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IT Network & Infrastructure Specialist

Alan

Alan

Other Engineering, IT
Paris, France
Posted on Feb 20, 2026

Location

Paris, France

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Work Environment

You. Better. With Alan.

Alan is building a vertically integrated health partner that unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one seamless system. Our vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all.

Our mission: Help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.

By connecting all aspects of care (private, public, and direct to consumer) we create the most member-centric healthcare experience, reducing claims costs while generating new monetization opportunities.

We partner with tens of thousands of companies across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦, serving over a million members.

How we work: our Leadership Principles

  • Mission is the Boss — We think long-term and are methodical optimists who take risks, seeking our mission's success above all else.

  • Distributed Ownership — Accountable enlightened despots: everyone owns their decisions and results.

  • Radical Transparency — All information is accessible and written-first, so everyone can make the best decisions asynchronously.

  • Always Growing — Direct, positive, and caring feedback, combined with self-growth ownership.

👉 About the role

Alan is scaling internationally (700+ employees, 5+ countries) and needs a IT Network & Infrastructure Specialist to own, secure, and automate office infrastructure across all sites. You'll work autonomously within the IT Community, collaborating closely with Workplace, Security, Internal Audit, and Engineering teams.

Location: Paris-based - You'll work from our Valmy office 3+ days per week, with flexibility for remote work on other days.

Scope

🔧 Local Infrastructure

  • Own the full office infrastructure stack: networking (WiFi, switching, routing, WAN, IPsec VPN), CCTV, physical access control and audiovisual systems

  • Manage provider relationships and coordinate with external partners for deployment, maintenance and upgrades

  • Ensure infrastructure scales across all Alan offices

🔒 Infrastructure Security Referent

  • Act as the infrastructure security referent for the IT

  • Drive pentest remediation and hardening initiatives (network segmentation, access controls, firmware lifecycle, automated infrastructure vulnerability scanning, etc.)

  • Own infrastructure security remediations like WPA2-Enterprise migration (RADIUS)

  • Support ISO 27001 / HDS technical compliance and audit readiness

⚙️ Infrastructure as Code & Automation

  • Codify physical infrastructure configurations for reproducibility, auditability, and multi-site consistency

  • Automate compliance checks, drift detection, and routine operational tasks

  • If needed, build self-service tooling to reduce manual toil as the company scales

📊 Logging & Monitoring

  • Design and implement centralized infrastructure logging (network access, authentication, firewall events, etc.)

  • Build monitoring & alerting for multi-site network health

  • Integrate infrastructure logs into the security monitoring stack

Milestones

First 2 months

  • Acquire technical knowledge on Alan’s infrastructure

  • Join IT oncall team covering networking and infrastructure questions

  • Participate in audits (e.g., ISO 27001 maintenance)

First 6 months

  • Own the Infrastructure & Security workstream (handoff from current owner)

  • Drive pentest remediation and infrastructure hardening initiatives

  • Deploy centralized logging foundations

  • Take up the subject of infrastructure documentation

  • Support international expansion (e.g., new offices setup)

First year

  • Deliver measurable infrastructure toil reduction

  • Achieve infrastructure compliance (EDR, MDM, etc.)

  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships (Security, Engineering, Workplace, Audit)

  • Ship automation projects (network configs, compliance checks, self-service tools)

3 years

  • Scale infrastructure seamlessly with company growth - no linear manual work increase

  • Mentor IT team on infrastructure/security

  • Lead major projects end-to-end: office expansions, security architecture, compliance, etc.

👥 Who we’re looking for

For this opportunity, we are aiming to hire within the C0-D level range.

Must-have - Technical/hard skills:

  • 0-5 years in network & infrastructure: Solid foundational knowledge of office networking (WiFi, switching, routing, VPN/IPsec) and familiarity with on-premise infrastructure concepts (server rooms, audiovisual systems, physical access control)

  • Automation appetite: Scripting basics (Python, Bash) and genuine interest in infrastructure-as-code approaches; understands when to automate vs. manual process

  • Structured problem-solving: Can diagnose network issues methodically, asks the right clarifying questions, and thinks about failure modes

  • Security awareness: Understanding of infrastructure hardening principles

Must-have - Behavioral / soft skills:

  • Ownership & autonomy: Takes responsibilities, drives topics forward without hand-holding, learns from incidents

  • Growth mindset: Eager to deepen expertise across networking, automation and security - comfortable ramping up fast on unfamiliar topics

  • Cross-team collaboration: Partners effectively with Security, Engineering, and Workplace teams; explains technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders

  • Pragmatic judgment: Balances "perfect" vs. "good enough," makes decisions with incomplete information

  • Documentation culture: Reduces bus factor through clear documentation and knowledge sharing

Nice-to-have skills / Bonus points if you have:

  • Experience with Ubiquiti Unifi and/or Peplink ecosystems

  • Multi-site or international office infrastructure exposure

  • Familiarity with 802.1X / RADIUS, network segmentation, or Zero Trust concepts

  • Infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible)

  • Experience in a fast-growing tech company environment

Languages: Fluent French & Professional English