Senior Cisco SD WAN Network Architect Connectivity Development Products and Marketing

Join us at Orange Business!
We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.
Every day you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent sustainable global solutions no matter where our customers operate. With over 30000 employees across Asia the Americas Africa and Europe we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

Contribute to the engineering of Orange Business Connectivity solutions based on Cisco technology. This role involves a high level of technical skill working with cross-functional teams and resolving issues with internal teams and the Cisco supplier. The main objective is to ensure good quality of service and optimum security of Orange Business SDWAN connectivity services worldwide.

Job duties :

• Present connectivity development in the BUILD of SDWAN connectivity services in conjunction with marketing and security experts.
• Monitor technological developments with suppliers in order to develop new services or evolutions in conjunction with the marketing teams.
• Design the technical architecture of the services.
• Design and test the implementation of the services on Cisco devices (routers switches...) based on architecture design et security rules.
• Write equipment configuration guides.
• Implementing test mock-ups performing tests and writing test reports.
• Support the IT teams in charge of industrialisation.
• Monitor anomalies (manufacturer IT) detected in the lab or in the field.
• Regular interaction with stakeholders (pre-sales operations security supplier Cisco...).
• Be the reference point and support pre-sales (THINK) and operational (BUILD & RUN) teams.
• Validate customised offers.

• Minimum 12 years Telecommunication and Network experience
• BSC in Engineering and masters degree is a plus.
• Certifications in Cisco CCNP and CCIE Routing & Switching is a plus
• Must have at least 8 years of experience designing deploying and implementing WAN networks in accordance with industry best practices.
• Strong experience in Cisco router and switch design configuration troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge and experience in IP communication and routing is required (OSPF EIGRP BGP VRRP HSRP).
• Experienced with logical design models (L2/L3 Spanning tree VFR VTP VLANs PPP physical cabling).
• Working technical knowledge of network control protocols (QoS PfR NTP DHCP) network management protocols (CDP FTP TFTP SFTP SCP SNMP) and security protocols (SSH AAA IPSec).
• Experienced with WAN/LAN and transport technologies (Ethernet Frame Relay DMVPN IPSec and MPLS).
• Experienced with lab testing (based on physical device or GNS3 emulation) network testing (IXIA iPerf) scripting (EEM python robot framework).
• Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Previous experience in team leading technical experts is a plus.
• English fluency is a must.

French fluency is a big plus.

You bring rigor passion for challenges and determination. You seek the opportunity to expand your expertise achieve your goals and thrive.

Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).
Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits diversity & inclusion initiatives CSR and employee connect events.
Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program Change Maker Awards.