Director - Network Architecture - Procter & Gamble

Job Location

Cincinnati

Job Description

Information Technology at Procter & Gamble is where business, innovation and technology integrate to build 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 expertise to deliver innovative, tech-focused 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! Our company offers purposeful work that will take your career places you never envisioned, in creative workspaces where innovation thrives and where your technical expertise is recognized and rewarded.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Architect with focused expertise in wireless, capable of support within LAN, SDWAN, and network security to help drive innovation and transformation for the global enterprise network! Join a team of experts motivated by sophisticated technologies. Serve as a catalyst for change in 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 leadership approval.
• Partner with peer IT organizations helping to influence, guide and direct technical outcomes, ensuring mutual strategy alignment.
• Serve as the SME for critical and/or chronic incidents, provide subject matter leadership to Operations, helping to restore service.
• Engage in the definition and generation of new tools and automation capabilities, driving software defined capabilities that improve outcomes, minimizing risk, and promote agility.
• Deliver training and technical leadership to all key partner organizations ensuring successful knowledge transfer
• 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 partners
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule in Cincinnati, OH based office

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Engineering, other technical/IT field, OR 10+ years relevant network experience
• 9+ years experience designing and implementing networks, 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 services - Cisco, Viptela, F5 Networks, HP, Zscaler, Palo Alto
• Proficiency in network features and protocols including:
• 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:

• Certifications - CCDA, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, SUSE, JNCIE, JNCIA, JNCP, ACE
• Experience with 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 OS
• Familiarity with IT governance standards and compliance
• 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 equal opportunity factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, degree/credentials, relevant skills, and level of 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.

Our company is 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.

Immigration Sponsorship is not available for this role. For more information regarding who is eligible for hire at P&G along with other work authorization FAQ’s, please click HERE.

P&G 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 job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000111058

Job Segmentation

Experienced Professionals (Job Segmentation)

Starting Pay / Salary Range

$150,000.00 - $190,000.00 / year