Senior Network Engineer

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Stockport, Cheshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Appliances • Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will design, implement, and manage global networks, ensuring security and scalability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

Build a career powered by innovations that matter!  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and managing the Novanta global networks, including WAN, Cloud interconnects, and branch office networks. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring that network services are built using robust, secure, and scalable best practices.  

Business Overview

Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations. Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing. The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Primary Responsibilities:

Design and Deployment: 

  • Plan, analyze, and design enterprise-scale network solutions. 

  • Deploy and configure various enterprise grade hardware firewalls. 

  • Develop and enforce security policies, procedures, and standards. 

  • Proficient with network firewall and Network Segmentation frameworks. 

  • Experience designing and deploying NAC solutions. 

Network Management: 

  • Maintain and optimize existing Branch and Cloud network Infrastructure. 

  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure efficient resource utilization. 

  • Experience with designing, building and managing Cloud Interconnects and VPN solutions for Hybrid cloud workloads. 

  • Experience managing ISP vendors in support of global backbone. 

Operations: 

  • Highly Proficient with layer 3 routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF. 

  • In-Depth understanding of TCP/IP, and layer 4-7 protocols. 

  • In-Depth understanding of DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP management). 

  • Monitor network performance, metrics, and KPI’s. 

  • Act as escalation point for teams within IT and Operations. 

  • Work with 3rd parties to design and implement business initiatives. 

  • Knowledge and experience with Atlassian JIRA for agile deployment methodologies. 

  • JIRA for ticketing & change management 

  • Strong troubleshooting ability and comfortable working independently when required. 

Certifications: 

  • Professional Certifications such as CCNP or CCNA. 

 

 

Documentation and Collaboration: 

  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures. 

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, and network engineers. 

  • Familiar with JIRA and Confluence for planning and implementation 

 

Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. 

 

Cisco Skills: 

  • Cisco Security Products 

  • Cisco Meraki switching & AP’s 

  • Cisco Secure access

Palto Network Skills

  • Panorama management 
  • PAN Next-Gen Firewalls

Alto Network Skills

    • Highly Proficient with layer 3 routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF. 
    • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Python, and PERL). 

    • Strong understanding of networking & security concepts, as well compliance. 

    • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 

    • Strong verbal and written communication skills. 

    Benefits: 

    • Competitive salary and benefits package. 

    • Opportunities for professional growth and certification. 

    • Work in a collaborative and innovative environment. 

    If you’re passionate about cloud infrastructure, enjoy solving complex challenges, and want to contribute to cutting-edge solutions, we encourage you to apply for this exciting role! 

    Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

    Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.

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    Palo Alto Networks
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    The Company
    Manchester
    2,075 Employees

    What We Do

    Novanta delivers innovations that matter for its medical and advanced industrial OEM customers. If you have a passion for solving complex technical problems that lead to breakthrough performance and that enhance people's lives, come join our growing team. Here is a sample of the many exciting applications we serve: • Innovations that ensure the safety of patients and efficient workflows in hospitals using our novel RFID technology • Innovations in additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D metal printing, using our lightning fast lasers and laser beam steering sub-systems • Innovations in minimally invasive surgery using our highly reliable insufflators, pumps and visualization systems • Innovations in robotics and automation using our precision motors, encoders and drives for superior accuracy • Innovations in smartphone production using our fast, accurate lasers and laser beam steering equipment along with our precision motion systems The driving force behind our growth is the team of talented professionals who share our commitment to our values, and our passion for innovation and for our customers’ success. Novanta has deep expertise in precision medicine and manufacturing, medical solutions, and robotics and automation: Precision Medicine and Manufacturing: • Continuous wave, ultrafast and CO2 lasers, along with laser beam steering components and sub-systems Brands: ARGES, Cambridge Technology, Laser Quantum, Synrad Medical Solutions: Minimally Invasive Surgery: • Insufflators, pumps and disposable tube sets; medical visualization systems, video processing and wireless imaging Brands: NDS, Med X Change, Reach Technology, WOM Detection & Analysis: • RFID readers, machine vision solutions, barcode scanning, light and color measurement Brands: JADAK Robotics and Automation: • Motors, encoders, servo drives, air bearing systems and integrated mechatronic solutions Brands: ATI, Celera Motion (inc. Applimotion, Ingenia, MicroE, Zettlex, Westwind)

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