Senior Network Engineer in UK

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location: Global

Reporting to: IT Network Manager

With 300 airports in around 50 countries and a global workforce of 60.000 employees Swissport is the world’s largest provider of ground handling, cargo, and other aviation related services.

We are now looking for a Senior Network Engineer who will be based in the United Kingdom. If you want to be part of an international, ambitious, and challenging environment at the biggest ground handling organization of the world, please have a look at the job profile below and apply when you are interested.

Job Summary

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of Swissport’s network infrastructure.

The role reports directly to the IT Network Manager

You will ensure the smooth operation of Swissport’s network infrastructure at a global level, including LANs, WANs, WLANs. Additionally, you will be tasked with assessing the organisations current and future networking needs, recommending upgrades or enhancements, and implementing security measures to protect against cyber threats.

Job Responsibilities

• Supporting network operations, including troubleshooting network issues, upgrades, optimising performance, and ensuring high availability.
• Supporting the SDWAN deployment
• Design and support of cloud networking (Azure and AWS)
• Deliver design and implementation of network security control, processes and systems.
• Collaborate with other departments to assess networking needs and develop solutions to meet business objectives.
• Maintain documentation of network topologies, configurations, procedures etc
• Deploy new network security technologies within the given timeline and budget.
• Provide technical advisory and recommendation in solution design, development, and system integration.
• Monitoring of network WAN usage and proactive recommendations.
• Monitor network traffic and performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes.
• Continual improvement of the network.
• Be the decision maker in solving technical problems, with support from IT Network Manager if required.
• Incidents, problems, service request & changes related to the network service/processes and managing these queues to deliver high customer satisfaction with the service.
• Collaborate with team members to drive network initiatives.
• Work with any outsourced vendor delivering a managed service. Coordinate with vendors and service providers to procure networking equipment, services, and support.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in the field of networking.
• Travelling to Swissport stations to support network project delivery.
• Be the escalation for the engineer networks if required.

Compliance

• Adhere to Swissport IT Policy
• Adhere to Swissport ITSM standards & policies
• Adhere to Swissport IT Enterprise Architecture standards
• Adhere to Swissport IT Program & Program Management standards
• Adhere to Swissport IT Security standards & policies
• Adhere to any other Swissport non-IT compliance standards
• Afhere to Swissport IT Vendor Management framework
• Ensure deployment of the Corporate QHSE Manual

Qualifications and Competencies

• A self-starter who is results-driven with high levels of self-motivation, energy and initiative.
• Highly professional ‘CAN DO’ attitude that engenders confidence, respect and support.
• Proven experience (6+ years) routing, switching, firewall administration and SDWAN (Cisco, Meraki, Cato and other industry standard skills highly desirable).
• Previous experience of managing a large multisite complex network.
• Solid knowledge in secure network infrastructure, Anti-DDoS, Security Vulnerabilities Scanner, IDS/IPS, WAF, Secure MTA, Load Balancer, Internet Proxy, as well as DNS hosting.
• Expert understanding in TCP/IP Networking and Routing, and LAN / WAN / WLAN architecture
• Knowledge of industry direction such as SASE.
• Good knowledge of network security on vendor solutions such as CISCO ISE, CASB Zscaler, CATO, F5, Radware and/or equivalent.
• Valid CCNP certificate or similar.
• Holder of CCIE, HCIE, CIS, CISSP, CCSP certifications (desirable)
• ITIL foundation qualification (desirable)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical information effectively across all levels of the business.
• Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills as well as communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work and succeed in a dynamic and multi-cultural matrix organisation.
• Willingness to travel to all Swissport stations.
• Flexibility to work outside regular business hours when necessary.
• Fluent command of oral and written English as the corporate language.
• Strong positive, service-oriented attitude and strong team-working ability.
• Cloud networking experience is required (AWS and Azure)

Your next step

When you are looking for this key position as a Senior Network Engineer at a growing and changing international group that is headquartered in Zurich, we invite you to apply. When you do, please send your resume in English via the Apply button.

Because we get many applicants for our jobs it’s impossible to contact everybody personally. If you therefore do not hear from us, we have chosen for another candidate at this moment.

I do invite you already to keep following Swissport (and me) because new opportunities may arise in our transformation process.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Swissport as an equal opportunity employer bases its hiring decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available and does not discriminate in its employment decisions based on any protected category.

Candidates who are offered employment may be subject to a criminal record and other background checks as permitted or required by company policy or applicable law.