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Whirlpool Corporation Hiring for Lead Network Engineer Job at Benton Harbor, MI Full Time
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Requisition ID: 55990
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is committed to being the best global kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home. In an increasingly digital world, the company is driving purposeful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and Yummly. In 2021, the company reported approximately $22 billion in annual sales, 69,000 employees and 54 manufacturing and technology research centers.
Whirlpool Corporation is consistently recognized by FORTUNE as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Our values are the driving force behind everything we do. Integrity, Respect, Inclusion & Diversity, One Whirlpool, and Spirit of Winning propel our teams to excellence. Get to know us and see what it’s like to be part of a company that is in constant pursuit of improving life at home.
This role in summary
Whirlpool is currently seeking a qualified candidate for the role of Lead Network Engineer. The role will be located at our Global Headquarters in Benton Harbor, MI. Employees in this role can work a hybrid schedule of three core days in office and two days remote. This enables employees to come together to collaborate in-person and gives employees the added flexibility to work remotely. The Lead Network Engineer’s responsibility and overall purpose is to ensure the life, functionality, and growth of the multi-service data network, as well as take a leading role in the design and implementation of network processes and services.
The lead network engineer will drive strategic technology decisions aligned with global business imperatives to ensure the wired, wireless, and WAN performance helps enable results and innovation. The lead network engineer will enable efficiencies and automation around our multi-region cloud network design and connectivity in a way that helps us mature our ability to leverage cloud-native services securely. The lead network engineer will oversee the workflow of service tickets and support processes and delegate these to strategic support suppliers (NOC).
Your responsibilities will include
- Design, implementation, and maintenance of our multi-region, multi-cloud (AWS/GCP) network environment that supports our IaaS VPCs and cloud-native (PaaS) capabilities
- Plan and engineer LAN, WAN, Wireless, Data Center, and other Network Service deployments, including (but not limited to) L2/L3 Switching, BGP and EIGRP Routing, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Load Balancing, IPAM, DNS/DHCP, Firewall, IPSec VPN, SD-WAN and more
- Lead and participate in the design and implementation of network security projects including manufacturing segmentation deployments
- Provide expert trouble resolution for escalated core network issues
- Identify critical network maintenance tasks and create processes to implement
- Evaluate and manage our core network monitoring and diagnostic tools to ensure our NOC has the processes and visibility to proactively support our global network
- Perform after-hours support duties on occasion to sustain networking systems and service levels as well as to implement complex technical changes to support project or operations deployments – 24/7/365
- 5-10% Domestic & International Travel
Minimum requirements
- High School Diploma or GED with 5+year’ experience as a Network/Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer
Preferred skills and experiences
- Bachelor’s Degree
- AWS Certified (Solutions Architect or Advanced Networking)
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification
- Cisco CCNP
- ITIL v3 Foundation Certification
- Knowledge of SD-WAN technologies is a plus
- Knowledge of manufacturing segmentation architectures with deployment experience
- Knowledge of system monitoring and management tools such as Solarwinds
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Analytical skills, experience solving practical issues, and engaging teams of multiple process partners to consensus
- Experience managing third-party vendors both for operations support and project delivery, such as network refresh (life-cycle management) program
- Experience in a Global and International work environment
- Experience designing and implementing connectivity and troubleshooting within AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms. This includes an understanding of the cloud provider platforms, and their native networking services/tools
- Experience with Cisco equipment and operating systems, including configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and support of routers and switche
- Experience conducting short- and long-term planning to meet network requirements
- LAN and WAN protocols and topologies (EIGRP, BGP, MPLS)
- Experience with switching technologies (VLANs, Spanning-Tree, VSS)
- Experience in security technologies including Palo Alto firewalls, VPN and Remote Access
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