Responsibilities
- Strategically provides thought leadership in developing a transformation roadmap to modernize and shape the Copeland network enterprise to meet the needs of the business units
- Brings industry leading solutions and guidance to enhance the productivity and efficiency of the company founded on years of experience deploying technology in a manufacturing and distribution business environment
- Manages multiple engineering teams in support of the overall Network Service line functions
- Organically plans, designs, and implements network infrastructure technologies around LAN, SD-WAN, Firewalls, wireless, and any other network systems
- Supports infrastructure operations as a Level IV technical resource and provides technical leadership and mentoring to the operations group
- Researches and evaluates emerging network and communication technology
- Provides thought leadership and technical guidance as an SME for the Enterprise IT leadership
- Provides consultative services to the business units to provide technical solutions to business requirements
- Works with Security and Cloud Infrastructure groups as an SME for Enterprise IT Communications
- Works directly with industry vendors to identify opportunities to evaluate and incorporate new technologies and identify cost savings opportunities
- Provides leadership with technical overviews and status of Network Services projects and initiatives. May be required to present to C-Level resources within the company
Requirements
- Current Cisco CCIE certification or have obtained Emeritus status within the last 3 years
- Equivalent industry or military experience in an IT Network Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is also acceptable
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in a Lead Engineering/Architect role working hands on with the technology transformation and modernization of large global networks
- Minimum of 10 years’ recent experience in the design, implementation, and operation of WAN/LAN and Wireless networks with Cisco hardware and other industry best of brand products
- Detailed understanding of the function and configuration of various security solutions specific to Cisco, Palo Alto and zScaler products
- Advanced experience in network operations and ITSM services
- Advanced knowledge of VLANs, spanning tree, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and other interior and exterior routing protocols and technologies
- Advanced understanding of SD-WAN and related technologies with recent experience organically designing and deploying an SD-WAN infrastructure
- Advanced experience in the design and implementation of RF and Wi-Fi services
- 10 years’ experience with the evaluation and assessment of new and emerging technologies
- Lead the evaluation of new hardware, firmware, and software
- Tests and develops procedural documentation and training for others on installation and support
- Maintain vendor relationships for support as needed
- Identifies training needs, coordinates training, and participates in the development of training materials
- Evaluates network performance and recommends options for performance tuning. Performs root cause analysis of problems and tracks, documents and reports identified patterns
- Provide proactive recognition and correction of network related problems
- Work with various customer and Enterprise IT support groups in diagnosing network service-related problems
- Administering and managing highly skilled technical teams in a matrix format that are globally dispersed
- Excellent presentation skills with experience in presenting to C-level leadership
- Excellent Communication and Teamwork skills
- Advanced English language skills (verbal, reading, writing, understanding)
- Experience of working in a global environment essential
- Advanced knowledge of Cloud networking design
- Experience of working in a global environment essential
- Advanced understanding of routing and switching technology, firewalls, IP and RF signaling
- Working knowledge of ITIL framework
- Advanced knowledge of industry trends and products
- Excellent network troubleshooting skills
- Hands-on experience with routers, switches, firewall, Load balancer, Cloud networking
- Experience of operating in an Enterprise environment with strict change control procedures
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree or higher in CS, MIS or related technology/engineering discipline
Additional Information
- Up to 20% international travel required
- Advanced English language skills (verbal, reading, writing, understanding)
