Senior Network Reliability Engineer

Job Title: Senior Network Reliability Engineer

GCL: D2

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to influence the future of network technology and drive innovation at AstraZeneca? As a Senior Network Reliability Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in implementing, operating, and optimizing network products that are crucial to our strategic vision. Collaborate with multi-functional teams, including Cyber Security, Cloud, and Workplace Enterprise Services, to deliver durable and resilient network services. Join us in a Scaled Agile operating model and be part of a team that accelerates change and enhances the client experience.

Accountabilities:

In collaboration with partners, ensure technology-based solutions are supported by the right architectures, systems, and operating models.

Drive projects, operations, optimization, automation, and security within Network Services.

Partner with cross-technology teams to innovate and deploy Next Gen Wireless Network, LAN/WAN, Cloud, Security, and collaboration technology solutions.

Understand evolving work trends in design, engineering, and modeling applications to support network infrastructure.

Participate in a NetDevOps operating model to expedite change delivery.

Engage in service improvement activities and ensure accurate completion.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Own network implementation, operations, reliability and processes, crafting the crucial link between AZ strategic vision into Network solution engineering.
• Proficiency in one or more technology domains, may be cross-domain expert to able to solve complex and critically important problems within a business or across the firm.
• Perform regular audits to identify and remediate network risks or issues proactively.
• Evaluate all business requirements and identify solutions how the different elements of business, information, and technology can be applied to solve a specific problem.
• Influence portfolio investments for key technology solutions in line with our strategic roadmaps.
• Ensure network operational support at scale for Block, Object and File both on-prem and in the public cloud.
• Work with automation team to design, code, test and deliver software to automate repetitive and manual operational work.
• Solve priority incidents, engage and facilitate blameless postmortems and ensure permanent closure of incidents.
• Help develop software for reliability and scale, ensuring minimal refactoring or changes.
• Successful execution of infrastructure weekend changes in product and environment.
• Identify gaps between applicable requirements and current procedures/controls, Drive resolution of mitigating controls.
• Develop and implement solutions that strengthen business operating models, enhance the client experience, and improve efficiency and controls.
• Work with business partners to design and implement enhancements to existing processes and/or business applications, introduce new processes and/or toolsets, and engage in process re-engineering.
• Expertise in preparing high quality CRD, HLD and LLD design documents.
• Experience in sequencing the activities, scheduling the tasks, and preparing project plan.
• Experience in planning and conducting vigorous wireless network tests and generating a detailed test reports from performance, security, scale and resiliency point of view.
• Design and implementation of wireless solution in multi-tenant environment.
• Good knowledge on public cloud connectivity Cloud exchange, direct connect, Express route to Public Cloud provides.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• CCIE/CCNP or equivalent certification with Minimum 10 years of relevant working experience, with the last 5 years in large-scale network architecture design implement and support network deployment, implementation, and operations.
• TOGAF or equivalent and ITIL certifications are added advantage.
• Excellent communications skills, with the ability to explain complex technological ideas and concepts in a way that is understandable to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to analyze and resolve project-related issues.
• Ability to work in a high paced environment, be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize, and prioritize work.
• Significant experience working with vendors, professional services, and providers.
• Automation first attitude.
• Must have in-depth and technical hands-on experience in one or more of the following capabilities SD-WAN, Wireless, Network Security, DC, Cloud Networking or Network Automation.
• Strong technical knowledge in high availability design, implementation, optimization, and operations.
• Candidate with large enterprise working experience is an added advantage.
• Agile Enterprise mentality.
• Self-starter who continuously develops new skills and proactively leads own career and development.
• Excellent influencing, networking, and collaborative working skills.
• Ability to work well in and lead/collaborate across diverse matrixed global teams.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, our work directly impacts patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower our teams with ground breaking science combined with leading digital technology platforms. With a passion for data analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, we drive cross-company change to disrupt the industry. Here you can innovate freely while being supported by a diverse team committed to making a meaningful impact.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join us on this exciting journey!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.