IP LAN Design Engineer

Aggregate function:  Technology
Business Area:  VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  12 May 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Fixed Term Contract

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Your day to Day

  • You will manage the network design of the internal network, Datacenter and Office LAN (called IPLAN network) , keeping the existing services and improving the agreed functioning and performance parameters (via lifecycle, capacity and performance management)
  • Engineering and Delivery of IPLAN solutions (HLD, LLD that support reliable changes and new services delivered and hosted across the whole Vodafone Network in Europe.

With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:

  • You will be accountable for the High and  Low Level Design (HLD, LLD), network implementation, optimization, testing and quality assurance activities in IPLAN network. Main managed NW elements: routers, switches, load balancers, CGNAT, VPN concentrators, Firewalls, Proxies and services implementation over them). The local market designs should follow central TSO architecture guidelines. 
  • You will be responsible for IP connectivity design based on customer demand.
  • You will manage relationships with local stakeholders in the cluster countries, in particular network operations, IT, CTSO Office and other local teams as well as GNE&D teams for the implementation of configuration activities, special projects, or the handling of emergency situations.
  • You will be in charge of optimization activities within IP LAN & Office network Data Core in these countries and the performance analysis and improvements devised as necessary. 
  • You will align and steer local engineering implementation in the cluster countries to the regional design and roadmap
  • You will deploy the network fit for purpose including to understand how our services/applications layer will work across the network (capacity, capability, utilisation)
  • You will deliver optimal implementation process that ensures quality.  
  • You will define, plan and schedule activities and interventions and support the Change Management Process 
  • Quality assurance and optimization in the design and implementation process 

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • Ability to help define and target a vision for Vodafone IP LAN networks.
  • In-depth knowledge in the following areas: Networks (TCP/IP, Protocols, Structures, Hardware, Security)
  • Knowledge in area of installation and configuration of network components (Routers, Switches, VPN Gateways, Firewalls, Proxies and others)
  • Knowledge in routing protocols, VOIP technology, WLAN technology, DHCP, DNS, AD
  • Knowledge in network management and network analysis
  • Knowledge in security (policies, encryption, Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, 802.1x, PKI, certificates)
  • Knowledge in SDWAN
  • Knowledge in IPv6
  • More than 3/5 years of working experience in network area (design or operation). 
  • Solid knowledge of NW design / architecture and Office LAN experience.
  • Cisco certification minim CCNA.
  • It will be an advantage certification: Cisco CCNP, Cisco ACI, Fortinet, F5, Juniper.

With these skills you are a great candidate:

•Work from Home – hybrid approach  

•Medical and dental services 

•Life and hospitalizationinsurance 

•Dedicated employee phone subscription 

•Special discounts for gyms and retailers 

•Annual Company Bonus 

•Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills  

•You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology 

•Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company 

•We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.

•Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave 

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