.At adidas, our love for sport drives who we are and what we do. But just as a ball is more than leather and thread, and a show more than padding and plastic, we are bigger than our products. We don't just work to create faster shoes and lighter fabrics. We strive to help athletes everywhere perform their best. We believe that it's hard work inventing the future of sport, and that's why we love it; that when you push yourlimits, you make it possible for others to push theirs.Platform EngineerPurpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:Connectivity Team work to provide the best-in-class service. We are the Tech Core. Our mission is to build a platform that guarantees an optimum, efficient, flexible, resilient, and secure access to our systems, anywhere, anytime.The role, as part of the EMEA team, will be involved in the activities associated with the product life cycle (design, delivery, operation, and end of life) focusing on projects that will provide connectivity solutions to Distribution Centers, Offices, and Retail Stores. The Platform Engineer will participate in transversal tasks guiding service partners and vendors to ensure successful execution of projects. A focus of the role is on automation and standardization of our connectivity environment (network and security) guaranteeing the security by design.Key Responsibilities:Collaborates in the design, engineering and architecture processes associated to Connectivity Products focused on switching, routing, wireless, firewall, remote access, and web filtering technologies.Refines appropriate outline ideas for the evaluation, development, and definition of Project/Program PlansContributes to the assessment (even risk overview), analysis, planning and design of work orders associated to projects/programs.Leads the deployment of work orders coordinating key stakeholders (Business Units, Service Providers, Vendors)Assures project/program delivery quality through the definition and the evaluation of acceptance tests.Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.Gathers information to enable change management, problem management or incident management.Support with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.What we are looking for:Four-year college or university degree with focus on IT, or equivalent combination of education and experience.Minimum of 2-4 years of progressive work experience, at least 2 years in a Connectivity/Security operations role.Fluent spoken and written command of English.2-4 years' experience in connectivity/security devices (Cisco, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Zscaler), including CCNA certification or equivalent experience, detailed understanding of corporate LAN, WLAN, WAN and Network Security environments.Nice to have technical skills
