Senior Network Engineer

Kulicke & Soffa; Fort Washington (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Kulicke & Soffa, located in Fort Washington, PA, seeks a Senior Network Engineer for our Global IT Organization. The role will design, deploy and operate network infrastructure globally, reporting to the Network Manager in Singapore, and ensure high availability and IT security across environments.

The candidate will collaborate with teams and vendors, perform configuration changes on network devices, manage IT projects, and handle incident, change, and problem management while ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale multi-vendor networks including Cisco, Check Point, Palo Alto.
• Strong LAN/WAN troubleshooting and network security practices.
• Familiar with IP routing and switching.
• Experience with network analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to design, deploy, and operate global network infrastructure.
• Work with internal teams and vendors to maintain availability and security.
• Perform scheduled configuration changes on switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, proxies, and wireless devices.
• Manage IT projects and upgrades for network hardware and software.
• Handle incident response, problem management, and change management.
• Ensure security and resiliency of the network platform.
• Identify issues and provide solutions.
• Draw up network status reports.

Skills

Cisco networking

Check Point

Palo Alto

Zscaler

Azure cloud

OCI cloud

LAN & WAN troubleshooting

Network security best practices

IP routing & switching

Network analysis tools

Emergency response/on-call

SD-WAN

Cisco NAC

Python

Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco

Check Point

Palo Alto

Zscaler

Azure

OCI

NAC

SD-WAN

Job description

The Senior Network Engineer in Global IT Organization, will be in Fort Washington site and reporting to Network Manager located in Singapore. This position will manage a portfolio of IT Network and Firewall infrastructure efficiency. This includes providing operational support, ensuring high availability, high IT Security and implement Network and system projects.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with team members to design, deploy, and operate network infrastructure globally.
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams and vendors to design and operate the network (circuit, hardware deployment, project execution, etc.), with a strong focus on maintaining a high level of availability and IT Security for our users.
• Perform scheduled configuration changes on network switches, routers, firewalls, load-balancer, proxy server, and wireless devices.
• To manage IT projects and support infrastructure hardware & software technologies upgrades and system implementation
• To perform network operations and management, including incident response, problem management, and change management.
• To perform operations due diligence and ensure security & resiliency of the network platform.
• Identify network issues and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Dealing with escalated network support issues.
• Drawing up network status reports

Qualification

• Bachelor's degree, in Information Technology, Engineering or related field
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Knowledge of implementing and supporting large scale multi-vendor networks (Cisco, Check Point, Palo Alto, Zscaler, in Azure cloud, in OCI cloud)
• Strong experience with network change management control policies, LAN & WAN troubleshooting skills, and an understanding of network security best practices
• Good understanding of IP routing and switching technologies.
• Familiar with network analysis tools
• High level problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to respond to emergency situations promptly and be able to perform system upgrades or project execution after office hour/weekend where necessary.
• Experience in supporting SD-WAN and Cisco NAC is a plus.
• Proficiency with coding languages (e.g., Python and Perl) is a plus.