Pfizer

Manager, WAN/DMZ Engineering

Pfizer

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDNSFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformPerlPythonSwitchingTerraform

About the role

  • Gather requirements, engineer WAN-DMZ solutions, and deploy solutions to meet the needs of our business clients
  • Perform coding and scripting tasks to support the network environment
  • Ensure that solutions and services are properly documented and supportable by the Pfizer Network Operations teams
  • Support business case development, secure resources, and project funding to ensure adherence throughout the network Service Life Cycle
  • Assist in the development of network and supporting access architecture/engineering standards and framework to couple with other internal technology standards
  • Design and implement WAN-DMZ and supporting network access solutions for Pfizer’s global network enhancements
  • Support with financial management of annual maintenance and licensing contracts
  • Bi-weekly reporting on Project, Incident, Problem Management, and BAU Service Requests via JIRA/Agile Operating Model
  • WAN-DMZ Engineering Technical: Management of WAN-DMZ assets, both physical and virtual
  • Lifecycle management of deployed infrastructure
  • Function as an escalation point for solutioning and troubleshooting complex incidents
  • Support the evaluation and definition of Wan, DMZ and Cloud design standards, including detailed technical design documents and maintaining physical and logical diagrams
  • Support collaboration efforts in the research, development, and deployment efforts of new WAN/cloud services, technologies and features
  • Support network related infrastructure changes from requirements to implementation, including detailed design, analysis, testing and optimization
  • Develop efficient and resilient network designs to ensure availability to core data centers and cloud services
  • Collaborate with cross-organizational teams, FW engineering, Network Operations, Global Information Security, DDI engineering to develop global standards
  • Install and configure network hardware and software in accordance with design standards and change management procedures
  • Identify inaccurate support documentation and assist with associated updates
  • Identify continual service improvement opportunities and assist with implementing associated changes
  • Remain current on new network technologies, products, and services – including micro-segmentation deployment, profiling and adaptive policy zero-trust network access
  • Provide input to the development of the long-term strategy for WAN-DMZ services globally
  • Identify potential opportunities to automate Network Operational processes, including elimination toil and risk
  • Assist in the development of an automation framework to couple with other internal technology standards, including tool discovery, selection, and implementation
  • Assist in design and implementation of automation solutions for Pfizer’s global network enhancements
  • Assist, in an SME role, in the creation and on-going maintenance of a development operations and automation teams
  • Support the development of complex automation solutions to work with existing and new network technologies such as switches, routers, and firewalls
  • Maintain design and support documentation
  • Identify potential opportunities to automate Network Operational processes, including elimination of toil and risk
  • Integrate network function (e.g. DNS and DHCP) provisioning into software engineering pipelines, including Native Cloud platforms and services
  • Programmatically analyze network incidents and develop automated solutions for close loop remediation

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Computer Science/Engineering
  • 4+ years of experience in a Technology role
  • Design, manage, and troubleshoot complex large-scale networks
  • Associate level Industry certifications (CCNA, DEVASC, CCSA, or equivalent expertise)
  • Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving and troubleshooting ability
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision
  • Experience with Cisco/Meraki/Aruba network technologies, Cisco Viptela SDWAN
  • Experience with Cloud services and technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, Aviatrix)
  • Professional level Industry certifications (CCNP, CCSE, CISSP, or equivalent expertise)
  • Strong coding and scripting Experience (Terraform, Python, Perl, etc)