Senior Network Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

ABBOTT BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AT CHERRYWOOD 

Abbott Information Technology (IT) is responsible for delivering Information technology solutions and services to over 130+ countries globally.

The newly established hub will be a strategic location for technology talent, delivering regional programs and supporting global operations for critical services. 

Primary Function

Candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of Abbott’s global manufacturing businesses. This position will lead projects involving complex planning for all Abbott manufacturing sites including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation/implementation/and support.

This role will be based in our Business Technology Hub in Cherrywood.

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. 
• 5-6+ years of Networking experience multinational enterprises of 5000+ users. 

• 5-6 years designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, WLAN, intrusion prevention, cloud security, firewalls, monitoring tools, network topologies, load balancing, and WAN acceleration / QoS. 

• Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus. ​

• Experience in regulated environments is preferred

Experience with the following products / environments required:

• Cisco Switches and Routers 

• Cisco Wireless 

• Check Point Firewalls 

Experience with the following products / environments preferred

• Cisco ISE 

• Service Now 

• Netbrain 

• Logic Monitor 

• •Splunk

Responsibilities

• Design large scale enterprise LAN, WLAN including switches, firewalls, and other network related hardware. 

• Design, execute, support day to day service requests. 

• Lead large scale manufacturing network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects. 

• 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, 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.