DNS Architect - Team Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DDI Team Lead to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining DDI environment while also looking to enhance the current solution. You will manage a small team of DDI analysts who provide 1st/2nd level support and act as an escalation for these and any other issues with the DDI environment.

The Role will play a critical role in identifying potential DDI vulnerabilities, developing strategies to mitigate risks, and responding to DDI incidents.

We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help:

• Responsible for working with business partners to discover requirements
• Help to Define strategy/roadmaps for DDI solutions
• Identify gaps within current DDI environment and provide resolutions
• Perform team leader activities for DNS analysts
• Work on troubleshooting issues with DNS analysts as escalation
• Investigate and define designs for automation of DDI processes to enhance productivity
• Creating and Maintaining DDI policies
• Work with design and planning team to define, refine, and suggest alternate designs or permanent remediation of issues
• Ensure handover of solutions to engineering/operations teams is performed with appropriate documentation
• Collaborate with L2/L3 Operations & Engineering teams and 3rd party carriers
• Assist with on-going maintenance of inventory information and updates of our internal Knowledge Base systems
• Proactively identify, engage, and act on situations where “things could be better”
• Continually evaluate service capacity and performance; make recommendations for technical and service changes as appropriate
• Work with design and planning team to define, refine, and suggest alternate designs or permanent remediation of issues
• Working with vendor to support and detailed technical designs/troubleshooting as needed

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s biggest agricultural technology companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. With more than 59,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries, the company strives to transform food production through Regenerative Agriculture - a science-driven, technology-enabled approach to improve soil, deliver high productivity and high-quality food, help fight climate change and restore lost biodiversity. Syngenta Group, which is registered in Shanghai, China, and has its management headquarters in Switzerland, draws strength from its four business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, headquartered in Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds, headquartered in the United States; ADAMA®, headquartered in Israel; and Syngenta Group China. Together, these businesses provide industry-leading ways to serve customers around the world.

At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves. 

You will be a great fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field
• 7-12 years of DDI experience (Data Name Services (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration (DHCP), and IP Address Management (IPAM)
• 7-12 years of Network experience (TCP/IP, protocols, basics of networks, ports)
• Knowledge and hands-on Active Directory
• Experience of leading a small team is preferred
• Proactively identify, engage, and act on situations where “things could be better”
• Knowledge and Hands-on Bluecat will be added advantage
• Any expose of Bluecat automation gateway
• Fluent English knowledge

Our efforts to become a really good place to work:

• Dynamic and international team with great atmosphere
• Possibilities to learn and grow
• High quality office environment
• Possibility of working from home

Discover more about Syngenta Budapest Center by visiting our official website: Link

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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