🔐 NETWORK & SECURITY ENGINEER – PALO ALTO & CISCO
📍 Location: Hybrid – Milan, Italy (~3 monthly office visits - Cinisello Balsamo)
💰 Salary: €45,000–€56,000 + 10% Discretionary Bonus + 25 Holiday Days/Year
🕒 Type: Full-Time | Permanent
We’re looking for an experienced Network & Security Engineer to join the IT Infrastructure team, supporting enterprise network services across the organisation's European locations.
The role combines hands-on network administration, Cisco routing & switching, and network security, with a strong focus on Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide 2nd Line support for network infrastructure incidents, ensuring issues are resolved within SLA
- Manage, configure and support enterprise LAN, WAN and SD-WAN environments
- Configure and administer Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama
- Design, deploy and support network appliances, routers, switches and load balancers
- Support Cisco routing and switching infrastructure
- Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, route maps, ACLs, route redistribution, path selection and traffic engineering
- Support MPLS, VPN, Internet connectivity and network access
- Support and maintain corporate WiFi infrastructure
- Participate in Problem Management and infrastructure change management processes
- Support network infrastructure projects and ensure on-time delivery
- Maintain technical documentation covering network designs, configurations and troubleshooting procedures
- Identify network security risks and ensure appropriate security controls are in place
- Identify opportunities to improve network processes, reliability and efficiency
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years’ experience in Network Administration / Network Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls & Panorama – ESSENTIAL
- Strong Cisco Routing & Switching experience across enterprise routers, switches and network appliances
- Strong understanding of LAN/WAN/SD-WAN design and architecture, with experience across BGP, OSPF, route maps, ACLs, route redistribution, path selection and traffic engineering
- Experience with MPLS, VPNs, network connectivity, Internet access and enterprise WiFi/wireless environments
- Highly Desirable: CCNA, CCNP or CompTIA Network+ or similar certifications