Job Description

Infrastructure Engineer | Network Services

• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista\xe2\x80\x99s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

We are seeking an experienced Network Infrastructure Engineer to join our Network Hyper-Deployment Squad as part of the Network Orchestration Services Product Line. This position will work closely with the other Product Technical teams within Network and Collaboration Services to align the team\'s efforts with the products strategies and standards and will be responsible for implementation of Network Infrastructure projects and initiatives, specifically in the areas of enterprise network edge, perimeter, and cloud networking solutions. This role requires a skilled individual with broad knowledge across these technologies.Functional ResponsibilitiesThe primary responsibility of the Infrastructure Engineer is to

• Assist in deployments of network infrastructure (site, region, global), onboarding of network devices, ensuring proper configuration, testing, and integration into the existing network infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product Teams including support teams, to ensure seamless deployment of network devices
• Collaborate with Business Technology Partners to assist with business-led initiatives and resolve standard configuration deviations
• Troubleshoot and resolve network deployment issues, leveraging knowledge of network protocols, routing, switching, wireless and security technologies
• Actively learn and stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices in network deployments, device onboarding, and automation
• Assisting in implementing DevOps and Infrastructure as Code principles to achieve velocity, better quality, and predictability in networking through automation
• Contribute to process improvement efforts and opportunities (process efficiency, automation) to adopt best practices and streamline system management and eliminate manual work

Professional Competencies

• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate technical work tasks with others for timely completion and to avoid potential setbacks.
• Demonstrates the ability to adjust work to accommodate sudden task changes and avoid potential threats to meeting task deadlines.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor\'s degree from an accredited educational institution OR equivalent corporate working experience
• Possess over 2 years of hands-on experience in continuous network infrastructure delivery, deployments, or support for mid to large organizations
• Technical proficiency in Network Infrastructure, including LAN, WAN / SD-WAN, Wireless (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, VMware)
• Knowledge of other Network Products - Firewalls (Cisco, Palo Alto), Load-Balancing (F5), Data Centre technologies (Cisco Nexus and ACI), Cloud (AWS, Azure) is an additional advantage
• Having a DevOps mindset with good understanding of DevOps principles, best practices, and tools
• Conceptual knowledge with one or more general purpose programming languages, and markup languages (e.g. Python, XML/JSON/YAML, etc.) is an additional advantage
• Experience with ITSM, ITIL, ServiceNow
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

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