Network Consultant (Valencia, Spain)

Client: United Nations

Location: Valencia, Spain

Estimated Start Date: ASAP

Position: Consultant via IdealStaffs

To apply for this position, please send your resume at office@idealstaffs.com referencing the job title.

Initially, 100% remote work is possible until the COVID-19 situation improves, after that relocation is expected and required.

IdealStaffs Consulting is looking for Network Technician with more than 5 years of proved experience working on IT preferably in large Datacenter environment to provide on-going support and maintenance operations for its client, an United Nations international organization. The candidate is required to be able to effectively work with minimum supervision. The candidate is required to have strong communication and interpersonal skills to actively contribute to the team resolving the network related issues and customers’ requests.

• On-call required one week per month (rotation is subject to the number of team members)

• Teleworking Option: 2/3 days per week.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Network operational support as part of tier-2 team

• Network related incidents, problems, and user requests resolution

• Network devices – new installations and upgrades

• Preventive network maintenance

• Create and maintain network related procedures and documentation

• Out of business hours on-call rotation-based support

• Perform other duties when required

Required Technical Skills:

The candidate MUST have the following skills and experience:

• Good knowledge and experience with networking routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and MPLS

• Good knowledge and experience with networking switching techniques

• Good knowledge and experience with networking security techniques

• Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot advanced F5 configurations with two-factor authentications implementations and improved security with web application firewalls

• Ability to integrate F5 with products from other vendors and achieve high availability, security, and application performance optimization

• Ability to update F5 to incorporate new features and bug fixes

• Ability to manage, configure and troubleshoot Checkpoint Firewalls

• Experience with Cisco ASA and/or Firepower Firewalls

• Ability to configure and troubleshoot VPN site-to-site implementations

• Ability to perform network traffic packet capture and analysis

• Ability to provide comprehensive analysis of different services and protocols like SMTP, HTTPS, and DNS

• Experience and familiarity with ITIL and/or ISO20000 best practices

• Excellent knowledge of English (both written and verbal)

The candidate SHOULD have the following skills and experience:

• Ability to install and configure network tools on Linux based machines

• Ability to use scripting languages to automate repetitive tasks

• Knowledge of Cloud like AZURE and AWS

• Knowledge of Spanish

Required Soft Skills:

• Customer facing experience and oral communication skills

• Ability to write documentation & reports

• Creativity/ ability to find innovative solutions

• Willingness to learn on the job

Desirable certifications:

• Cisco CCNA

• Cisco CCNP Enterprise or equivalent

• Checkpoint training certifications

• F5 training certifications