Senior Network Administrator

Ubisoft's infrastructure department is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to install and maintain IT solutions and services, propose improvements and optimisations to the current infrastructure, and solve complex issues.

Key responsibilities include:

• Installing and maintaining network equipment such as switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers;
• Deploying and maintaining private network links and dedicated peering;
• Evaluating new requirements, technical design, and standards;
• Defining standards, guidelines, best practices, and metrics;
• Driving adoption of automation to enhance operational efficiency and consistency;
• Monitoring and troubleshooting network infrastructure and services;
• Enforcing network security policies and procedures;
• Performing proactive network capacity management activities;
• Maintaining documentation regarding network hardware and software;
• Assisting in evaluating new requirements, technical design, and standards;
• Answering user's queries and service requests.

As a senior administrator, you will also:

• Act as a mentor and point of reference within the team, particularly with new administrators;
• Contribute to the planning of the evolution and expansion of the network and systems;
• Optimize network performance;
• Carry out all other related tasks.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience as a Network Administrator;
• Expert level in routing technologies such as BGP and OSPF;
• Expert level in switching technologies such as VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, VTP, and Layer 2/Layer 3 switching protocols;
• Expert level in developing techniques and methodologies to resolve unprecedented problems or situations.

Nice to have:

• Good Linux environment knowledge;
• Strong expertise in automation using Python and Ansible, with hands-on experience in CI/CD pipelines;
• Good understanding of other infrastructure concepts like Cloud Network knowledge (AWS, AZURE).

Assets:

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management;
• Ability to make complex information accessible and understandable;
• Demonstrates critical thinking and proactively flags governance or prioritization concerns to maintain operational clarity and focus;
• Honesty, integrity, and confidentiality must be always maintained;
• Great interpersonal communication skills.

Ubisoft Benefits:

• Profit-sharing and an annual company savings plan;
• 25 days of paid vacation + 12 additional RTT days;
• 50% reimbursement of your Navigo pass, meal vouchers (€9/day), health insurance for you and your family, as well as many additional Ubisoft benefits;
• 20 weeks of maternity leave, 7 weeks of paternity/co-parental leave.