Senior Network Systems Engineer
Job Summary
This is a standalone senior engineering position responsible for the reliability, security, and ongoing development of the company’s infrastructure across Japanese locations. The role focuses 50% on network and systems design and 50% on maintenance, operations, and troubleshooting. The engineer will operate independently in Japan while collaborating with a global technology organization.
Responsibilities
- Design and configure network/system infrastructure
- Manage high-density Wi-Fi across multiple sites
- Monitor performance, security, and availability
- Troubleshoot network and infrastructure incidents
- Coordinate with global IT teams and vendors
Required Skills
- 7+ years as Network/System Engineer
- Enterprise networking and Wi-Fi expertise
- Cloud experience (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Fluent Japanese and Business English
- ITIL and Network Security knowledge
Job Details
Job Description
This is a standalone senior engineering position responsible for the reliability, security, and ongoing development of the company’s infrastructure across its Japanese locations.
The role is approximately divided between:
- 50% network and systems design, configuration, and implementation
- 50% infrastructure maintenance, operations, and troubleshooting
The strongest focus is on enterprise networking and high-density Wi-Fi infrastructure. The engineer will support environments containing hundreds of wireless access points, together with switches, network-security platforms, monitoring tools, access-control systems, and related business infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Designing, configuring, and implementing network and systems infrastructure
- Managing high-density Wi-Fi environments across multiple sites
- Monitoring performance, capacity, availability, and security
- Troubleshooting complex network and infrastructure incidents
- Supporting physical access-control systems
- Managing infrastructure changes and technical documentation
- Coordinating with global IT teams and external vendors
- Managing incidents and requests through Jira
- Participating in emergency support when critical systems fail outside standard business hours
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a systems / network engineer, with at least 7 years as Network System Engineer
- Experience working with IT Service Management principles
- Working knowledge of eXtreme Networks, Ruckus or other network equipment (Cisco and Juniper are fine!)
- Experience with physical access controls would be an advantage
- Familiarity with network security principles and best practices (Zero Trust / SASE)
- Knowledge of monitoring tools like Nagios, Zabbix or similar
- Experience with one of the leading Cloud IaaS / PaaS providers (GCP, AWS or Azure)
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities
- Advanced or native level Japanese and business level or above English
Nice to Have:
- Experience of working with globally distributed team
- ITIL certification
Working Hours:
- Monthly-reset flex time working hours scheme.
Benefits:
- Social Insurance
- Commuting/Transportation Allowance
- Access to an online learning platform
- Training support (35,000 JPY/year)
- Free massage ticket/month
- Paid Holidays: 15 days for first two years, 20 days thereafter.