PURPOSE OF THE JOB

 

Owens Corning’s Global Information Services (GIS) provides a technology platform that supports the company’s growing global business needs. The Sr. Infrastructure Engineer - Connectivity is a key member of the Global Infrastructure & Operations (GIO) organization and is responsible for ensuring the performance, implementation, and engineering of connectivity platforms and solutions. This engineer role will focus on partnering across GIS, GIO, and with our operations partner to drive business value through execution and problem-solving.

 

This role focuses on engineering excellence, platform lifecycle management, and proactive improvement initiatives. The Sr. Infrastructure Engineer will play a key role in maintaining platform integrity, supporting project delivery, and driving continuous improvement across enterprise connectivity platforms. This includes core networking platforms and technologies spanning wide area networks (WAN), local area networks (LAN), wireless networks (WiFi), software-defined networking (SDN), IP address management (IPAM), and other key connectivity domains. Additionally, the Senior Engineer plays a key role in collaborating with the Technical Transformation Team and solving highly complex operational connectivity issues.

 

Reports to:                  Leader, GIO Global Connectivity Services

Span of Control:           Individual contributor; vendor management

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies

• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of Owens Corning specific business processes and operations locally and globally
• Build relationships within the organization, cross-functionally, and with key business stakeholders; continuously enhance connection to remain aligned with core objectives
• Understand how IT infrastructure and services are directly aligned with the company's strategic objectives by regularly engaging with vendors and key business stakeholders focused on distributed, enterprise, and cloud technologies and solutions

 

Executing Strategy

Platform Health & Lifecycle Management

• Lead the analysis and resolution of the organization’s most complex connectivity and infrastructure challenges, leveraging deep technical expertise and industry insight
• Oversee and optimize the health, capacity, and performance of all connectivity platforms, proactively identifying and resolving high-complexity technical issues before they impact business operations
• Bring technical expertise to the lifecycle management and architecture of enterprise connectivity environments ensuring state-of-the-art reliability and future scalability
• Develop and communicate advanced platform standards, guiding major upgrades, migrations, and remediation efforts for critical incidents
• Design and implement robust disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for global connectivity platforms

 

Engineering & Optimization

• Architect and execute innovative technical solutions that set new benchmarks for connectivity platform efficiency, security, and performance
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and integration of emerging technologies, automation tools, and best practices for enterprise-scale connectivity environments
• Act as a technical escalation point, owning and resolving the most complicated connectivity incidents and root cause investigations alongside the Service and Operations Team
• Ensure engineering and design rigor in all phases of connectivity platform development and deployment
• Champion the integration of security and compliance requirements into every aspect of platform engineering
• Drive improvements by authoring automation scripts, workflows, and custom solutions for high-value initiatives in coordination with the Enterprise Services Team
• Guide strategic capacity planning and infrastructure optimization through sophisticated analysis of business growth and technology trends

 

Project & Initiative Support

• Act as technical lead and subject matter expert for high-complexity infrastructure projects, setting direction and ensuring technical excellence from conception to delivery for connectivity platforms and services
• Drive the end-to-end design and implement