Job Purpose

- The role of a Manufacturing Network Expert at Bridgestone involves designing, building, overseeing, and managing the implementation of networks and network projects to meet the needs of manufacturing facilities in the EMEA region.

- You will be responsible for leading a team of IT professionals, providing guidance and support and conducting performance evaluations

- You will work closely with other IT/OT teams, such as plant digital teams, infrastructure and network team, application managers, Integral Infrastructure and Modern Workplace, Information Security Office, to ensure the best network practices and standards

- You will drive continuous improvement initiatives by staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities:

- Network Operations: Review and optimize security measures, monitor network performance, and identify areas of improvement

- Reliability and Efficiency: Ensure network reliability, security, and efficiency in a cost-conscious way

- Network Architecture: Define network architecture (LAN, WLAN, firewalls, and load-balancers), standards, and best practices to be implemented across the plants

- Compliance: Assess manufacturing solutions implementations by the plants in line with the architecture and the security standards and policies

- Roadmaps and Budget: Lead delivery of roadmaps and budget guidelines for network-related projects and initiatives across the plant

- Knowledge Sharing: Drive knowledge-sharing activities via communities of practices (CoP)





- Program and Standards Management: Manage network lifecycle and Reference Architecture projects

- Vendor Coordination: Coordinate with vendors and service providers services, support and procurement

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, other certification:

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Sciences or Telecommunication Engineering

- Cisco Certified Professional (CCNP or equivalent)

- Fortinet NSE4 Certification

- Cybersecurity certifications like ISA-62443 will be valued

Experience (years):

- +5 years of professional IT experience in network administrator role and team leadership

Technical Skills:

- Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in Network technologies

- Working experience of Infrastructure (Datacenter and Cloud). Azure certification not required but it’s a plus

Languages Skills:

- Professional working proficiency in English required.

- Knowledge of other European languages as Spanish, Italian, Polish or Hungarian is an asset.

Soft/Behavioral Skills:

- Ability to influence and motivate teammates and other internal or external stakeholders

- Strong communication skills are necessary to communicate to non-technical stakeholders and collaborate effectively with other IT teams and external partners.

- Project management skills

- Strong analytical skills for troubleshooting & problem resolution

- Customer focus with special attention service operations and SLAs

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