Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Job Function

Candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of Abbott\xe2\x80\x99s global manufacturing businesses. This position will serve as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all Abbott manufacturing sites 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 routing, switching, wireless access, firewall controls, and load balancing.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Design large scale site LAN, WLAN including switches, firewalls, and other network related hardware.
• Define requirements in support of budget plans where applicable and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements.
• Defines the architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals.
• Design, execute, support day to day service requests.
• Lead large scale manufacturing network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects.
• Evaluates and identifies opportunities for network performance and functionality improvement within the enterprise network for responsible technologies.
• 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.
• Partners with Abbott\xe2\x80\x99s Cybersecurity organization in conducting security and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.
• Provide technical leadership to network team in the region.
• Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team environment.

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, 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 support of global landscape of the Abbott manufacturing businesses with focus on assigned sites in the region.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends and makes recommendation based on these trends.

Minimum Education & Experience

• Required: Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field \xe2\x80\x93 or combination of experience / education.
• Preferred: MS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications. Active Certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCSE, CCIE.
• 8+ years of Networking experience.
• Multilingual a plus
• Experience in regulated environments a plus

Experience / Training Needed

• 8+ years network experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users.
• 8+ years designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, WLAN, firewalls, monitoring tools, network topologies, load balancing, and WAN acceleration / QoS.
• Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus.

Experience with the following products / environments preferred

• Cisco Routers and Switches
• Cisco/ Viptel SDWAN or SDWAN technologies is a plus
• Riverbed WAN Optimizers
• Cisco ASA
• Check Point Firewalls
• Citrix Netscaler
• F5 Load Balancer (GTM and LTM)
• Zscaler
• Cisco Wireless
• API Based Automation
• Splunk
• Service Now
• Netbrain
• Logic Monitor

The salary for this role is between: N/A

JOB FAMILY: IT Business Relationship Management

DIVISION: GIS Global Information Services

LOCATION: Malaysia
Selangor : Imazium, No. 8, Jalan SS 21/37

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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