IT Networking Engineer

Overview

Keysight is on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization.

Our 15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries.

Learn more about what we do.

Our powerful, award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions.

Diversity, equity & inclusion are integral parts of our culture and drivers of innovation at Keysight. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities :

Global Network Operations :

• Support, maintain and solution network global infrastructure (Data, Security) as part of the global network operations team, organized by region (APAC, EMEA & Americas) in a follow the sun model.
• Troubleshoot complex network (LAN, WAN, DNS, etc.) and firewall-related issues.
• Acts as primary point of escalation and subject matter expert for network operations in the EMEA region.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise to the global operations team, particularly in the EMEA region.
• Proactively pinpoint and eliminate network performance bottlenecks impacting business workloads and steadily improve network uptime.
• Proactively work to enhance network security and participate as needed in security incident response efforts as a network SME.
• Continuous improvements - participates in Problem Management, post-mortems, root cause analysis and accelerate / advance the resolution of incidents impacting critical production environments & prolonging escalations.

Global Network Solutions, Implementation and Technology :

• Contribute in exciting global projects site buildouts, new acquisitions, new technology deployments, technology refreshes, network security enhancements, etc.
• Stabilize newly deployed cutting edge network solutions
• Potentially assist with business engagement / stakeholder communications for new deployments or continuous improvement initiatives.

Candidate needs to be comfortable with collaborating closely with business stakeholders.

Willingness to work flexible hours including weekend and holiday coverage for any operational or project needs.

Qualifications

We’re looking for a diversely skilled, experienced network engineer with these qualifications :

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent certification and / or experience
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on network and security experience.
• German skills (B1-B2 level) are a plus
• Cisco certification is a must, preferably CCNP. More advanced certification and / or security specialization are a plus.
• An ideal candidate will have experience or certification with some or all of the following technologies :
• SolarWinds
• Palo Alto Networks firewalls
• Fortinet firewalls
• Riverbed Steelhead
• Wan Optimization
• Performance Management
• Cisco SDWAN
• Cisco Wireless
• Cisco Routing / Switches (Catalyst and Nexus platforms)
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
• Cisco Identity Services Engine
• Cisco DNA Center
• InfoBlox DDI
• A10 Load Balancers
• Juniper Switches

Careers Privacy Statement

Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.