Senior Network Architect

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Information Technology (IT) at Procter & Gamble is where business, innovation and technology integrate to create a competitive advantage for P&G.  Our mission is clear -- we deliver IT to help P&G win with the over 5 billion consumers we serve worldwide.  Our IT professionals are diverse business leaders who apply IT mastery to deliver game-changing, technology-driven business models and capabilities for our 65 iconic, trusted brands.

From Day 1, you’ll be trusted to dive right in, take the lead, use your initiative, and build billion-dollar brands that help make everyday activities easier and make the world a better place. You’ll be doing meaningful work that takes your career places you never imagined. And you’ll do this in creative workspaces where new ideas flourish and where your technical mastery is recognized and rewarded.

The Opportunity

Procter & Gamble is seeking a highly skilled Network Architect with focused expertise in wireless, and the ability to support LAN, SDWAN, and network security to help drive innovation and transformation for the global enterprise network. Join a team of professionals motivated by advanced technologies, serving as a catalyst for change, and identifying and aligning technology solutions to help support business opportunities.

Position Responsibilities

• Architect repeatable, reliable, and scalable solutions with fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery
• Lead creation of network infrastructure designs, configurations, standards and documentation to effectively deliver network solutions
• Lead lifecycle management process to ensure clearly defined roadmaps for new technology solutions ensuring seamless transformation and adoption by the business
• Define and document technical requirements for new capabilities, working with key suppliers to solution, build and lab certify ensuring compliance with all functional, operational and business objectives. Develop proposals and communicate outcomes that address business value/risk and gain stakeholder approval.
• Collaborate closely with peer IT organizations helping to influence, guide and direct technical outcomes, ensuring mutual strategy alignment.
• Serve as the highest escalation point for critical and/or chronic incidents, provide subject matter leadership to Operations, helping to restore service.
• Contribute to the definition and creation of new tools and automation capabilities, driving software defined capabilities that improve outcomes, minimizing risk, and promote agility.
• Provide training and technical leadership to all key stakeholder organizations ensuring successful knowledge transfer, and the ability to be self-sufficient in support of their primary roles.
• Act a Lead/Contributor on key network projects, representing the organization and working closely with Project Managers, Operations, Business Units, Suppliers, Peer Organizations and IT stakeholders
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule in Cincinnati, OH based office

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Engineering, other technical/IT field, or 10+ year relevant network experience
• 9+ years of network design or implementation experience, working across wide range of telecommunication technologies. Must have expertise in architecting solutions for wireless, routing & switching, SDWAN, and LAN
• Knowledge of networking infrastructure suppliers and service offerings including Cisco, Viptela, F5 Networks, HP, Zscaler, Palo Alto
• Working knowledge of network features and protocols such as 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax , 802.1x PEAP/EAP-TLS, RADIUS/CoA, Wireless RF, spanning tree, TCP/IP/V4/V6, SIP, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, 802.1Q trunking, MLS, HSRP, GLBP, VSS/VSL, QoS, Multicast, IPSEC, RADIUS/TACACS+, SNMP, NTP, and HTTP
• Knowledge of Carrier Services including WAN Circuits, MPLS, VPNS, VRFs, DWDM, Frame Relay, Point to Point, OCx, DS3, E/T1s

Preferred:

• 1 or more Certifications - CCDA, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, SUSE, JNCIE, JNCIA, JNCP, ACE
• Experience with applications and services such as; Cisco ACS/ISE, Ansible, CA Spectrum /eHealth, EMC Smarts, Cisco Prime, Solarwinds, InfoBlox, ServiceNow, Wireshark, and Splunk
• Expertise within Cisco IOS/NXOS, Linux, Unix, Code writing, and Microsoft operating systems
• Familiarity with IT governance standards and compliance including ITIL, PCI, and SOC
• Experience in standard load balancer design, SSL termination, and overall application/solution design (L4-7)

Pay Range: $150k – $190k

Compensation for roles at P&G varies depending on a wide array of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, degree/credentials, relevant skill set, and level of relevant experience. At P&G compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Total rewards at P&G include salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits.  Your recruiter may be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the hiring process.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Procter & Gamble participates in e-verify as required by law.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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