Network Lead - Onsite - W2 only

Position: Network Lead

Location:33587 Walker Rd, Avon Lake, OH 44012 (5 Days Onsite)

Duration: 6+ Months

Must Have Skills: Network, SDWAN, CISCO Routing Switching

In collaboration with the Infrastructure Architect and other technical experts within the Network Governance Team the Specialist Global Network Connectivity is responsible for establishing the global network architecture in accordance with best practice and industry standards and oversee its execution ensuring alignment with the IT strategy to exceed the companys overall business objectives and strategic roadmap

Transforming technology into value across objectives in Client ITs four strategic areas

• Accelerate Digital Transformation
• Enhance Cybersecurity and Compliance
• Drive Business Efficiency and Growth
• Build Global Governance

Provide project management guidance for complex projects and workstreams advising on interdependencies and impact into other global initiatives ensuring local regulatory and compliance requirements are met

Ensure that the security performance reliability and efficiency of Avients global network infrastructure that services are available scalable and continually improved

Provide continuous governance oversight of the engineering and execution teams to facilitate excellent support service provision and incident escalation around the globe whilst adhering to standards

Areas of technical focus include but are not limited to

• Global WAN Routing Design
• Telecom Architecture Governance
• SDWAN Interconnectivity Standards
• WiFi System Standards
• TAOVPNExpressRoute
• Cloud Platform PrismaFortimanager Supervision
• Public IP Management
• Hypervisor Networking
• Cloud Connectivity
• Disaster Recovery Business Continuity
• Monitoring Reporting
• Asset Compliance Reporting
• Switching Routing standards
• Connectivity Internet MPLS etc
• Capacity Planning Monitoring
• Automation Scripting
• Virtualization Networking
• Disaster Recovery Business Continuity
• Site Survey Standards Planning

Verify and ensure that high quality documentation exists for all applicable projects systems and knowledgebase articles pertinent to their area of responsibility

Support and help maintain relationships with all relevant IT vendors

Participate in the IT strategic process as necessary

Ability to work highly effectively with no supervision across various global virtual teams

Follow direction to achieve a high-quality outcome

Flexibility to work across time zones including participating in off-hour activities if appropriate

Potential global travel up to 10

Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience in Manufacturing or similar industry
• 10 years of senior professional technical experience in network engineering and architecture or a related field
• Experience in effectively engaging and collaborating with remote and diverse team members
• Strong experience in cloud environments and those with segmentation between ITOT
• Relevant industry certifications are a benefit

Additional Qualifications

• Strong process and internal customer focus
• Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging technologies in relevant areas
• Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Demonstrated infrastructure security focus and best practice working habits
• Experience leading and contributing to infrastructure projects within a fastpaced value focused culture

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Genesys Contact-Center, HP DC/Branches Routers and Switches, Juniper DC/Branches Routers and Switches, Arista DC/Branch Routers and Switches, Avaya Contact-Center, Azure Infra Services, Cisco-SDN-network-administration, AWS Infra Services, Cisco DC/Branches Routers & Switches, NetScaler Load Balancer, NICE Contact Center,F5 Load Balancer, CUCM, Google Cloud Platform Infra Services

Good to Have Skills : Juniper DC/Branches Routers and Switches, Arista DC/Branch Routers and Switches, Cisco DC/Branches Routers & Switches, NetScaler LoadBalancer, NICE Contact Center, F5 Load Balancer, Google Cloud Platform Infra Services, CUCM