Network Administrator IV

Ahold Delhaize USA; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A seasoned IT professional at Ahold Delhaize USA will own key segments of the enterprise network, deploying upgrades, tuning performance, and mentoring team members. You will coordinate changes with vendors to ensure SLA, security, and architectural alignment.

Responsibilities include incident resolution, automation, collaboration on releases, and maintaining documentation to support operations. Strong storage, scripting, and monitoring skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years SAN/NAS administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with at least one major storage vendor platform and backup solutions.
• Strong zoning/masking, multipathing, and performance analysis skills.
• Experience automating tasks with scripting.
• Proficiency with monitoring tools and ITSM processes.
• Ability to lead complex changes and mentor colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and upgrade enterprise network infrastructure (switches, routers, WLAN controllers/APs, SD WAN edges, load balancers).
• Tune network performance and availability using telemetry, synthetic tests, and capacity trends.
• Resolve complex incidents and eliminate recurring issues through problem management.
• Automate routine configuration and validation tasks; contribute modules/playbooks to shared libraries.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product on releases, maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate planned and unplanned changes, providing status, impact, and remediation clearly.
• Validate compliance with operational metrics, SLAs, and architecture standards; report gaps and actions.
• Oversee day to day vendor/carrier tasks and verify service credits or escalations when needed.
• Maintain current diagrams, asset records, and knowledge articles to support consistent operations.
• Guide junior team members through complex changes and incident handling.
• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.

Skills

SAN/NAS administration

Scripting for automation

Monitoring tools

Leadership / mentoring

Communication skills

ITSM processes

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Engineering

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Backup solutions

Job description

Category/Area of Expertise: IT & Technology

Job Requisition: 537456

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive

Store Code: Infrastructure - Network (5118716)

A seasoned contributor who owns key segments of the enterprise network. Executes major upgrades, tunes performance, improves observability, and mentors others. Coordinates change communications and partners with vendors to ensure delivery aligns to SLAs, security standards, and architecture patterns.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy and upgrade enterprise network infrastructure (switches, routers, WLAN controllers/APs, SD WAN edges, load balancers).
• Tune network performance and availability using telemetry, synthetic tests, and capacity trends.
• Resolve complex incidents and eliminate recurring issues through problem management.
• Automate routine configuration and validation tasks; contribute modules/playbooks to shared libraries.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product on releases, maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communicate planned and unplanned changes, providing status, impact, and remediation clearly.
• Validate compliance with operational metrics, SLAs, and architecture standards; report gaps and actions.
• Oversee day to day vendor/carrier tasks and verify service credits or escalations when needed.
• Maintain current diagrams, asset records, and knowledge articles to support consistent operations.
• Guide junior team members through complex changes and incident handling.
• May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent years of work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in SAN/NAS administration within enterprise environments.
• Proficiency with at least one major storage vendor platform and enterprise backup solutions.
• Strong skills in zoning/masking, multipathing, and performance analysis.
• Experience automating operational tasks using scripting tools.
• Proficiency with monitoring tools and ITSM/ticketing processes.
• Ability to lead complex changes and mentor less experienced team members.
• Effective communication and problem solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to cloud interconnects, zero trust segmentation, and NAC platforms.
• Experience with load balancers (L4-L7) and global traffic management.
• Certifications: CCNP (or equivalent), Aruba/Juniper/Extreme Professional, ITIL Foundation.

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.

Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.

We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.