IT NETWORK ENGINEER SPAIN, RE

Company SummaryRecurrent Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, ownership, and O&M platforms. Recurrent Energy is focused on bringing low-cost clean energy and meaningful economic development to communities across the globe.With a strong track record of originating, developing, financing, and building nearly 9 GWp of solar and 3 GWh of battery storage power plants across six continents, Recurrent Energy has established a leadership position in both solar and battery storage project development. With a total pipeline of 25 GWp in solar and 47 GWh in battery storage, of which 14 GW and 12 GWh respectively already have interconnections (as of January 31, 2023). In addition, Recurrent Energy’s services business has 6 GW of projects under operations and maintenance contracts, either operational or contracted projects.Position SummaryResponsible for implementing, operating, and supporting scalable network solutions. This role will also routinely review, analyze, and recommend network improvements to ensure that the Network can scale with the needs of the applications and services riding on it.Roles and ResponsibilitiesIn this role, you will: Gather & review the end customer network requirement for connecting the various control, SCADA, utility systemsPlan and execute the approved network design in a specific change window.Monitor and optimize network performance and assure network security in a high availability environment.Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and other network and system problems in a prompt and timely manner.Recommend upgrades and replacement cycles to insure high availability of the network infrastructure including developing and implementing a scheduled maintenance plan.Write technical design and maintain build documentation for the network infrastructure.Enforce and execute user policies and procedures regarding the use of network resources.Use Wire Shark to perform packet capture and analysis for troubleshooting network and system issues.Document network knowledge base and operational “Run-Book”15% travel required as necessaryEducation and qualificationBachelor's Degree in Computer Science 5-8 Yrs for experience is required.Strong background with network and fire walling technologies including configuring, managing and monitoring, troubleshooting routing protocols, subnetting, and access controls and traffic shaping.Technical expertise5+ years experience in a production industrial or manufacturing networking infrastructureExperience with Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks firewall services including IPSEC VPN, URL filtering, firewall policies, and IDS/IPSExtensive experience in IP networking, L2/L3 network protocols (spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, end to end QOS/COS (focused on industrial real-time protocols), VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, NAT/NATP, LACP, EVPN with VXLAN, ACLS, application flow, infrastructure cabling, VPN- IPsec Tunnels, MPLS VPN, SDWAN, segmentation, Purdue model philosophy, along with hands-on experience managing Enterprise WANs.Extensive experience with multi-vendor industrial switching technologies including Cisco, Hirschmann, Siemens, Beckhoff, Moxa, N-Tron and similar industrial switches and PLCs.Working experience with industrial protocols such as CIP Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, BACnet, EtherCAT, Modbus, REP, MRP, HSR and similar protocolsWorking experience with distributed control system (DCS) networks in a manufacturing environment. Ignition, Honeywell, Emerson, ABB, or similar Experience with various tools such as Protocol Analyzer, Wireshark, SNMP, Netflow, IPAM, RADIUS, Splunk, network taps, SPAN ICS scanners (Claroty, Teneble, etc.)Experience with developing scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and collect metrics (Salt, Ansible, Python, Shell Scripting)CCNP, CCNA, CCIE and FORTINET Industrial certifications preferred.Physical routers - Cisco routers and switchesOT DNS & IPAM solutionsExperience managing server environments, working knowledge of Server hardware, software and operating Systems, platform configuration, VMware, Directory Service Technologies, OT cybersecurity, and systems management tools is a plus.Leadership: Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitionsInfluences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideasProactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the teamShares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill Personal Attributes: Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibilityAbility to deliver results in a rapidly changing dynamic environmentExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical audiencesOrganized and self-motivated with an ability to prioritize and manage demanding workload