Communications and Network Systems Engineer [25194]

As part of the Generic Systems and Infrastructure (GSI) Division of EUMETSAT you will have the following responsibilities:

• Liaison and prime Point of Contact (PoC) to network customers responsible for:
  • Understanding and ownership of the customer/user/business needs and constraints;
  • Ownership of network performance and service quality of the solutions delivered to the customer;
  • Ownership of customer expectation buy-in and satisfaction;
• Deployment and Roll-out coordinator responsible for:
  • Seamless and minimised-impact roll-out;
  • Ownership of risk identification and mitigation;
  • Roll-out and delivery according to customer expectation and plan;
  • Ownership of roll-out problem recording and resolution.
• Interface and liaison with Service Providers and suppliers as indicated by EUMETSAT.
• Liaison and point of relay between the customers and the INS team responsible for:
  • Representing the customer needs and constraints through participation in Comms team activities;
  • Coordinating the activities of providing the customer solution with the relevant Comms team activities of developing and operating the network infrastructure and services.

Qualifications :

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• University degree in Information Technology or a relevant discipline;
• 5 years of proven knowledge and hands-on relevant experience;
• Extensive knowledge and experience of DDI (DNS DHCP and IPAM) solutions e.g. BIND Bluecat Integrity or similar;
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Cisco ISE or similar RADIUS/TACACS and integration with enterprise authentication mechanisms e.g. SAML Kerberos Entra ID AD;
• Demonstrable experience of SNMP Syslog Netflow and building custom monitoring solutions using Solarwinds and Netbrain (or similar);
• Skills in SQL scripting and integrating monitoring dashboards;
• Experience designing and operating enterprise VPN solutions and ZTNA .g. Cisco Anyconnect Palo Alto GlobalProtect;
• Strong Linux administration skills and Net DevOps experience and skills;
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Wi-Fi and 802.1X;
• Scripting and automation skills (Python Ansible PowerShell) to streamline operations;
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking routing switching and network security fundamentals;
• Knowledge of PKI X.509 certificates and certificate lifecycle management;
• Ability to document and share knowledge with colleagues.

Additional Information :

This job is located in Darmstadt Germany.

If you think you have what it takes for this job please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Medina Djakova by clicking on the button Im interested quoting job DE-HP-25194.

Please note: Due to work permit requirements for this position please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you are eligible to obtain a work permit for Germany.

Last apply date: 30/11/2025!

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time