Function

IT

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

Job description

Meet Our Team
At the heart of our enterprise lies a dynamic Global IT organization that drives innovation, resilience, and connectivity across continents. We’re not just technologists — we’re architects of transformation, enabling seamless operations for thousands of employees and millions of customers worldwide.

Within Global IT, the Global Network Services team designs and maintains a secure, scalable, and high-performance global infrastructure. We collaborate across business units to deliver mission-critical solutions with agility, precision, and a relentless focus on excellence.

The Role
Reporting to the Technical Manager of Global Network Services, the Senior Network Engineer will play a key role in supporting and evolving our global network infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading network implementation activities for new branch setups, migrations, and decommissions across the globe.

• Executing planned maintenance activities, including code upgrades for switches, routers, and firewalls

• Implementing infrastructure changes to remediate vulnerabilities in Cisco switches, SD-WAN routers, and Palo Alto firewalls

• Collaborating with lead network engineers to design and implement network solutions for branch offices and data centers

• Participating in End-of-Life hardware refresh of switches, routers, firewalls and wireless access points across global sites

• Responding to proactive and reactive incident tickets related to Global Network Operations, ensuring resolution within defined SLAs

• Processing firewall access requests in compliance with organizational security policies

What You’ll Bring

• We’re looking for a seasoned network engineer with a strong technical foundation and a passion for solving complex challenges. The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in network engineering, with hands-on expertise in LAN, SDWAN, firewalls, and Cisco ISE

• Industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, PCNSA, or PCNSE

• Deep understanding of network protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IPSEC, HSRP, VDC, 802.11, 802.1x, and SNMP

• Familiarity with firewalls, IDS/IPS, and network optimization/acceleration technologies

• Hands-on experience with network simulation, automation, and scripting tools

• Proficiency in network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds and packet capture tools like Wireshark

• Experience in Azure, AWS or GCP cloud networking would be an added advantage

Hardware & Software Knowledge

• Hardware: Cisco switches, routers, SD-WAN devices, and Palo Alto Networks firewalls

• Software: Cisco IOS/NX-OS, PAN-OS

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About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into >Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.