Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.

Global Reach with a Local Touch

140+ years serving healthcare
Over 14,000 teammates worldwide
Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries
Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland
40+ distribution centers
Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings
1,000 branded medical product suppliers
4,000 healthcare partners served

Job Description

The Sr Network Engineer will work within a global Network Services team in a Fortune 500 company. This is a global Sr Network Engineer role, responsible but not limited to operation, design, implementation, analytics, performance control and technical guidance in all network systems supporting efficient network communication operation. The Sr Network Engineer will ensure compliance to established system architecture, regulations and security policies, follow standards and best practices, and author and maintain support documentation. The Sr Network Engineer will work in all areas of networking ranging from routing, switching, load balancing, wireless network, SDWAN, VPN, MPLS, IP management and addressing (i.e. DHCP, DNS, IPAM, etc.), and network security. This job requires extensive knowledge and experience dealing with implementation and issue resolution of Juniper SDWAN, F5, Palo Alto Networks firewall, Cisco Meraki, Cisco and other network systems and technologies.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Advanced knowledge with an array of network services including Juniper SDWAN, routing, switching, load balancing, firewall, wireless network, VPN, MPLS and network security.
Complex problem resolution skills relating to network connectivity and application inter-operability.
implements, documents network services per solution design.
Monitor, analyze, and report capacity of Network solution system utilization and perform growth analysis/capacity planning.
Work closely with Server, and other Infra teams.
Function as a Tier-2 escalation point during major outages or critical downtime windows.
Ensure Network regulations, security and legal requirements are maintained globally.
Document enterprise network infrastructure components.

Operational Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have very high levels of visibility when requests are made by the organization. These requests are commonly unplanned, urgent, and critical in nature. This senior resource will need to provide escalation level support when lower levels of the organization are unable to progress or need guidance. Mentorship overall is expected out of this role to ensure technical teams are comprehending complex solutions and the operational impact.

Core Job Requirements:

Essential Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or comparable discipline or equivalent work experience.
10+ years of experience in Information Technology in the management, configuration, modification, installation, and evaluation of network systems hardware and software.
8+ years of experience in a global enterprise environment (MUST).
Excellent hands-on experience on Juniper product line, MX Series, EX series, and SSRs. Expertise using these products through CLI interface & GUI.
Work experience with Network operating systems such as Junos, Cisco IOS, F5.
JunOS (Advanced), Cisco IOS (Advanced), F5 (Advanced),
Excellent BGP / SDWAN protocols understanding, configuration and troubleshooting skills.
BGP (Advanced), OSPF (Advanced), SDWAN (Advanced)
Good hands-on experience on Juniper Mist and Apstra.
Experience deploying QoS, MPLS, L2VPN's and L3VPN's.
Able to troubleshoot layer 2-7 issues.
Familiar with Data Center Architecture - Network, Servers, Storage.
Ability to work on a heterogeneous network consisting of different hardware manufacturer.
Strong vendor management.
JNCIS Certification Preferred.
Experience with Windows and Linux will be a plus point.
Must be able to work occasional weekends and after hours.
Must be able to travel domestically and internationally (20%).
Automation and scripting skills are a plus.
Network monitoring experience at tool deployment, configuration, and turn over to operations management.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

Excellent organizational skills and solid team player.
Solid analytical skills to troubleshoot high level, complex technical problems.
Able to work with little to no guidance.
Excellent verbal, written, and communication, able to communicate to both technical and non-technical people.
Maintain a high degree of professionalism and integrity.

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

Senior Network Engineer