Lead Network Engineer

• Design large scale enterprise WAN, SD-WAND and other network related hardware.
• Design and implement Data Center technologies like VXLAN, Cisco ACI
• Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities.
• Troubleshoot WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, WLAN including routers, and other network related hardware.
• Design and management of core services such as DHCP, DNS, IP address management and load balancing
• Define requirements in support of budget plans and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements.
• Defines the architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals.
• Design, execute, support day to day service requests.
• Lead large scale network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects.
• Design and manage network capacity and performance.
• Evaluates and identify 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.
• Partner 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.
• Proficient in the following protocols and technologies: EIGRP OSFP BGP GRE IPSEC MPLS STP HSRP OMP NAT and VPN.
• 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.
• Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team environment.
• Troubleshoot network issues including but not limited to poor network performance, complex routing issues, connectivity issues and failures, and hardware failures.

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, 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 recommendation based on these trends.

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