Sr Network/Telecom Engineer

September 29, 2024

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Lagunilla

OTHER

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description

As a member of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do exciting work! Join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best! With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.

This is a Network Engineering position that will help drive our network infrastructure technology to be more reliable and robust. The Network Engineer will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of technical management and operational practices to develop the technical strategy used to improve the network globally. The candidate will collaborate with technical SMEs, architecture, and vendors to maintain and grow the company network. The role will support in developing diagnostic and scripts, and validate new solutions required to support our ecosystems of manufacturing and research locations worldwide.

This role will be a key part of a multifunctional team that designs, supports, secures, and maintains the underlying network infrastructure.

A day in the life of:

Maintain and improve a global network environment that includes routers, switches, firewalls, SD-WAN devices, wireless controllers and load balancers.
Find opportunities to improve the corporate network by looking at the root cause of the problems and put together a plan to systemically address them
Collaborate with fellow network SMES on optimization initiatives
Document the current state of the network with granular detail and present to the larger network team
Deliver mentorship and direction to lower level engineers and peer support groups
End to end coordination with our vendors and providers for issue resolutions
Drive quality into the metrics we report, including measurement of issues, network capacity, vendor equipment/failures analysis and network performance, as well as continual assessment of the quality and effectiveness of network monitoring and alerting.
Responsible for documenting system maintenance, enhancements and performance for effective network operations and management
Find opportunities for automation and own these initiatives till completion in collaboration with respective SMEs and programmers
Guide our customers and colleagues on Global Network engagement and ITIL processes
Lead technology trainings based on area of expertise for more junior engineers

How will you get there?

BA/BS education and/or 7+ years of work experience in network engineering and operations is required with very deep expertise in one or more technical areas
Experience with Cisco and Arista or Fortinet or F5 products and services
Automation related programming skills (Python or similar) is a nice to have
Good understanding of Networking and Security standards, practices and methods.
Experiencing leading technologoy initiatives from planning through execu
Solid grasp of SD-WAN management is a plus
Understanding and experience of cloud computing specifically relating to networks, including AWS and/or Azure is an advantage

Tool & Technology Skills

Telco: WAN, LAN, Wireless
OSS/BSS: Service Now, Jira
Network Switching, Routing, Security, Cloud
Product: Cisco, Fortinet, F5, Silver Peak SDWAN, Arista, Clearpass, Oper Gear, Meraki, AWS, Azure
Automation: Python, API, Service Orchestration

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good customer service skills, and a demonstrable ability to work with various teams.
Perform duties with little to no supervision
Be a self-motivated, highly ethical individual with a demonstrated ability to work as independently as well as with a team.
Be eager to learn new technologies and develop your skills
Develop relationships with our clients, engineering, and peer management teams, and effectively navigate across the organization

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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