Senior Network Engineer
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our team in Dublin, IE (Cherrywood). The ideal candidate will have experience in WAN and advanced knowledge of routing protocols with a focus in SDWAN.
Job Description
* Troubleshoot WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, WLAN including routers, and other network related hardware.
* Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities.
* Proficient in the following protocols and technologies: EIGRP OSFP BGP GRE IPSEC MPLS STP HSRP OMP NAT and VPN
* Defines the WAN architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals.
* Design, execute, support day to day service requests.
* Participate and lead large scale network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects.
* Design and Manage Network Capacity and Performance
* Evaluates and identifies opportunities for network performance and functionality improvement within the enterprise network.
* Participate in the development efforts to bring automation into the network environment.
* Responsible for compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, documentation, and industry best practices.
* Successfully negotiate technical design and deployment strategy with key stakeholder and consumers of the service.
* Serve as the platform technical subject matter expert and provide consulting support to the business and end-user organizations.
* Produce and maintain timely, accurate engineering documentation.
* Partners with Abbott's Cybersecurity organization in conducting security and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.
* Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team environment.
* Collaborate and mentor Network Operations in resolving network incident tickets in a timely manner.
* Create and improve playbooks for Network Operations to limit escalations.
* Troubleshoot network issues including but not limited to poor network performance, complex routing issues, connectivity issues and failures, and hardware failures.
* Analyze WAN traffic – determine top talkers, source/target devices, and identify types of traffic.
* Collaborate with a variety of circuit vendors and other in-house departments to order/deliver/validate/test new circuits and place them into production.
Position Accountability / Scope
* Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, resolve/troubleshoot major incidents, while adhering to deadlines
* Demonstrates mastery of the concepts and theory of network security, and possess adept knowledge of data networking, including expertise in switching, routing, directory services, and TCP/IP fundamentals.
* Demonstrates knowledge of routing protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, OMP etc,
* Demonstrates knowledge of security protocols as well as means for compromising systems based on known vulnerabilities.
* Demonstrates a strong customer-centric approach and excellent communications skills.
* Responsible for the global landscape of the Abbott network and security infrastructure.
* Keeps abreast of industry trends and makes architecture roadmaps and or recommendations based on these trends.
* Ability to continually develop technical skills in current technologies and maintain industry standards to best support the ever-changing business needs.
Minimum Education & Experience
Required: bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field – or combination of experience/education.
Preferred: MS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications. Active Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CCSE, CCIE.
8+ years of Networking experience.
Multilingual a plus
Experience in regulated environments a plus
Experience / Training Needed
* 8+ years network experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users.
* 8+ years designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS/VPN, SD-WAN, WLAN, Cisco ISE and Identity/Authentication solutions, Intrusion Prevention, Cloud Security (Zscaler and other security solutions), Firewalls, Monitoring Tools, Network Topologies, Load balancing, and WAN acceleration/QoS and Cisco ACI
* Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus.
Preferred Products / Environments
* Cisco Routers and Switches
* Cisco/Viptela SDWAN or SDWAN technologies is a plus
* Riverbed WAN Optimizers
* Infoblox
* Cisco ASA
* Check Point Firewalls
* Palo Alto Firewalls
* Citrix NetScaler
* F5 Load Balancer (GTM and LTM)
* Cisco ACI
* Zscaler
* Cisco Wireless
* API Based Automation
* Splunk
* Service Now
* Netbrain
* Tufin
* Logic Monitor