Lead Networks & Telecommunications Engineer

We are seeking a Lead Networks & Telecommunications Engineer to own the architecture, security, and automation of global Cisco ACI data center fabrics while driving the design and delivery of advanced load balancing and ADC solutions across production environments.

Please note that travel to the Netherlands is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, security, product and service design, automation, and innovation efforts for a global Cisco ACI fabric across production data center environments
• Define product descriptions and tiered service offerings for ADC and DCLAN services, including explicit SLOs for availability, failover time, and change-request lead time
• Maintain service catalog alignment to business consumption models
• Design and implement secure incident recovery environments using ACI VRF remap as the containment primitive to enable isolated failover testing across Firepower, FortiGate, and F5 without production impact
• Identify and document platform constraints impacting VRF remap behavior
• Architect and deliver F5 BIG-IP Dual-PBR No-SNAT migrations on ACI 6.0, producing validated configuration bundles, automated deployment scripts, and validation documentation
• Drive ACI ESG micro-segmentation strategy and migration execution, including phased contract design
• Build Python tooling for tenant migration validation and configuration generation
• Design Cilium BGP L3Out integration for Kubernetes workloads on ACI, including BFD tuning for VMware compatibility and route-map controls to prevent pod CIDR leakage into the fabric VRF
• Build hybrid IaC pipelines for F5 BIG-IP LTM/SSL services with tiered service models and ServiceNow-triggered provisioning
• Ensure operational excellence by sustaining high fabric availability, reducing unscheduled outages, meeting aggressive CVE patch timelines, and maintaining strong zero-trust segmentation audit scores

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with Cisco ACI (Multi-Pod, Multi-Site, ESG, PBR Service Graphs, APIC REST API) and Nexus 9K/7K/5K platforms
• 5+ years of experience with VXLAN and vPC technologies in data center fabric environments
• 3+ years of experience with F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, iRules, PBR, DSR, SNAT/No-SNAT) and Citrix NetScaler
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Skills in Terraform and Ansible/AWX for infrastructure automation
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and tooling development
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps Pipelines

Benefits

We gather like-minded people:

• Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
• Supportive team and agile, startup-like culture
• Hybrid by design mode and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
• Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
• Business-driven relocation opportunities

We provide growth opportunities:

• Career development programs
• Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
• English classes

We cover it all:

• Stable pay
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
• Referral bonuses up to $2,000
• Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
• Corporate, social and well-being events

Please, note:

• Benefits listed above are available to employees only
• We are open for working with Contractors. Terms of B2B cooperation agreements are agreed individually
• We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively