Position: Network Engineer
Company: Ciklum
Category: Sysadmin
Experience required: 3y
English level: pre

Ciklum is looking for a Network Engineer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.

We are a leading global product engineering and digital services company that unites 4000+ seasoned professionals globally on various projects in healthcare, fintech, travel, sportswear, entertainment, and security. Ciklum delivers high-impact technology solutions to Fortune 500 and fast-growing organizations worldwide.

**About the role:**

As a Network Engineer, you should have excellent problem-solving skills and thorough knowledge of network administration and architecture. Your goal will be to establish reliable network infrastructure that caters to customer needs.

**Responsibilities**
Perform network maintenance and system upgrades
Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability
Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning
Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
Provide technical leadership for assigned network projects, which may include equipment ordering, testing, troubleshooting, installation, and implementation of upgrades or configurations
Communicate network status and provide quality documentation
Establish/maintain a project schedule in coordination with the management’s expectations
Attend daily/weekly meetings and interact regularly with management, employees and vendors to constantly improve services.
Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, wlc) with a heavy emphasis on Cisco
**Requirements**
Industry-related experience as a Network Engineer, Network Administrator
Professional certification (e.g. CCNA, CCNP, other)
Solid background in wireless network administration and architecture
Experience with Cisco Catalyst switches series and Cisco 9800 series wireless controllers
Deep understanding of networking protocols (e.g., IPSEC, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11, QoS,, EIGRP, MSTP)
Knowledge of log-collections systems (like ELK stack, Splunk etc.)
Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring and analysis tools (e.g. Zabbix, Nagios network tools)
Solid understanding of network operating systems (Cisco IOS, Cisco NXOS, Junos etc.)
Knowledge of Cisco ASA/other vendors firewalls, NGFW, deep understanding of VPN, and NAT
Able to perform and analyze packet captures, for the purpose of troubleshooting application performance and connectivity issues
Ability to work independently
Organizational and mentoring skills
**Desirable**
Monitoring system (Cacti, Nagios, Zabbix, Solar Winds, ELK or similar)
Knowledge of Dynamic ARP Inspection, NAT, Cisco IPSec S2S VPN
Competent to work at a high technical level on all phases of network operations
Knowledge of coding languages for scripting/automation (e.g Python, Ansible)
Experience of work in IT, banking, retail, gaming. Preferable – IT outsourcing and out-staffing companies
**Personal skills**
Purposeful
Stress resistant
Communicative
Analytical mindset
Responsible
Curiosity and dedication
Good team communication
**What's in it for you**
Opportunity to join strong international team
Opportunity to lead initiatives which are strategically important to the company
Work directly with Ciklum leadership team
Competitive salary
Cool, centrally located offices with warm atmosphere, which creates really good working conditions