Lead Network Engineer

Company Description

Why are we here?

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

In a nutshell

As a Lead  Network Engineer at Eurofins you will design, implement, and manage IT networking services in the datacenter. You will be acting as a technical lead, guiding a team in delivering robust and secure network solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective service delivery. Your key objectives will include maintaining high uptime and performance levels, driving technical strategy, mentoring team members, and resolving complex technical issues.

Where will you be based and what business will you support?

Based in Barcelona, you will join a globally distributed team that manages our internal IT Infrastructure across several business lines. 

How can you help us? 

As the Lead Network Engineer at Eurofins, you will:

• Take ownership of designing, implementing, and managing IT networking services in the datacenter for internal customers.
• Act as the technical lead, guiding the team in delivering robust, secure, and scalable network solutions.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including local IT staff and non-technical personnel, to ensure the smooth delivery of network services.
• Provide technical leadership, offering expert guidance and direction on complex network infrastructure projects.
• Design, operate, and manage Datacentre network fabric based on Cisco ACI, Cisco ASR, and Check Point NGFW.
• Collaborate with internal teams, such as Architecture and Group IT Security, to maintain audit and control standards for all services and platforms.
• Innovate and enhance service delivery while adhering to security and technology standards.
• Act as a point of escalation and guidance for resolving complex technical issues, applying ITIL frameworks.
• Oversee incident management, problem resolution, and service delivery for all provided services, ensuring high levels of uptime and performance.

Leadership Expectations:

• Drive technical strategy and decision-making within the team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and group technology standards.
• Mentor and guide team members, fostering technical excellence and professional development.
• Lead troubleshooting and problem resolution efforts, offering strategic solutions to both routine and complex issues.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal teams and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of project goals, progress, and challenges.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in network architecture, security, and operational procedures.

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

You have:

• A strong experience in complex IT environments, including Datacentres.
•  Deep expertise in networking technologies, including Datacentre networks, firewalls, LAN, and WAN.
• Expertise in modern Datacentre concepts and technologies.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco ACI and Next-Generation Firewalls (Check Point or equivalent - Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA).
• Strong command of network routing principles, Datacentre switching (CISCO, HP, DELL, IBM), WAN networking, and protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP/VRRP).
• Experience of Datacentre networking, design, and architect desired experience with SD-WAN technologies (Velocloud preferred) and load balancing (A10 or F5).
• Experience in managing wireless solutions, PKI, DNS
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong ability to work independently, and proven experience in leading technical teams or projects.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analysis skills, with the ability to provide strategic technical direction.
• A focus on results and achieving objectives in high-stakes, fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with various stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Proven incident management and service request handling experience
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation (1 week every 5 weeks).
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

What else should I know? 

The following skills/certifications are an advantage:

• Certifications like CCNP or ITIL Foundation are advantageous, and experience with Microsoft Azure, are a plus.
• Familiarity with SIEM tools and SolarWinds monitoring, is a plus.
• Familiarity with Firewall Analyzer tools (Tufin or alternatives - Algosec, Firemon), is a plus.
• Knowledge of an additional language,is a plus.

Additional Information

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary package, including bonus and benefits;
• Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities;
• A hybrid working setup; 
• Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional team as part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;
• A dynamic working environment with a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged. 

Your application:

As the role and Eurofins' IT Talent Acquisition team are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.

Want to know more about us?

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.