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ThermoFisher Scientific Network/Telecom Engineer III in Lagunilla, Costa Rica

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As a member of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do exciting work! Join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best! With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.

This is a Network Engineering position that will help drive our network infrastructure technology to be more reliable and robust. The Network Engineer will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of technical management and operational practices to develop the technical strategy used to improve the network globally. The candidate will collaborate with technical SMEs, architecture, and vendors to maintain and grow the company network. The role will support in developing diagnostic and scripts, and validate new solutions required to support our ecosystems of manufacturing and research locations worldwide.

This role will be a key part of a multifunctional team that designs, supports, secures, and maintains the underlying network infrastructure.

A day in the life of:

  • Maintain and improve a global network environment that includes routers, switches, firewalls, SD-WAN devices, wireless controllers and load balancers.

  • Find opportunities to improve the corporate network by looking at the root cause of the problems

  • Collaborate with the network SMES on optimization initiatives

  • Document the current state of the network with granular detail

  • Deliver mentorship and direction to lower level engineers and peer support groups

  • End to end coordination with our vendors and providers for issue resolutions

  • Drive quality into the metrics we report , including measurement of issues, network capacity, vendor equipment/failures analysis and network performance, as well as continual assessment of the quality and effectiveness of network monitoring and alerting.

  • Responsible for documenting system maintenance, enhancements and performance for effective network operations and management

  • Find opportunities for automatio n and own these initiatives till completion in collaboration with respective SMEs and programmers

  • Guide our customers and colleagues on Global Network engagement and ITIL processes

  • Participate in technology trainings provided by SMEs and/or vendors

How will you get there?

  • BA/BS education and/or 5-7 years of work experience in network engineering and operations is preferred

  • Experience with Cisco and Arista or Fortinet or F5 products and services

  • Automation related programming skills (Python or similar) is a nice to have

  • Good understanding of Networking and Security standards, practices and methods.

  • Solid grasp of SD-WAN management is a plus

  • Understanding and experience of cloud computing specifically relating to networks, including AWS and/or Azure is an advantage

Tool & Technology Skills

  • Telco: WAN, LAN, Wireless

  • OSS/BSS: Service Now, Jira

  • Network Switching, Routing, Security, Cloud

  • Product: Cisco, Fortinet, F5, Silver Peak SDWAN, Arista, Clearpass, OperGear, Meraki, AWS, Azure

  • Automation: Python, API, Service Orchestration

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good customer service skills, and a demonstrable ability to work with various teams.

  • Be a self-motivated, highly ethical individual with a demonstrated ability to work as independently as well as with a team.

  • Be eager to learn new technologies and develop your skills

  • Develop relationships with our clients, engineering, and peer management teams, and effectively navigate across the organization

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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