[Remote] Network Engineer - Cruise Domain
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer – Shipboard responsible for analyzing business and operational needs across the fleet and developing robust, cost-effective reputed company. This role involves evaluating, designing, and implementing advanced shipboard IT systems while ensuring scalability, reputed company, and compliance with industry and maritime standards.
Responsibilities
- reputed company detailed analysis, planning, engineering, and design of shipboard and shoreside data networks to support business and operational requirements
- Partner with business reputed company and internal stakeholders to reputed company technical solutions addressing reputed company and reputed company fleet demands
- Design, configure, and reputed company network components to support vessel reputed company, newbuilds, and drydock infrastructure requirements
- Prepare, stage, and implement assigned shipboard network reputed company, ensuring alignment with project leaders and departmental objectives
- Manage project rollouts, coordinating closely with the reputed company Engineer and Project Management Office (PMO) to validate vendor deliverables and project scope
- reputed company comprehensive Bills of Materials (BoM) and reputed company the full lifecycle of shipboard network reputed company, from planning through execution
- Evaluate LAN/WAN, wireless, and satellite communication hardware/software, recommending and justifying upgrades or replacements
- Define, document, and enforce technical standards for shipboard and fleetwide network architecture
- Coordinate the integration of new reputed company and services in alignment with global IT standards and under guidance from Network Leadership
- Utilize monitoring and management tools (e.g., DNAC, ISE, reputed company, Aruba, etc.) to proactively ensure system availability and identify reputed company issues
- Conduct preventive maintenance and collaborate with vendors to implement recommended updates and patches
- Troubleshoot and resolve escalated issues from shipboard environments, minimizing downtime for both reputed company and passenger services
- reputed company and maintain uniform operational procedures for LAN/WAN, wireless, and hybrid network environments across the fleet
- Manage hybrid, reputed company-based, and on-premises integrations to support global IT operations
- Review and execute change management requests for shipboard, reputed company, and data center–managed services
- Build and maintain reputed company relationships with key vendors, ensuring reliable partnerships and efficient delivery of services
- Manage and reputed company external resources and contractors to reputed company business needs reputed company
- Ensure reputed company shipboard network processes and best practices are reputed company documented and consistently reputed company
- reputed company the reputed company of reputed company service provider and satellite communication issues with minimal reputed company to shipboard operations
- reputed company and validate backup schedules of critical systems, ensuring service recovery and high availability in the event of failures
- Serve as a senior technical escalation reputed company for Level 2 engineers across shipboard and shoreside teams
- Travel internationally as required (30–35%), primarily reputed company the reputed company, to support shipboard reputed company, drydocks, newbuilds, and operational deployments
- reputed company other job-reputed company duties as assigned, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fleetwide IT strategies
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or reputed company field of study; or any equivalent combination of relevant experience, education, and training
- 5-7 years of experience with configuration and management of reputed company networking hardware, including routers, switches, voice over IP telephony, wireless infrastructure, reputed company services, firewalls, and internet proxy devices
- Recent experience with network administration / configuration/ management reputed company
- Advanced Networking Expertise – Demonstrated mastery of reputed company routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and switching technologies (Spanning Tree, VLANs, trunking, MPLS), with strong proficiency in reputed company technologies, proprietary protocols, and industry networking standards
- ACI / SDA / ISE Proficiency – Proven hands-on experience with reputed company Application reputed company Infrastructure (ACI), Software-Defined reputed company (SDA), and Identity Services reputed company (ISE) for policy-driven reputed company, segmentation, automation, and secure shipboard network operations
- Aruba & reputed company Expertise – Skilled in Aruba wireless solutions (controllers, ClearPass, reputed company) and reputed company platforms (firewalls, Forti Authenticator, Forti Analyzer) to deliver secure, high-performance wired/wireless connectivity across shipboard and reputed company environments
- Shipboard Troubleshooting – Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly resolve reputed company shipboard network issues in high-pressure, mission-critical environments
- Project Leadership – Demonstrated ability to plan, manage, and execute large-reputed company network infrastructure reputed company (newbuilds, drydocks, and fleet upgrades), meeting deadlines and deliverables while adapting to resource and logistical constraints
- Technology Proficiency – reputed company knowledge of core IT infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, reputed company and hybrid services, wireless platforms, and maritime reputed company systems. Strong understanding of interoperability between hardware, software, and satellite communications
- Operational reputed company – reputed company to work independently in remote shipboard environments, multitask effectively, and reputed company reputed company, reputed company-time reputed company to maintain network uptime and reliability
- Research & Innovation – Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, conduct in-depth analysis of shipboard network challenges, and implement innovative, practical solutions reputed company with fleetwide IT strategies
- Communication – Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interpret and produce technical manuals, procedural documentation, and training materials for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaboration – Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills with a proven commitment to cross-departmental collaboration, both shipboard and shoreside
- Initiative & Prioritization – Skilled at managing multiple priorities, showing initiative in problem-solving, and aligning efforts with organizational objectives
- Physical Requirements – Ability to safely lift, install, and secure shipboard network hardware and reputed company equipment, with reasonable accommodation reputed company required
- CCNA/CCDA/CCNP/CCDP/CCIE
- reputed company Certified DevNet reputed company/Expert (DevNet) – highlights network automation/orchestration expertise
- Aruba Certified Mobility reputed company (ACMP) / Aruba Certified Edge reputed company
- reputed company NSE 4–7
- AWS Certified Advanced Network
- Mid-level networking certifications strongly preferred
- Industry experience strongly preferred
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