Senior Network Engineer

At Avolta (SIX: AVOL), our people are at the driving force behind our success. With a team of over 76,000 individuals representing more than 150 nationalities, we are a truly global company driven by passion, innovation, and excellence.

Born from the combination of Dufry and Autogrill, Avolta is redefining the travel experience through the dedication and expertise of our diverse workforce. Across 73 countries and 1,000 locations, our teams bring energy, creativity, and commitment to delivering world-class travel retail and food & beverage experiences.

We operate across multiple channels - including airports, motorways, cruise ships, ports, railways, and more - offering endless opportunities for collaboration and growth. Our people are empowered to make an impact, supported by a culture that values teamwork, development, and innovation.

Sustainability and social responsibility are embedded in our strategy, ensuring we grow in a way that benefits both our employees and the communities we serve.

Are you looking for a dynamic, international career where your contributions truly matter? Join Avolta and be part of a team that’s shaping the future of travel - together.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Senior Network Engineer reports directly to the Director of IT Infrastructure and is part of the regional IT organisation based at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The Regional IT team works closely with global infrastructure and support teams to manage and support the rapidly growing business across the region. Operating within multidisciplinary teams provides extensive opportunities to develop both deep technical expertise and broader cross-functional knowledge across adjacent IT domains.

RESPONSIBILTIES

Manage, support and operate network service delivery globally including (SD)WAN, MAN, LAN networks, switching, routing, wireless and their related security features (SASE) including basic firewalling and access control lists.

• Manage and operate network services related tickets, incidents, and requests.
• Manage and operate oversight over (co-)sourced network services.
• IP address management.
• Network asset management and life cycle management.
• Maintain and automate network documentation used by whole IT community.
• Participate in network design sessions and innovations under architecture.
• Maintain and develop network standards, network building blocks and network deployment automation to facilitate project deliveries.
• Representing the network function is various local and abroad IT projects including negotiating with airport network service providers.
• Develop and manage effective professional working relationships with external contractors, personnel, co-workers and suppliers (e.g. airport network teams).
• Ensure business (network) continuity of the 24 x 7 systems and company processes and demonstrate availability through tooling and reporting.
• Adhere to and implement (security) policies as per corporate manuals and directives.
• Create/maintain knowledge articles, instruction, manuals and problem resolution steps and ensure to support delegation of control and share knowledge.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams and actively support controlled self-reliance of the various teams in the network domain.
• Proactively, identifying opportunities to improve systems or processes and flag recurring issues.
• Act as a team player supporting

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• IT Higher Technical Education (bachelor degree or bachelor level).
• Cisco CCNP or similar active certification.
• In-depth Knowledge and minimum 5 year working experience in Routing, switching and CISCO ASA Firewalls.
• In depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Visio).
• Strong functionality and analytical skills. Capably to analyze and troubleshoot complex network problems and requests.
• Proactive, open-minded, self-directing behavior. Taking ownership and responsibility for network services.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) in English, Dutch in addition is a pre.
• Team Membership skills / Team player. Intrinsic motivated to share knowledge with co-workers.
• Flexible, open and proactive mindset combined with high level of responsibility awareness.
• Prepared to occasionally work during weekend evenings (no 9-5 mentality).
• Due diligence and due care mentality.

Demonstratable knowledge and experience in:

• Network switching and routing design, configuration, troubleshooting skills, preferably Cisco based.
• Managing enterprise scale networks.
• Network traffic analyses

Experience that are a pre include:

• Working in IT (network) environments controlled by 3rd parties (landlords) in airport-, train- and shopping mall environments.
• Working with outsourcing partners and directing outsourcing partners.
• Negotiating with suppliers including financials and terms and conditions is a pre.

• Knowledge and experience of PCI-DSS, ISO27001/2 or NIST-CSF related frameworks is a pre.
• Knowledge and experience of WAN optimization, SDWAN and SASE techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in secure network transport techniques (IPSEC, PKI, TLS).
• Knowledge and experience in network patch management and network vulnerability management.

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