Network Engineer II

Purpose:

Technical expert that will independently identify, engineer, and optimize new data, software, or technology solutions that address critical business needs. Continuously seek to improve existing methods and processes. Read and adapt literature and publicly available information to accomplish assignments. Demonstrate proficiency in a broad range of techniques and methods for information technology engineering, including software development, data warehousing, statistics, machine learning, and/or technology infrastructure (including servers, storage, network connectivity, and virtualization/cloud environments). Technology Engineers will be aligned to a specific area: Information, Software, Data, or Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

List up to 10 main responsibilities for the job. Include information about the accountability and scope.

• Understand the broad objectives of the project as well as his/her role in achieving those objectives and modify approach when required.
• Escalates open issues to ensure execution success and keeps stakeholders informed through effective verbal and written communication.
• Learn, understand and master new methods and technologies, and act as a resource or mentor for others.
• Effectively organize and present project objectives and progress.
• Contribute to technical publications and presentations.
• Obtain estimates/quotes from vendors and provide as input into overall project time and cost estimates.
• Maintains relationships with affiliates, subsidiaries, and vendors in accordance with Abbvie Values, Vendor Management Office, and Purchasing to further the mission, vision and goals of the organization.
• Produces and maintains required technical documentation associated with work product.
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in relevant field and at least 5 years relevant experience OR Masters degree in relevant field and at least 4 years experience.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Design experience for large global scale enterprise WAN, LAN, WLAN, firewalls, load balancing and cloud communications for 10,000+ users
• Defines, plans and designs innovative enterprise Network infrastructure solutions
• Requires demonstrated ability to administer layer 3 and layer 2 switching, HSRP, EIGRP, BGP, port-channels, SIP, QoS and LAN/WAN standards
• Data center infrastructure implementation including Cisco 3-tier and spine-leaf designs
• Requires experience with highly complex routing scenarios and redundancy
• Requires SD-WAN experience from a design and engineering perspective, preferably Cisco/Viptela
• Possess a working understanding of cloud designs and architectures; prefer AWS and Azure
• Requires expertise in switching and routing configuration on the Cisco platforms
• Requires experience with Wi-Fi design and implementation in an enterprise environment, with a preference of Cisco controllers and APs
• Experience with load balancing (F5 GTM/LTM, Citrix Netscaler, cloud native) and WAN optimization (Riverbed, Silverpeak) preferred
• Experience with one or more network automation tools and/or programming languages
• Consistently deliver projects in a timely manner. Perform routine and complex tasks competently and independently and generate reliable and consistent results.
• Effectively organize and present project objectives and progress

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