Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position will work out of our Abbott Park(Corporate Office), IL or Columbus, OH or Minneapolis, MN location.
The candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of Abbott’s Global Network Services. This position will serve as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all Abbott network infrastructure including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation/implementation/and support. Responsible for timely interaction with customers of the platform, peer technologists, and senior management.
The ideal candidate will have experience in large enterprise networking including routing, software defined WAN (SD-WAN), data center networking, load balancing, switching, wireless, firewall controls, security infrastructure, remote access connectivity solutions (Cisco AnyConnect, Zscaler ZPA), network segmentation, DHCP/DNS/IPAM, and Zscaler technologies.
What You’ll Work On
The candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of Abbott’s global network services. This position will serve as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all Abbott network infrastructure including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation/implementation/and support. Responsible for timely interaction with customers of the platform, peer technologists, and senior management.
The ideal candidate will have experience in large enterprise networking including routing, software defined WAN (SD-WAN), data center networking, load balancing, switching, wireless, firewall controls, security infrastructure, remote access connectivity solutions (Cisco AnyConnect, Zscaler ZPA), network segmentation, DHCP/DNS/IPAM, and Zscaler technologies.
What You’ll Work On
Design large scale enterprise WAN, SD-WAN including switches, firewalls, and other network related hardware
Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities
Define requirements in support of budget plans and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements
Defines the architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals
Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team environment
Design, execute, support day-to-day service requests
Lead large scale network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects
Design and manage network capacity and performance
Evaluates and identifies opportunities for network performance and functionality improvement within the enterprise network
Participate in the development efforts to bring automation into the network environment
Responsible for compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and industry best practices
Successfully negotiate technical design and deployment strategy with key stakeholder and consumers of the service
Serve as the platform technical subject matter expert and provide consulting support to the business and end-user organizations
Produce and maintain timely, accurate engineering documentation
Design and management of core services such as DHCP, DNS, IP address management and load balancing
Partners with Abbott’s Cybersecurity organization in conducting security and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines
Demonstrates mastery of the concepts and theory of network security, and possess adept knowledge of data networking, including expertise in switching, routing, directory services, and TCP/IP fundamentals
Demonstrates knowledge of encryption protocols, as well as means for compromising systems based on known vulnerabilities
Demonstrates a strong customer centric approach and excellent communications skills
Responsible for the global landscape of the Abbott network and security infrastructure
Keeps abreast of industry trends and makes architecture roadmaps and or recommendation based on these trends
Required Skills and Education:
Required: Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field – or combination of experience / education.
Preferred: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications, Active Certifications (CISSP, CCNP, CCSE, CCIE)
Required experience:
8+ years of Networking experience.
8+ years network experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users including network design
Expertise in designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, SD-WAN, Cisco ISE and identity/authentication solutions, network topologies, load balancing, QoS, WLAN, firewalls, and Cisco ACI
Preferred skills:
*** Experience with the following products / environments preferred:
Cisco Routers and Switches
Cisco SDWAN or SDWAN technologies
Infoblox
LAN, WLAN experience is a plus
Check Point and/or Palo Alto Firewalls
F5 Load Balancer (GTM and LTM)
Zscaler
API Based Automation
Splunk
ServiceNow
Netbrain
Logic Monitor
Data Center technologies such as Cisco ACI, VXLAN is a plus
Intrusion Prevention, Cloud Security (Zscaler and other security solutions), Firewall Monitoring Tools is a plus
Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus
Multilingual is a plus
Experience in regulated environments a plus
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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $97,300.00 – $194,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.