Senior Security Network Engineer

About N26

N26 is Europe’s first Mobile Bank with a full European banking license. We have 2.5 million customers across 24 markets. Our team of over 1000 employees in 4 locations is concentrated on reinventing the banking experience for the digital generation. Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal founded N26 in 2013 and launched the initial product in early 2015. Since January 2015, N26 has been available for Android, iOS, and desktop. N26 has raised more than $500 million from investors including Insight Venture Partners, GIC, Tencent, Allianz X, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Greyhound Capital, Battery Ventures, in addition to members of the Zalando management board, and Redalpine Ventures.

Position

We are seeking a passionate Senior Network Engineer to join the NOC team and support building the most innovative and secure network for the most futuristic bank ever.

As part of the NOC team, you will be helping N26 employees to work in an efficient and secure environment. As the corporate network team, we are responsible for all connections to/from the Internet, as well as connection within & inside our offices. We are also expanding our network to WFH connections and improving our site-to-site global network.

In this role, you will:

• Have fun doing network engineering. If you like networks, you’ll love being part of this team
• Work with the rest of the NOC team on the N26 corporate network using Cisco Meraki firewalls, switches and access points
• Support the IIT team with network issues and projects 
• Work on network projects and topics related to network performance and security
• Design and Improve office network architecture as well as WAN network connectivity
• Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls and access points as well as other SDN and cloud solutions
• Be part of security improvement projects such as Cisco Umbrella & Cisco ISE
• Be based on one of N26 offices but also responsible for global network projects & supporting on-site infrastructure engineers and technicians for maintenance or troubleshooting
• Mentor Junior network engineers and IT teams
• Work on audit requirements, Processes & IT controls and documentation related to corporate network

Your qualification

• Attention to detail and strong ability to detect and act on network issues and incidents quickly
• Be able to setup and maintain network devices in an efficient and secure manner
• Be able to monitor network regularly and act based on the Alerts received
• Self-motivated & pro-active network engineer
• Be able to check updates available for network devices, plan maintenance and update strategies
• Be able to identify needs, communicate, start projects and perform changes with minimal to zero supervision 
• Great at documenting projects & processes as well as micro-documentation of tasks being done in the team
• At least 5 years of experience as a network engineer
• Experience with network design in LAN & WAN
• Extensive knowledge & hands-on experience in LAN & WAN, 2-Tier & 3-Tier design
• Extensive knowledge & experience with all dynamic routing protocols, as well as MPLS, VPLS, VRF, IPsec
• Extensive knowledge of network security on Layer2 & Layer3 such as SGT, port-security, access control as well as firewalling, security zones & zone-sets, firewall rules, IDS/IPS, WIDS and more
• Knowledge & experience of wireless RF design, troubleshooting and security 
• Scripting & automation skills, implementing IaC using Ansible, Puppet or terraform is needed
• Hand-on experience of configuring and maintaining Cisco ISE or other NAC solutions

Will be a plus

• Cisco DNA center & Cisco Prime is not needed but a plus
• Cisco Umbrella experience is a plus
• CCNP/CCIE Qualifications, having certification is a plus
• Ability to travel to other locations for installation and support might be required

What we offer

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors, and a LinkedIn Germany Top Startup Employer three years running
• Personal development budget, discounted public transit pass, German language classes, fitness memberships, childcare services, N26 premium bank card, employee loans, and your choice of a Mac or Windows laptop
• 26 vacation days per year, with an additional day for each year of service - up to 30 days
• A high degree of collaboration and autonomy while working with a group of diverse peers, and access to cutting edge technologies
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it