Company Description
Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist that develops and produces sustainable, safe and convenient solutions for automotive manufacturers as well as industrial and end customers worldwide. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €39.7 billion in 2024 and currently employs around 95,000 people in 54 countries and markets.
ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists. The Continental group sector offers its customers connected, environment-friendly, safe and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 39,000 employees in more than 40 countries and sales of some 6.4 billion euros (2024), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.
Job Description
The Senior IT Engineer Network supports the development of secure, scalable, and resilient communication infrastructures by designing and implementing enterprise LAN/WLAN networks and advanced Voice solutions. This role leads complex projects, ensures stable global Voice operations, and provides expert-level support across multiple sites. Collaboration with internal teams and external partners is essential, as is contributing to architectural decisions and continuous improvement—including automation.
- Support, maintain, manage, implement and configure global communications and Voice infrastructure (VoIP, SIP trunks, Cisco Voice, Webex Calling, Teams telephony).
- Manage corporate mobile contracts and carrier escalations.
- Implement and support LAN/WLAN architectures including Cisco wireless standards.
- Execute installations, moves, adds, changes, and upgrades according to policies.
- Ensure high Voice quality by applying network best practices including QoS, VLANs, routing, and redundancy protocols.
- Monitor and control network and Voice performance for availability, throughput, and call quality.
- Collaborate with external providers, managed services, hardware/software vendors, and internal teams.
- Create documentation and diagrams to support global and local IT teams.
- Drive incident resolution and problem management for network and Voice systems.
- Contribute to automation efforts and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Lead and deliver Voice and network projects across global sites.
- Conduct product research and participate in vendor/tool evaluations.
- Provide support for global plants/offices; travel as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- CCNP certification or equivalent professional experience.
- 5 - 7 years of experience in large enterprise network environments.
- Solid knowledge of LAN/WLAN, routing protocols, and network security.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco network devices and Cisco Voice solutions, Teams Calling.
- Experience with VoIP architectures, SIP trunking, and QoS for Voice.
- Experience with Webex Calling or Microsoft Teams telephony.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis within ITSM processes.
- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
- Willingness to learn and grow further.
- Nice to have: Network automation skills (Ansible, Terraform).
Additional Information
- The 13-th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
- Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
- Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
- Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
- Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
- Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
- Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
- Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
- System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
- Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
- Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
- Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by-case basis);
- Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 29);
- Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
- Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.
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