Lead IT Network Engineer | Infrastructure and Cloud Team
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 9+ years
- Category
- Network engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business, or related field AND a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience OR an equivalent combination o
- Proven expertise in enterprise networking, with a strong emphasis on large-scale wireless environments and deep experience in data center networking design, operations, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise wireless technologies, including Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC), access points, RF design, and wireless performance optimization.
- Strong experience with campus networking technologies, including Cisco Catalyst (IOS-XE) switching and enterprise routing platforms (ISR/ASR).
- Strong experience with data center networking technologies, including Cisco Nexus (NX-OS), and modern architectures such as leaf-spine, VXLAN/EVPN, and Cisco ACI.
- Experience operating and troubleshooting data center environments, including fabric-based networking, high availability architectures, upgrades, migrations, and maintenance activities.
- Experience with network access control and policy enforcement solutions such as Cisco ISE, including authentication, authorization, and segmentation.
- Solid understanding of routing and switching protocols, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, and port-channeling across campus and data center environments.
- Proven experience in operations-focused environments, including real-time troubleshooting, incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration.
- Experience using network monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as SNMP, NetFlow, Syslog, and platform-specific analytics solutions.
- Knowledge of network security concepts, including segmentation, ACLs, VPNs (IPSec), and secure wireless design (802.1X, WPA2/WPA3).
- Experience evaluating and implementing new networking technologies, including centralized management and automation platforms such as Cisco DNA Center.
- Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation supporting enterprise and data center network operations.
- Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to effectively document and organize work.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while balancing proactive improvements with reactive operational support.
Full description
At Garmin we create products that are designed indoors for outdoor activities. We do this to enable our customers to make the most of their time spent pursuing their passions.
We recognize the value of flexibility in supporting employee well-being, work-life balance, and effective collaboration. Associates may work from home up to four days per month, or one day per week, while remaining connected to the teams and culture that help us do our best work.
Our roles are primarily office-based because we believe the best ideas, innovation, and strongest professional relationships are built through in-person collaboration, making regular team interaction an important part of our culture and future success.
We leverage the full potential of both public and private cloud environments to drive innovation. These platforms empower us to efficiently manage technology, staffing, and costs as we evolve our product offerings.
We are looking for a Lead IT Network Engineer who will be responsible for leading the ongoing operation, stability, and continuous improvement of our enterprise and data center network environments, including wireless, campus switching, network access control, and data center networking. This role ensures high availability, performance, and security across all network domains through strong operational ownership and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Provides significant contributions to defining team roadmap and priorities.
- Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
- Serves as a mentor and provides guidance to less experienced IT Administrators.
- Researches new technologies and proposes cost effective solutions.
- Leads major incident troubleshooting involving multiple disciplines.
- Provides innovation within area of expertise.
- Facilitates team discussions and meetings.
- Applies extensive technical expertise and analysis to initiatives.
- Contributes input to broader technology solutions outside of discipline.
- Serves as a leader of change.
- Coordinates department level non-project changes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business, or related field AND a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven expertise in enterprise networking, with a strong emphasis on large-scale wireless environments and deep experience in data center networking design, operations, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise wireless technologies, including Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC), access points, RF design, and wireless performance optimization.