Network Engineer

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2023 were $400bn.

Our people are our business. Talent is precious to us and we create an environment in which individuals can reach their full potential, unhindered by hierarchy. Our team comprises more than 65+ nationalities and we are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse work force. Learn more about us here.

This Role is located in Houston, TX - In office 5x a week

The Network Engineer will be based in Houston and will report to the Network manager and will have responsibility for:

• Main task is to ensure the day-to-day network operation and monitoring, find and technically solve problems related to network with a business-oriented approach
• Work with other IT teams on a global scale to implement new systems and address security concerns
• Maintain network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, troubleshooting network problems, and escalating problems to vendor, office, datacenter and remote location
• Upgrade network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases
• Design and implement both wire and wireless networks of an organization, including LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet exposure and Sdwan solution
• Cisco ISE authentication (802.1x, Radius & Tacacs)
• Enhance network security, as well as documenting network processes and cabling layouts
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and security compliance standards relevant to network infrastructure
• Ensure that proxy solution is up and running and be able to manage deployment
• Nice to have telephony knowledge for SBC and Teams environment
• Will be required to work beyond normal business hours and be on call
• Integrate and be part of a Follow the Sun team
• Manage and ensure F5 LTM / GTM environment

• Very strong technical skills on Cisco Equipment – CCNP certification preferred
• Implement and maintain Palo Alto Firewalls for network security and access control.
• Utilize SolarWinds NPM (Network Performance Monitor) and NCM (Network Configuration Manager) for network monitoring and configuration management. And ThousandEyes solution.
• Solid understanding of Cisco routing and switching products and networking (Eigrp, Ospf, BGP / DmVPN/ Catalyst & Nexus)
• SDwan, Internet & low latency circuit experience is required
• Wi-fi deployment and operation on Aruba & Cisco Meraki
• Cloud experiences on Azure, AWS, GCP is required
• Audiocode SBC + IP phones
• Proxy solution such as McAfee, Zscaler, Palo Alto
• WAF on F5 Silverline
• F5 LTM certification will be a plus
• Automation, python script, ansible is required
• Experience with Trading Market Data is an advantage
• Education: Minimum Bachelor of Science in Networking
• Experience: 8-10 years as Network engineer in a multi-cultural environment

This Role is located in Houston, TX - In office 5x a week

Work Environment

• This job operates in a professional office environment.  Because of the collaborative, fast-paced, and high energy nature of our business, Vitol requires team members to work from our fully-equipped office. 
• Team management: lead by example (on duty…), non-political style (Vitol and his team before his own interests) and a high level of personal integrity
• Business and user focus (no “IT for IT” spirit)
• Thinking solution and not problem
• Highly responsive, energetic and enthusiastic
• Capable of prioritizing tasks and meeting critical deadlines
• Excellent judgment, attention to details
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Ease with Follow The Sun (FTS) organization

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.