at Medline Industries, Inc. in Libertyville, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Summary
Job Description
Medline Industries continues to grow, and grow, and grow. In fact, we've enjoyed DOUBLE DIGIT growth in 54 of the past 55 years! And we are AGAIN named as a Chicago Tribune Top Employer!Doesn't that sound like the kind of place you'd want to join?
The Senior Network Engineer provides crucial services related to supporting Medlines business. This covers datacenter, edge, cloud, security, telecom, and application delivery. The position requires a solution minded person with a deep proficiency in enterprise level network engineering. Additionally, effective collaboration and communication are essential for understanding technical capabilities and supporting the business.
** Please note, this position is REMOTE - however, the individual hired must reside in the Chicagoland area.
Major Responsibilities:
- Reviews and responds to trouble tickets and works with end users through resolution as necessary.
- Provides Tier III support, drives issues through closure; engage all appropriate cross-team resources.
- Innovate, design, and implement various wireless network solutions, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability to meet evolving organizational connectivity requirements.
- Responsible managing and enhancing Cisco Viptela Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN) solutions to optimize network performance, enhance security, and ensure efficient traffic management across distributed enterprise environments.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain networking solutions of Medlines LAN, WAN, WLAN, SDWAN, Azure Cloud and Network Security focused infrastructure.
- Develop and recommend strategies for network growth and datacenter network security/enhancements by maximizing functionality of network equipment such as switches, routers, wireless infrastructure, and firewalls.
- Present innovative solutions to stakeholders and technical staff; participate in implementation resulting in a warm handoff to support.
- Participate in regular meetings and conference calls with customers and I/S staff to help qualify opportunities and technical solutions for optimizing the network; drive design solutions through deployment.
- Act as a point of escalation for other I/S teams regarding network infrastructure issues.
- Assist with resolving issues even outside direct areas of responsibility.
- Analyze performance data and metrics, identify problem areas, and provide actionable insight to problem resolution.
- Perform complex and routine maintenance tests for designated areas of engineering; identify, isolate, and escalate issues to appropriate personnel.
- Interface and communicate with senior and mid-level client leadership that may include technical presentations.
- Participate in off-hours support rotation of designated network resources.
- Well informed of information technology and applied research trends; develops and incorporates them into assignments where appropriate.
Qualifications:
- Previous experience providing technical leadership for network technologies in a large enterprise environment.
- Experience implementing, administering and troubleshooting Cisco SDWAN Viptela.
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and maintaining wireless infrastructure, including proficiency in configuring and troubleshooting various wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, LTE, and/or 5G.
- Experience with Cisco SDWAN required.
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Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
