System Engineer with cyber skills (Open also to Protected Categories - Law 68.99)

Location: Gorgonzola, Italy

Thales people architect solutions at the heart of the defence-security continuum. Interoperable and secure information and telecommunications systems for defence, security, and civil operators, are based upon innovative use of radiocommunications, networks, and cybersecurity. We are ground breaking new digital technologies such as 4G mobile communications, cryptography, cloud computing and big data for use in physical protection systems, and critical information systems.

Gorgonzola hosts Navigations Air Systems (NAS) domain. The activity of NAS domain: avionics, navigation and radar systems for civil air traffic and technologies supporting the activities of civilian and military pilots, ATC controllers and technicians of several airlines, air traffic control agencies and Air Force around the world. Italy is the Group’s Competence center for the design, production and delivery of Navigation Aids products and Competence Centre for the delivery of non-Radar Surveillance Products.

We are looking to hire IS/IT System Engineers with good level of skills and technical knowledge in Linux and Windows environments and with cybersecurity knowledge to manage our Customers network and
computer systems.

In this position, the candidate will be responsible:

• To support and participate to design hardware and software configurations.
• To install and supporting software in a complex environment.
• To manage network systems.
• To analyze technical system issues and troubleshooting.
• To manage/support cybersecurity tools and configurations.

All activities for which the candidate will be responsible will be carried out in cooperation with other team members, the assigned Service Delivery Manager and the customer's technical staff who will need the
specific technical support.
The technological environment where the candidate will work is the Business Managed Network (BMN) i.e. the customer's business laboratory networks.

Responsibilities

• To participate to design complex Network and Datacenter architectures and infrastructures
• Identify and deliver/implement/deploy specific technical solutions in a new infrastructure or to be integrated in an existing one.
• Ensures the availability, performance & security of infrastructure.
• Makes evolve the infrastructure to meet organization needs.
• Analyses dysfunctions & takes necessary actions to resolve them with the support of technical team of which it is part.
• Actively monitors technological innovations & best practices.
• Ensures On-Prem and Cloud platform security, availability, speed & reliability.
• Support to designs & implements strategies for IS security & data protection.
• Meeting with the Service Delivery Manager and Customer Technical Staff to discuss system needs.
• Filing monthly reports for the Service Delivery Manager.

Main tasks

• Windows environments - Fundamental
• Linux environment - Fundamental
• Virtualization
• Storage & backup
• Network management (LAN, WAN, wireless)
• Telecommunications & UCC (nice to have)
• Physical infrastructure
• Database modeling
• Identity & access management
• Configuration of COTS and vertical solutions
• Data encryption
• Malware/EDR
• Performance management
• Incident management
• Basic cloud expertise
• Basic architecture design experience

Knowledge, skills & experience

• 7-10 years of work experience with Linux and Windows complex environments, networking, virtualization, cloud environments, cybersecurity tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field: not a compulsory requirement, but a distinctive and most qualifying element of the candidate.
• Basic experience with cybersecurity tools (i.e. Antimalware, EDR/XDR, firewall, ids/ips etc.).
• A good knowledge of English language, written and spoken, is required.
• Technical certifications in Windows, Linux, datacenter, networking, virtualization and cybersecurity environments: not a compulsory requirement, but a distinctive and most qualifying element of the candidate.
• Aptitude for working in a team and with multiple customer demands.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot software and hardware issues.
• Ensures implementation of continuous integration & delivery linked to infrastructure.
• Assists users by receiving reported incidents/difficulties.

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