Weidmüller - Your Partner in Industrial Connectivity

Smart Industrial Connectivity: Electrification, automation, digitalization, electrical connection technology, electromobility, and renewable energies are the markets where Weidmüller excels.

As experienced specialists, we offer customers and partners worldwide products, solutions and services in the industrial environment of energy, signals and data. We are shaping the technological challenges of tomorrow and are constantly developing innovative, sustainable and useful solutions for the individual needs of our customers. Together, we set the standards in the field of industrial connectivity.

As a Network Specialist / Network Engineer, you are responsible for the administration, operation, and continuous enhancement of our global Cisco network infrastructure. You ensure the availability, security, performance, and standardization of LAN and WLAN services using centralized management and monitoring solutions. In this role, you manage network services throughout their full lifecycle, including design support, deployment, implementation, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, and decommissioning.

Collaborating with international IT teams, service owners, and external vendors, you support the delivery of reliable and secure network services while strengthening operational excellence and enabling seamless connectivity for offices, manufacturing facilities, and remote sites across the organization.

· LAN & Switching: Configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Cisco Catalyst switches, including VLANs, trunks, spanning tree, link aggregation, and Layer 3 connectivity.

· WLAN Operations: Operate and troubleshoot Cisco wireless LAN controllers and access points, including SSIDs, client connectivity, roaming, and site-specific wireless configurations.

· Centralized Network Management: Use Cisco Catalyst Center for device inventory, network visibility, assurance, configuration templates, software image management, and standardized device onboarding.

· Network Lifecycle & Standardization: Support site rollouts and hardware replacements; maintain approved configurations, deploy firmware and security updates, and perform implementation checks and controlled decommissioning.

· Network Security: Implement approved segmentation and secure management access in line with network zone standards; support access-control and firewall-related troubleshooting together with the responsible specialists.

· Monitoring, Alerting & Troubleshooting: Implement and maintain network monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana, including dashboards and alert rules for network availability, performance, and capacity. Analyze alerts, logs, telemetry, and packet captures to identify connectivity and performance issues; document root causes and sustainable corrective actions.

· Incident, Request & Change Management: Resolve incidents and service requests through the established ticketing system; plan and implement approved changes with impact assessments, test steps, and rollback plans.

· Documentation & Recovery Readiness: Maintain network diagrams, IP and VLAN information, configuration documentation, CMDB records, configuration backups, and operational recovery procedures.

· International Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer: Work with global IT teams, local site contacts, carriers, and external service providers; contribute to knowledge transfer, operational handovers, and the development of internal network operations.

· Degree in Computer Science, IT, telecommunications, or a comparable technical qualification, or equivalent professional experience.

· At least three years of hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting enterprise networks, particularly Cisco-based LAN environments.

· Solid practical knowledge of Cisco Catalyst switching and IOS / IOS XE, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, link aggregation, IP addressing, subnetting, and routing fundamentals.

· Practical experience with enterprise WLAN operation and troubleshooting, preferably with Cisco wireless LAN controllers and access points.

· Experience using centralized network management and monitoring tools, with the willingness to develop strong hands-on expertise in Cisco Catalyst Center.

· Good understanding of network lifecycle management, firmware updates, configuration backup and recovery, and controlled changes to production environments.

· Understanding of Incident, Request, and Change Management, combined with strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.

· Structured, independent, and reliable way of working, with a willingness to take operational responsibility and collaborate across international teams.

· Very good English, both written and spoken, for collaboration with international teams and headquarters. German language or any other foreign language is a plus.

· Professional development: you will be part of an international team committed to support you to learn new skills and shape a career path that fits you, with access to various learning platforms;

· Onboarding & Integration: we ensure a smooth and efficient integration through a structured onboarding program, complemented by the ongoing support of a collaborative team;

· We prioritize your well-being: therefore we’re granting access to high-quality healthcare services through our comprehensive private medical insurance;

· Meal tickets: we support your everyday routine with meal tickets to make your workdays a little easier and more enjoyable;

· Commuting made easier with public transport cost reimbursement.

· Gifts for Special Occasions: Easter Holidays, Winter Holidays, 8th of March for our ladies colleagues;

· Flexibility: we support a healthy work-life balance by offering flexible arrangements tailored to your role and responsibilities;

· Bonuses: performance bonuses as a reward of your achievements and referral bonuses as a thank you for helping our team growth.