Senior Network Engineer

US01 Wolfspeed, Inc.; Durham (NC); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Childcare assistance

Paid parental leave

Continuing education assistance

Descrizione del lavoro

Wolfspeed, Inc. in Durham, NC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and operate our global network infrastructure, implementing security policies and ensuring performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes monitoring, risk management, disaster recovery, and collaboration with executive leadership; extensive experience with Palo Alto firewalls, SD-WAN, and cloud networking is preferred.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree required; 7+ years networking experience with engineering level.
• Expertise in automation to optimize operations and reliability.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to present to leadership.
• Experience with network security, SD-WAN, and modern firewall concepts.

Mansioni

• Design, implementation and evolution of network infrastructure and security policies.
• Engineer operations, monitoring, and proactive solutions to reduce time to repair.
• Monitor devices, firewalls, routers, switches, and related IP services.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to align network with business goals.
• Manage Palo Alto Firewall, wireless, SD-WAN, and related technologies.

Conoscenze

Network experience

Automation oriented

Communication skills

Security policy design

Formazione

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Strumenti

Palo Alto Firewall

SD-WAN

Cloud Networking

IPsec VPN

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Network Engineer At Wolfspeed, we do amazing things in a human way. We know that the achievements of our organization are due to the passion, hard work and creativity of our employees. We celebrate different perspectives to foster excellence across our organization, and our goal is to make diversity a foundation of what we do. We are proudly building an environment where you can bring your authentic self to work. Enjoy doing things that people say can’t be done? Innovation is at the center of everything we do. Hate red tape? We remove roadblocks instead of creating them. Working parent? We provide childcare assistance and paid parental leave. Student? We offer continuing education assistance. Looking for community? There are many ways to get involved, from Employee Resource Groups to local outreach.

Here’s the Gist: IT is looking for an energetic professional to join the IT Network Solutions team. This role will ensure operational performance and service levels are met or exceeded across IT network infrastructure. An ability to think ahead of the curve and understanding of how to manage and prioritize risk (probability vs impact) is critical to the success of Wolfspeed IT Infrastructure and key for this engineer.

The Day-to-Day:

• Design, implementation and effective evolution of network infrastructure and security policies, practices, and standards that ensure effective and consistent network operations.
• Engineer operations and monitoring capabilities, development, design, and implement proactive solutions that reduce time to repair (TTR).
• Responsible for monitoring of network devices, Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Controllers, along IP Services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, IP Management, Server Load Balancing, network elements, etc.
• Serving as a voice for network architecture, design & planning in support of business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Responsible for performance, capacity planning and monitoring of key network service delivery channels, to include network, voice, wireless, internet, extranet, circuit, etc.
• Collaborates with the organization’s executive leadership to develop and meet company goals while supplying expertise and guidance on Network processes, systems and security.
• Manage Palo Alto Firewall, wireless, SDWAN, other network technologies.

This Job is Right for You if You Have (Minimum Requirements):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field experience.
• 7+ years of Network experience with a minimum of 5 years at an engineering level.
• Expertise in driving a culture of automation to optimize operations with a focus on how to improve operational performance, resource utilization, productivity, and reliability along with scalability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience and success in designing, implementing and managing secure networks that employs all modern defenses and capabilities.
• Experience in Software Defined WAN solutions, Hierarchical Enterprise LAN, Low Latency Data Center networks, 802.11 Enterprise Wireless, Cloud Networking, Voice-Over-IP, Network security concepts including Network Access Control, IPsec Tunnels, Client VPN solutions, and Next Generation Firewalls.
• Expertise in establishing strong governance with effective processes, procedures, utilizing key IT service management (ITSM) techniques, policies, along with establishing SLA's, KPIs and other key operational metrics.
• CCNA, CCNP or CCIE certification(s) - a plus.
• PCNSA , PCNSE certifications – a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining both Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategies.
• Experience establishing proactive operations, standardization efforts, and appropriate toolsets with automation and orchestration that will transform much of IT operations in all core areas.
• In-depth experience in ensuring the optimal management of system availability, performance, and capacity management for the core network infrastructure.
• Has established modern monitoring frameworks and toolsets with dashboards, metrics, and reports across all infrastructure and security areas.
• Requires excellent writing skills to support document project plans, procedures, policies and general staff, management and communication.
• Outstanding verbal communication skills; proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Ability to provide consultation and expert advice to management.
• Ability to make informal and formal presentations, inside and outside the organization; speaking before assigned team or other groups as needed.
• Ability to deal with complex difficult problems involving multiple facets and variables in non-standardized situations.
• Risk management and Controls and Compliance skills relative to the operational and engineering responsibilities; ensuring the appropriate risk mitigation tactics are developed and in place.
• Experience in networking, hardware, operating systems, cloud, and enabling technologies such as middleware and databases.
• Experience understanding of the quality assurance, risk management, and security considerations and their impact on overall technology environment.
• Experience with and knowledge of IT outsourcing activities in a managed services environment preferred.
• Experience in business systems and process planning specifically in semiconductor or manufacturing industry preferred.

This role may require additional duties and/or assignments as designated by management.

To put it legally – Wolfspeed is an equal opportunity employer.

We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation and other protected status as required by law.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wolfspeed is a powerhouse semiconductor company focused on silicon carbide and GaN technologies. After more than thirty years of forging new technology adoption and transformation, our Wolfspeed power and radio frequency (RF) semiconductors are leading the industry through unrivaled expertise and capacity.

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