Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Physical Location: 100 Matsonford Road Location: Corporate Office
Location City: Radnor Department/Function: US Information Systems
State/Territory/Province: US-PA Last updated: 3/8/13 3:27 PM

Description

VWR International, LLC, headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, is a global laboratory supply and distribution company with worldwide sales in excess of $4.1 billion in 2012. VWR enables the advancement of the world's most critical research through the distribution of a highly diversified product line to most of the world's top companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, industrial, educational, governmental and healthcare industries. With 160 years of industry experience, VWR offers a well-established distribution network that reaches thousands of specialized labs and facilities spanning the globe. VWR has over 8,000 associates around the world working to streamline the way researchers across North America, Europe, and Asia stock and maintain their labs. In addition, VWR further supports its customers by providing onsite services, storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems integration and technical services.

In addition to being a part of a global organization, VWR offers its associates competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits designed to help them stay healthy, plan for the future, prepare for the unexpected and balance the demands of work and home. VWR offers an outstanding benefits package that includes a 401(k) plan with a generous company matching contribution; medical, dental and life insurance; short- and long-term disability; EAP (employee assistance program); flexible spending account (FSA); holiday/vacation time; work/life balance programs; and education assistance.

At VWR, our associates are the framework of who we are and how we succeed. We value their accomplishments and offer long-lasting opportunities for growth and success. As a result, a substantial percentage of our associates have 10-, 20- and 30-year histories with VWR. Their loyalty reflects our ongoing commitment to offering great compensation, an engaging culture, and real opportunities for growth and success. VWR is a great place to work and we look forward to adding more outstanding members to our team.

Description:

As a Network Engineer, you will provide operational support for VWR Global Network infrastructure. Drive high levels of quality into the network as a reliable foundation for business application infrastructure. Act as internal consultant and assist with implementation of network design standards on various WAN, LAN, Security and Data Center Projects. Contribute to and make recommendations for compliance and control processes for SOX, PCI, ITIL/Cobit. Contribute to Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning.

Job Responsibilities:

- Understand VWR's business model and how Infrastructure & Operations Support directly influences our capabilities to conduct daily business operations.
- Collaborate with Network Support Team and Contact Center Support Team colleagues on best practice solutions
- Collaborate with all other Infrastructure & Operations Support Teams to ensure high systems availability, capacity and expected levels of performance.
- Practice consistent Change Management, Incident Management and Technology Management and in a professional and effective manner.
- Utilize VWR standard toolsets such as Remedy, Solarwinds, OpNet and others to track, monitor, repair, and improve network services.
- Create high quality network documentation and drawings and practice disciplined version control
- Interact with third party network service providers in a professional manner, ensuring consistent delivery of contracted SLA's.
- Contribute to the development of global, enterprise wide, network standards & solutions
- Validate network architecture & plans meet the short and long term needs of the business
- Continually assess and validate network infrastructure and services to meet Information Security standards
- Monitor industry trends and identify opportunities for new technologies to improve performance, productivity and costs at VWR
- Contribute positively in regular team meetings and project meetings when appropriate
- Adapt to operate effectively with VWR's ways of working
- Contribute positively to the generation and execution of technology roadmaps aligned to business needs

Experience & Skills:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge of WAN/LAN/Firewall/Wireless and Voice communications best practices
- Knowledge of network routing protocols and their use in highly redundant environments
- Detailed Layer 1 through 7 knowledge
- Knowledge of traffic flow analysis
- Packet analysis skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent collaboration skills
- Strong Documentation skills
- Flexible with working hours to accommodate standard change windows
- Participates in on call rotations 1-2 weeks per month
- Bridge builder with other internal IS teams
- Acts professionally at all times with all internal & external customers and vendors
- Vendor management skills a plus

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years' experience working with information technology, with emphasis on wide area and local area data networks.
- Experience in large network environments (more than 1,000 employees) a plus.
- Cisco Network certifications preferred.

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VWR maintains a drug free workplace.