Network Engineer, Team Lead

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Kindeva Drug Delivery

Kindeva Drug Delivery is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides emergency and life-saving medicines to commercial and government customers. Kindeva was recently divested from a large corporate parent and is poised for a growth journey. This journey recognizes the need to make strategic investments and expand our IT team.

As a Network Engineer, Team Lead you will help manage the daily operations and support of Kindeva’s network infrastructure team. You will be part of a team providing daily operational support, administration, troubleshooting, configuration, patching, disaster recovery and performance management of enterprise-wide data and voice technologies that includes IP routing, switching, WIFI and security systems.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Team leader for the Global Network Infrastructure team, managing day to day task coordination in support of the Kindeva Network Architecture
• Act as architect and lead support engineer for enterprise networking environments (i.e., Cisco routing, switching, WIFI, Azure Cloud and security technologies)
• Coordinate installation, build, and verification of core, edge, and access network infrastructure according to best practices.
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity, Systems Architecture, and IT SMEs to design and optimize infrastructure and reference standards for operations, support, and resiliency.
• Ensures proper maintenance of voice and data networking documentation (work instructions, IT technical guides, verification reports, architecture diagrams) and procedures (SOPs, build standards, change-management).
• Maintains technical competency through research and training; remains current in technology advances and industry best practices relative role scope and system operations.
• Ensures periodic assessments of local site networking infrastructure are executed and planned upgrades are completed.
• Effectively communicates and coordinates technical response with IT Service Delivery Manager and IT Technical SMEs during major incidents / unplanned outages and planned outages.
• Maintains infrastructure inventory/assets and related configurations; drive alignment and corrections to standards and tools (eg. Configuration Management).
• Participates in local change advisory teams and coordinates and communicates changes with key stakeholders. Has deep understanding and appreciation for change management processes and documentation practices.
• Escalates and works with IT senior management to help resolve complex issues related to networking infrastructure.

What You Can Expect From Us

• Strong, patient, and supportive IT Team that is always willing to help and has your back.
• Plenty of opportunities to learn new IT technologies and processes.
• Flexibility to take on new tasks, new learning and propose new projects or ways to work.
• Support for technical skill development.
• A lot of fun conversations with IT team members and co-workers.
• Single commitment to customers and patients we serve.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must Haves

• Proficient in English
• Due to statutory requirements, must be a US Person as defined by the US Department of State.
• Minimum Bachelors degree in IT related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Cisco switches/routers - 2900, 3750X stack, 3900, Meraki, etc.
• 4+ years infrastructure build, design, and support – including ITIL processes.
• 2+ years in a working supervisory or managerial role guiding day to day activities for a technical team
• Cisco certifications CCT, CCNA or other relevant network certifications.

Nice to Haves

• ITIL Certification
• Dynamic routing protocol configuration - EIGRP/OSPF/BGP.
• Cisco ASA firewall or Checkpoint firewall experience.
• Site-to-site VPN tunnel, Palo Alto Global Protect, Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN.
• Cisco Wireless - 5500 series controllers and APs.
• Cisco Firepower IDS/IPS or other IDS/IPS technology.
• Management of IP addressing scheme.
• Experience working in small-medium enterprise (1000-2000 employees).
• SolarWinds Orion administration and configuration.
• Telecommunications experience.
• Background in scripting languages, Perl, PowerShell, or other.
• Certificate management.
• Proofpoint Email Protection and Enterprise Archive.
• Palo Alto Private Access and Internet Access (or similar remote access and webgateway solutions)

California residents should review our Notice for California Employees and Applicants before applying.

Covid-19:
Safety for our employees and our communities is a key priority for Kindeva Drug Delivery. Kindeva encourages everyone who can get vaccinated to get vaccinated.

Our Covid-19 task force monitors the external environment and will continue to evaluate our policies and procedures.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Kindeva Drug Delivery is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.