Senior WAN Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION

Our location in Abbott Park, IL currently has an opportunity for a Senior WAN Engineer. The candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of Abbott's global Wide Area Network (WAN) services. This position will serve as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all Abbott network infrastructure including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation/implementation/and support. Responsible for timely interaction with customers of the platform, peer technologists, and senior management. The ideal candidate will have experience in Data Center Networking, Routing, Switching, Wireless Access, Software Define WAN (SD-WAN) Firewall Controls, Load Balancing, Security Infrastructure, Remote Access Connectivity Solutions (Cisco AnyConnect, Zscaler ZPA) & Network Segmentation technologies.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the platform technical subject matter expert and provide consulting support to the business and end-user organizations.
• Design large scale enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, WLAN including routers, and other network related hardware.
• Design and Implement WAN services Secure WAN edge
• Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities
• Proficient in the following protocols and technologies: EIGRP OSFP BGP MPLS STP HSRP and VPN
• Define requirements in support of budget plans and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements.
• Defines the WAN 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 identifies 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.
• Produce and maintain timely, accurate engineering documentation.
• Partners 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.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE

• 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 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.
• Ability to continually develop technical skills in current technologies and maintain industry standards to best support the ever-changing business needs

Minimum Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field - or combination of experience / education.
• 8+ years of Networking experience.
• 2+ years SD-WAN experience.

Experience:

• 8+ years network experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users and 1000+ circuits.
• 8+ years designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, SD-WAN, WLAN, Cisco ISE and Identity/Authentication solutions, Intrusion Prevention, Firewalls (Zscaler and checkpoint), CISCO ASA, Monitoring Tools (Automation/ logic Monitor), Network Topologies, Load balancing, and WAN acceleration / QoS

Preferred skills:

• Preferred: MS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications. Active Certifications: CCNP, CCSE, CCIE.
• Exposure to AWS/Azure preferred.
• Multilingual a plus
• Experience in regulated environments a plus
• Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus.

Familiarity with some of the following products / environments preferred:

• Cisco Routers and Switches
• Cisco/ Viptela SDWAN or SDWAN technologies is a plus
• Riverbed WAN Optimizers
• Infoblox
• Cisco ASA
• Check Point Firewalls
• Citrix Netscaler
• F5 Load Balancer (GTM and LTM)
• Cisco ACI
• Zscaler
• Cisco Wireless
• API Based Automation
• Splunk
• Service Now
• Netbrain
• Tufin
• Logic Monitor

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is

$71,300.00 - $142,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

IT Operations

DIVISION:

GIS Global Information Services

LOCATION:

United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr.

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Abbott Park : AP14/A/B

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

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