Job Description

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist that develops and produces sustainable, safe and convenient solutions for automotive manufacturers as well as industrial and end customers worldwide. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €39.7 billion in 2024 and currently employs around 95,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

ContiTech is one of the world’s leading industry specialists. The Continental group sector offers its customers connected, environment-friendly, safe and convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and above the ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about 39,000 employees in more than 40 countries and sales of some 6.4 billion euros (2024), the global industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America.

To support and enable our development of secure and state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure services, we are looking for a Senior IT Engineer Network & Firewalls who will introduce, operate, and strategically further develop the global firewall, VPN and proxy infrastructure . As a senior expert, you will drive harmonization, cost efficiency, and complexity reduction across our Access Services portfolio and play a key role in defining the roadmap toward Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). You will collaborate closely with internal customers, external partners in a dynamic, highly qualified environment.

• Consulting, designing, and piloting advanced network architectures and next‑generation firewall/proxy/VPN services in alignment with modern, scalable, and resilient infrastructure principles.
• Shaping and driving the strategic roadmap toward Zero Trust Network Access, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity, architecture, and business needs.
• Leading initiatives to optimize costs, foster harmonization, standardization, and reduce architectural and operational complexity across the global network and security landscape.
• Acting as a senior escalation point, coordinating complex incident and problem resolution with internal IT teams and external service providers.
• Supporting the team in strategic decisions, operational planning, and acting as a strong, reliable senior contributor within the team.
• Delivering complex network and security projects on time and in high quality, providing expert guidance on firewall, proxy, and network technologies.
• Leveraging automation tools to streamline network, firewall, and infrastructure operations.
• Collaborating with external suppliers and managed service providers, ensuring quality, compliance, and cost-effective delivery.
• Continuously improving functionalities, operations, and processes to increase network stability, reliability, security, and efficiency.
• Supporting internal customers with process improvements, documentation, training, and usability enhancements.
• Designing release processes, workflows, and live deployments for complex production environments.
• Conducting feasibility studies, architectural assessments, market research, and vendor evaluations to support strategic infrastructure decisions.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong knowledge in networking fundamentals (network topologies, TCP/IP, IPSec, SSL, VPN, DNS, OSPF, BGP).
• Experience defining or contributing to Zero Trust or similar modern network security architectures.
• Proven ability to drive cost optimization, complexity reduction, and harmonization initiatives in large-scale environments.
• Experience with ITSM processes and DevOps principles; automation (Ansible, Terraform) for on‑prem and virtual environments is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience steering external service providers and managing vendor performance.
• Ability to solve complex network/security issues using diagnostic and monitoring tools.
• Experience aligning with Group Cybersecurity or similar governance functions (e.g., risk handling, security baselines, remediation).
• Strong communication skills, intercultural awareness, and the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.
• High level of ownership, drive, and willingness to continue learning and developing.

Additional Information

• The 13-th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
• Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by-case basis);
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 29);
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

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