Netwerk Engineer

As a Network Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, installing, maintaining, monitoring, and improving infrastructure solutions to ensure business continuity and optimal performance, with a focus on securing the infrastructure environment. You will collaborate with the Cloud team, other IT disciplines, and the business to prevent disruptions within the connectivity and communication infrastructure. You will independently identify and resolve problems within the infrastructure domain. You will apply your knowledge in selecting methods and techniques for solutions within standards, procedures, and general applications aligned with the overarching IT architecture. You will be the third-line escalation point and fulfil a broad technical support and advisory role for your colleagues from other IT disciplines and the business by acting as a technical source of knowledge and information. You will develop improvement, innovation, and implementation proposals for existing and new standards and solutions in collaboration with the team and stakeholders.

Your workplace

Working at Van Oord means being part of a dynamic, international environment where driven and motivated colleagues have fantastic opportunities to contribute to the success of challenging projects. The work is varied and offers ample room for personal and professional growth. Colleagues work closely together in a supportive and innovative atmosphere where creativity and involvement are valued. The culture is aimed not only at achieving success but also at making a positive impact on the world.

Our organisation is characterised by its core values: "We create", "We care", "We work together" and "We succeed". With the goal of contributing to a better world for future generations through Marine Ingenuity, IT plays a crucial role. IT delivers high-quality and innovative digital solutions that are essential for data, innovation, and optimisation of our support and service to clients. Operational quality, flexibility, reliability, security, and sustainability are central to our daily operations and project successes, ensuring the continuity and performance of our globally operating organisation 24/7/365.

As a Network Engineer, you possess various soft skills such as strong communication skills, analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, collaboration, and the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practical solutions. These skills are essential for working effectively in a dynamic IT environment and contribute to collaboration with different teams and stakeholders. Below are some of the important hard skills that a Network Engineer must master:

•    Extensive experience with and practical knowledge of modern connectivity/communication infrastructure (SD-WAN, ZTNA, Cloud Networking (Azure), WLAN, SATCOM (LEO/GEO), LTE).

•    Up-to-date and well-utilisable knowledge of Fortinet, Cisco, and Cisco Meraki.

•    Hands-on experience with Python, Terraform, Powershell, AzureCLI.

Due to the nature of our work and the support of our fleet and business worldwide, it may be necessary to occasionally travel to ships or project offices. In such cases, flexibility is required. As a Network Engineer, you will participate in the 24/7/365 standby support schedule. This potentially means being on-call for a whole week in a rotation schedule, outside regular working hours, including weekends.

We offer you a role where you will make a significant contribution to our mission of 'building a better world for future generations'. Additionally, we offer you:

•    A salary that matches your responsibilities and experience

•    Attractive travel allowance (€0.31 per km) and home working allowance (€2.15 per day)

•    32 holidays (of which a maximum of 7 are collective)

•    Variable bonus, partly dependent on company results

•    Attractive pension scheme

•    Option for collective health insurance (Van Oord pays for your supplementary package)

•    Flexible home working arrangement; on a full-time basis, you can work from home 2 days a week

•    Extensive development opportunities, including a comprehensive online academy via Goodhabitz

•    Communities to join, such as Young Van Oord, Van Oord Women, and the Van Oord staff association

•    Various events and sports activities, such as skiing, sailing weekends, cycling, and motorcycling

Interested?

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