Lead Network Engineer
12 Minutes ago • 5 Years +
Network Engineering
Job Description
Larian Studios, an award-winning developer of high-quality RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2, is seeking a Lead Network Engineer. This role involves leading a team of network engineers, designing and maintaining a secure, high-performance network across multiple studio sites, enforcing security policies, and ensuring secure infrastructure for new projects.
Good To Have:
- Familiarity with high-throughput data distribution
- Exposure to hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with automation platforms such as Terraform & Ansible
- Experience with scripting for automations
Must Have:
- Manage a team of 5+ network engineers
- Design, implement, and maintain secure, high-performance networks
- Enforce network security policies and procedures
- Install and maintain network equipment (switches, routers, firewalls)
- Maintain network hardware and software documentation
- Assist in technical design and implementation
- Perform technical security audits
- Develop best practices and ensure documentation is up to date
- Educate and train staff on information system security best practices
- Investigate and utilise new technologies for security and performance
- Work closely with IT management team on information security strategy
- Participate in change management workflow
- Responsible for incident handling procedures and security incident reporting
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience working in a challenging IT environment
- Strong background in enterprise-level routing, switching, and firewall management
- Experience working in datacenter environments
- Proficiency with core network protocols (BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP)
- Proven ability to manage large, distributed, multi-site network environments
- Experience with enterprise network switching, routers and firewalls
- Experience with Cisco equipment
- Knowledge of industry best practices
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Required on-site presence
Perks:
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 3+ network engineers
- Design, implement, and maintain a secure, high-performance network across multiple studio sites and environments
- Enforce network security policies and procedures
- Install and maintain network equipment (switches, routers, firewalls)
- Maintain documentation regarding network hardware and software
- Assist in technical design and implementation
- Perform technical security audits
- Develop best practices and ensure documentation is up to date
- Educate and train staff on information system security best practices
- Investigate and utilise new technologies, tools and techniques to enhance security capabilities and performance
- Work closely with IT management team on the company’s information security strategy
- Participate in change management workflow
- Responsible for ensuring incident handling procedures and security incident reporting
Requirements
- Experience managing a team of 5+ people
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience working in a challenging IT environment
- Strong background in enterprise-level routing, switching, and firewall management
- Experience working in datacenter environments
- Proficiency with core network protocols (BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP)
- Proven ability to manage large, distributed, multi-site network environments
- Experience with enterprise network switching, routers and firewalls
- Experience with Cisco equipment
- Knowledge of industry best practices
- Excellent communication skills in English
- This is a full-time, on-site role, requiring your presence in the office to support collaboration and creativity.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high-throughput data distribution
- Exposure to hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with automation platforms such as Terraform & Ansible
- Experience with scripting for automations
What we offer
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback
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