Senior Network Operations Engineer (f/m/d)

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DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is the world's leading Internet Exchange operator and since its inception it has had a decisive influence on shaping the guiding principles of the present and future Internet in various leading global bodies. At our locations in Europe, Africa, North America, the Middle East, and Asia, we work at the heart of the Internet. For almost 30 years, our interconnection services have contributed to the creation of new digital ecosystems worldwide and have prepared people, businesses, and organisations for the coming decades of digital evolution. The DE-CIX Internet Exchange in Frankfurt (Germany) is one of the largest in the world. For more information, please visit www.de-cix.net.

We are now looking for a committed person for Frankfurt

Job description

DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is the world's leading Internet Exchange operator and since its inception it has had a decisive influence on shaping the guiding principles of the present and future Internet in various leading global bodies. At our locations in Europe, Africa, North America, the Middle East, and Asia, we work at the heart of the Internet. For almost 30 years, our interconnection services have contributed to the creation of new digital ecosystems worldwide and have prepared people, businesses, and organisations for the coming decades of digital evolution. The DE-CIX Internet Exchange in Frankfurt (Germany) is one of the largest in the world. For more information, please visit www.de-cix.net.

We are now looking for a committed person for Frankfurt

What you can expect from us

  • An appreciative corporate culture and trustful teamwork with like-minded specialists,
  • Great working conditions (extensive personnel development measures, an occupational pension scheme, weekly language courses, a job ticket, health promotion, support on children care, hybrid working model and lots more)
  • Exciting and diverse challenges in an innovative and international environment, with occasional global,
  • A crisis-resistant permanent contract with the world's market leader in its sector
  • Great modern office space with good coffee and free beverages
    Extremely friendly and supportive colleagues

Your tasks include

You ensure stable and reliable IXP and global interconnection services and take over responsibility for the effective operation and maintenance of our optical, switching and routing platform. You will be mainly in charge for:

  • Addressing network escalations, conducting troubleshooting, fault analysis and repairing as well as providing technical leadership during major incidents and strive quickly resolve complex network incidents
  • Interfacing with existing relevant departments to ensure optimal service and network performance
  • Improving current processes and workflows
    Designing and contributing to automation projects and developing tools to increase effiency
  • Influencing the strategies of peer teams ensuring that their strategic plans are in alignment with the technical direction of Network Operations strategy and architecture

What you bring with you

  • Solid experience in working in the networking industry on the engineering side, including several years in either a large IT shared services organisation or telecom service provider environment.
  • Strong understanding of hardware and transmission technologies (e.g., cabling, optical fibre, WAN, and transport, etc.) as well as and comprehension of the TCP/IP model and their usage principles
  • You have expert level knowledge of Networking Protocols and Technologies (Ethernet, BGP, OSPF, Nokia HW, QoS etc.) and are familiar with Linux. Additionally, you are proficient in software development

About the company

DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is the world's leading operator of Internet exchanges. At its locations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, India and Asia, DE-CIX connects thousands of network operators (carriers), Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers and corporate networks from more than 100 countries and offers peering, cloud and interconnection services. With a data volume of almost 34 exabytes per year (as of 2022) and well over 1100 connected networks, DE-CIX in Frankfurt am Main is one of the largest internet exchanges in the world.

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