Zürich
Specialist: Routing, Switching & Firewall (m/f/d)
- 06 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
- 8001 Zürich
About the job
We have developed a web-based online platform for job searching and talent acquisition that digitalises the application process and supports the company in quickly recognising talents in the market and securing them for the long term. With a digital Rocken profile, every applicant can quickly and easily connect with market-leading companies and share their profile.
Our work places people at the centre, both technologically and organically. Rocken® offers executive search and talent management consulting to address the personal and individual needs of each person and to implement these optimally in recruitment and career planning.
Specialist: Routing, Switching & Firewall (m/f/d)
Salary - CHF90,000 - 115,000Our Rocken partner represents selected companies that rely on exclusive collaboration with ROCKEN when filling their key positions. The jobs published here are managed under an exclusive mandate and are sometimes not advertised on the public job market.
Behind the vacancies are established Swiss companies from various industries that are specifically looking for qualified specialists and executives. Through close cooperation with our partners, we know not only the requirements of the respective position but also the company, the working environment, and the framework conditions.
This gives you access to exciting career opportunities from our hidden job market and to positions that you might not encounter on classic job platforms.
Role:
A network shows its true quality only when something goes wrong. As a specialist in routing, switching & firewall, you ensure that it never comes to that. In an emergency, you find the cause quickly. The focus is on a provider infrastructure based on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). You combine technical depth with customer proximity and bring your solutions from concept to rack.
Responsibilities:
You keep the core and access networks stable, continuously optimise them, and drive their technical development forward
You independently plan complex Layer-2 and Layer-3 solutions and implement dynamic routing architectures including MPLS services
For customer projects and the internal environment, you develop well-thought-out firewall, NAT, ACL, and VPN solutions
You take on demanding cases in 3rd-level support and clarify root causes down to the protocol level
Furthermore, you are responsible for migrations, firmware upgrades, and lifecycle measures and integrate new customers and systems cleanly
You also work hands-on in data centre projects, conduct network audits, and optimise capacity and performance
Qualifications:
You have at least 3 years of experience in network and security engineering, ideally with a service provider or carrier
You are confident with TCP/IP, routing, switching as well as IPv4 and IPv6, and also with VLAN, STP/RSTP, trunking, link aggregation, and segmentation
You work proficiently with BGP, understand peering concepts and route selection, and have operated Layer-2 and Layer-3 services in a provider network
Firewalls, NAT, ACLs as well as site-to-site and remote-access VPNs are part of your toolkit, and you are familiar with redundancy and failover concepts from practice
For troubleshooting, you rely on Wireshark, logs, and traffic analyses and have already networked several data centres or locations
Additionally, you bring know-how with Cisco, Fortinet or other enterprise manufacturers, communicate fluently in German, and read English technical documentation effortlessly
Benefits:
- Home office
- Attractive pension and insurance benefits
- Flat hierarchies
- Coaching and mentoring
- Flexible working hours
- Open corporate culture
- Comfortable office with modern infrastructure
- Experienced and dynamic team
- Attractive benefits in case of illness or accident
- Participation in or takeover of company car
- Participation in or takeover of public transport subscriptions
- Attractive training and development opportunities
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Workplace
Zurich
Contact
Durim Ibrahimi,
+41443852136