Roche Posted August 11, 2026

IT Network Engineer

Madrid, Spain FULL_TIME
Information Technology

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About this opportunity

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

This intermediate IT Network Engineer independently solves a range of technical business problems and contributes to challenging projects requiring deep knowledge in their area. You will design, build, test, and implement resilient solutions, evaluate new technologies, and contribute to technical documentation and standards. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential for collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams and consulting internal or external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

Serve as a Tier 3/4 technical escalation point for critical network incidents, performance bottlenecks, and post-mortem root cause analyses.

Proof of Concept & R&D: Design, validate, and test PoCs in lab environments to evaluate emerging network tools, protocols, and vendor solutions.

Stakeholder Management: Communicates and presents complex information, issues, and potential solutions on assigned projects and to cross-functional teams. Networks with senior internal and external personnel within their area of expertise. Represents the organization on assigned projects and serves as a consultant to internal/external stakeholders on technical matters.

Impact/Strategy:Maintain comprehensive network diagrams, topology specs, and runbooks to ensure operational readiness across teams.Quality/Regulatory standards and that technology designs adhere to the organization’s architectural strategy, policies, and direction.

Complexity / (Product Size): Demonstrates proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse team members and virtual teams from various locations and cultural backgrounds to achieve project or product goals.

Business / Technical ability: Demonstrates a wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the technology area, with knowledge that is particularly deep in Networking. Understands the business needs of assigned projects and maintains a general knowledge of other related disciplines.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

You bring over 3 years of experience as a Network Engineer

Cisco CCNA/P certification is preferred

You have supported, troubleshooted, and implemented large and complex data networks (LAN, DCLAN, WAN, Wireless).

You have worked with external vendors.

You are experienced with infrastructure automation, including automated provisioning of network devices.

Experience applying infrastructure automation tools, infrastructure as code (IaC), scripting languages, logging, monitoring, and observability tools.

You can work flexible hours, handle occasional overtime, and participate in on-call duties.

You are fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Technical / Business Skills

Strong understanding of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service environment, applying Scrum and Agile methodologies.

Ability to evaluate promising technologies via PoCs and assess their feasibility in meeting business needs.

Additional Qualifications

Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, utilizing judgment and discretion for problems of larger scope.

Excellent communication and presentation skills to explain complex information and potential solutions to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Ability to act as a technical consultant to internal and external stakeholders and build networks with senior personnel.

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Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Madrid, Spain
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1097 comparable Information Technology roles across 55 biopharma companies.

1097Comparable roles tracked
1035Currently active
55Companies hiring similar roles
29Countries represented

Salary context

143 of 1097 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Senior Data Security Engineer (Insider Risk Management – Engineering) · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · Senior Director, Targets and Mechanisms Solutions · Pfizer $230,900/yr – $384,800/yr
Peer group range $0 – $307,850 (median $165,900)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1097 comparable roles

India507
United States241
Spain105
Poland72
Portugal32
China13

+ 23 more countries

Seniority mix

612 of 1097 peers have a known seniority level

Senior290
Manager135
Associate52
Principal50
Associate Director39
Director28
Senior Director13
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc4
Executive/VP1

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 1097 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1

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The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.