice versa

Skills PREFERRED:

• Cisco router/switching/security certification, at minimum CCNP
• Python programming and app development skills for programmable networks
• Experience working in a (partially) outsourced environment
• Awareness of Agile and Scrum
• Service Management processes (Support Models, Service Level Management, Contract Management and Supplier Management)

Contract Duration: 9 Months

Work location: Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands