Lead Network Engineer
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Posted on:
03-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
With multiple awards to our name Larian Studios has proven that were dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects the studio that brought you Baldurs Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Lead Network Engineer to lead the efforts on companys security strategy and to ensure secure infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 3 network engineers
- Design implement and maintain a secure high-performance network across multiple studio sites and environments
- Enforce network security policies and procedures
- Install and maintain network equipment (switches routers firewalls)
- Maintain documentation regarding network hardware and software
- Assist in technical design and implementation
- Perform technical security audits
- Develop best practices and ensure documentation is up to date
- Educate and train staff on information system security best practices
- Investigate and utilise new technologies tools and techniques to enhance security capabilities and performance
- Work closely with IT management team on the companys information security strategy
- Participate in change management workflow
- Responsible for ensuring incident handling procedures and security incident reporting
Requirements
- Experience managing a team of 5 people
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience working in a challenging IT environment
- Strong background in enterprise-level routing switching and firewall management
- Experience working in datacenter environments
- Proficiency with core network protocols (BGP OSPF VLAN VPN DNS DHCP)
- Proven ability to manage large distributed multi-site network environments
- Experience with enterprise network switching routers and firewalls
- Experience with Cisco equipment
- Knowledge of industry best practices
- Excellent communication skills in English
- This is a full-time on-site role requiring your presence in the office to support collaboration and creativity.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high-throughput data distribution
- Exposure to hybrid cloud environments (AWS GCP Azure)
- Experience with automation platforms such as Terraform & Ansible
- Experience with scripting for automations
What we offer
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world each of which have their own unique qualities and maintain a small-studio feel
- An open collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans including listening to community feedback
Key Skills
- Load Balancing
- Routing Protocols
- Network Administration
- Network Engineering
- BGP
- LAN
- Computer Networking
- IPsec
- OSPF
- Cisco ASA
- Juniper
- MPLS
About Company
Larian Studios is a game developer studio located in Gent, Belgium. Proud to be independent for 19 years, we create games for multiple genres and platforms. Thanks to our players, we get to spend our days making the games we love to play. We have a passion for role playing games.
