[Hiring] Network Engineer @Opplane Portugal Unipessoal Lda

Role Description

Opplane is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Engineer specializing in networking, transport connectivity, and networking products. This is a client-facing role where you will provide day-to-day support to enterprise customers by deploying, configuring, and operating networking solutions across a variety of customer environments. You will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing network solutions while providing technical guidance throughout customer deployments and operations.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a Network Engineer
• Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent industry experience

Requirements

• Strong Network Engineering background
• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VxLAN, and L2/L3 VPN technologies
• Experience deploying and troubleshooting BGP and OSPF routing protocols
• Good understanding of WAN technologies, including SD-WAN and IPsec VPN
• Good understanding of 4G LTE / 5G Core networks
• Knowledge of Mobile Private Networks (MPN)
• Experience using network diagnostic, monitoring, and analysis tools
• Experience with cloud networking across multiple cloud platforms
• Understanding of OpenStack Platform (OSP), including Heat/HOT Templates
• Experience with Virtual Network Functions (VNF) and Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Python
• Experience with Terraform
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with Git and GitHub
• Experience working with Linux Shell
• Ability to troubleshoot Linux-based networking environments

Key Responsibilities

• Provide transport and routing support during product deployments within customer environments
• Support WAN technologies including SD-WAN, IPsec VPN, and routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, and MPLS
• Support cloud-based deployments, including Virtual Network Functions (VNF) and Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF)
• Package and deploy solutions supporting OpenStack Platform (OSP), including Heat/HOT Templates and other cloud platforms
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Python, Ansible, and Terraform
• Support network management activities and product deployments across customer environments
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for customers, providing technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and ensuring successful solution deployments

Nice to Have

• Understanding of Kubernetes (K8s), WebScale, and cloud-native technologies
• Linux certification
• CCNA or CCNP certification
• Hands-on experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and distributed systems
• Familiarity with overlay and tunnelling technologies
• Previous experience working in startup environments
• Experience with one or more Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, etc.)
• Cloud Architectures
• Cross-Domain Knowledge
• Design Thinking
• Development Fundamentals
• DevOps
• Distributed Computing
• Security-First Mindset
• Solution Design

Company Description

Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services, telecommunication, and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Opplane leadership team is comprised of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and experienced executives. Its expertise comes from years of specific industry experience at some of the world’s top companies, such as PayPal, Xerox Parc, Amazon, Wells Fargo, SoFi in the areas of product management, data technology, data governance, data privacy, security, machine learning, and risk management.

• Diverse perspectives, global collaboration (US, Portugal, India and Singapore offices)
• Fast-moving, impact-driven environment
• Engineers own what they build
• Open, curious, and supportive culture