Network Engineer 3

2 Months ago • 4-6 Years
Network Engineering

Job Description

As a Network Engineer 3 in the Global Network Services team, you will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and optimizing regional/local network infrastructure. This role ensures high network performance and reliability, delivering critical network services to meet business goals. Key responsibilities include planning, building, and managing complex LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure, troubleshooting network issues, aligning with global standards, and ensuring proper network monitoring. You will also partner with security teams to address vulnerabilities and collaborate with vendors and other IT functional teams on projects and maintenance activities.
Good To Have:
  • Good understanding of network design practices from small office to large campus.
  • Proactive and resourceful.
  • Familiar with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
  • Technical certification such as CCNA or equivalent is preferred.
Must Have:
  • Provide support to plan, build, and manage complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure.
  • Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance, speed and connectivity.
  • Troubleshoot network issues including BGP, OSPF, VLAN, Spanning Tree, WAN, network hardware/software, wireless etc.
  • Align with Global Network Services team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into local site network builds.
  • Ensure local/regional network infrastructure is properly monitored.
  • Act as point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements.
  • Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard.
  • Interact/communicate with vendors, service providers, peers, stakeholders, and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems.
  • Plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities.
  • Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams.

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Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

You will be part of our Global Network Services team responsible for implementing, maintaining, and optimizing our regional/local network infrastructure, ensuring high network performance/reliability, and delivering critical network services to meet business goals.

Key responsibilities:

  • Provide support to plan, build, and manage complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure.
  • Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance, speed and connectivity.
  • Troubleshoot network issues including BGP, OSPF, VLAN, Spanning Tree, WAN, network hardware/software, wireless etc.
  • Align with Global Network Services team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into local site network builds.
  • Ensure local/regional network infrastructure is properly monitored. Act as point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements.
  • Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard.
  • Interact/communicate with vendors, service providers, peers, stakeholders, and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems.
  • Plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities.
  • Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams.

Qualifications

PREFERRED:

  • Minimum 4 - 6 years professional experience in Network Routing, Switching, Wireless, and Network Security.
  • Good understanding of network design practices from small office to large campus.
  • Hands-on experience and knowledge in networking technologies/solutions including BGP, OSPF, HA, VLAN, Spanning Tree, EtherChannel, QoS, WAN, etc.
  • Good understanding of data center networking technologies and solutions including Cisco/Arista switches, WAN routers, structured cabling etc.
  • Good understanding of network utility services including TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, SNMP, SYSLOG, etc.
  • Proactive and resourceful.
  • Familiar with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
  • Technical certification such as CCNA or equivalent is preferred.

SKILLS

  • Good communication skills on technical and non-technical concepts.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish professional working relationships with varying levels of both business and technical personnel.
  • Excellent documentation skills that can clearly articulate technical designs, issues and constraints, procedures, and network assessments.
  • Good project management, analytical and problem determination/resolution skills.

Additional Information

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that Western Digital and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests, please report it immediately to Western Digital Ethics Helpline or email compliance@wdc.com.

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