Data Network Engineer

Requisition Number: 66357

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies.  Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes.  IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

Position Summary:

Configure and support network devices and solutions to align with Corning’s technology standards and meet the connectivity needs of our businesses. We are looking for someone who is excited about networking, use automation on a day-to-day basis and solve complex technical issues while collaborating globally.

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Serve as network subject matter expert, providing technical expertise, design skills, etc.

Support network solutions including routing, switching, SDWAN in Data Center and DMZ environments.

For these services the candidate will be: 

• Deploying, maintaining, and administering network environments, predominantly those in our datacenters and in our distributed sites, including WAN, LAN, network software, hardware, and tools.
• Implement and support Data Center Network LAN distribution, Internet Edge, Cloud Connectivity, and appliances
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware, software, and other network and system problems.
• Participating in root cause analysis on incidents, helping to drive identification of preventative actions meant to ensure problems don’t recur, and delivering on the tasks within those actions.
• Creating, reviewing, updating, and vetting technical functional specification, low-level network solutions design documentation and operations guides/runbooks, ensuring those are complete, correct and kept current

 

Education Requirements:

• 4-year degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience

 

Work Experience:

• 7+ years of experience analyzing requirements for implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting network devices/functions/tools/processes in a large enterprise or Telecommunications environment
• 5+ years performing Data Center and/or WAN network functions in a large, enterprise class environment
• 3+ years supporting large, enterprise class datacenter network environments.

 

Required Skills:

• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network or network security infrastructure devices.
• Solid working knowledge and experience managing network infrastructure and network hardware including several of the following – Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Infoblox, and VeloCloud.
• Deep understanding of networking protocols, including IPsec, MACsec, HSRP, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, QoS, 802.x and public/private key encryption
• Practical knowledge of TACACS, AAA, DDI, IPsec, 802.x, and public/private key encryption
• Understanding of and practical knowledge of approaches to network security including packet filtering, access lists, firewalls, WAF, IDS, DDoS mitigation techniques
• Excellent technical analysis, problem solving, and business relationship skills.
• Ability to think through problems and visua