Sr Industrial Network Engineer

You will support the business by providing advanced network engineering expertise for industrial networks in approx. 20 CertainTeed roofing factories in North America. This position will be accountable for building Industrial Network Standards to be applied to factory industrial networks. This will require detailed assessment of current state and the ability to develop a gap analysis and roadmap to include budgeting. This position entails the design and solution implementation, management, troubleshooting support, of factory industrial OT networks on the floor, including servers, switches, HMI industrial PC’s and numerous PLC’s.

This will include analyzing existing network infrastructure, identify weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and IT policy compliance issues. Suggest, develop, design, and implement solutions with a focus on reliability in close collaboration with the central IT/OT Team.

Work closely with the factories to prepare and submit capital expenditure requests for major improvement projects.

You will build and maintain highly-detailed network documentation including network diagrams and architectural assessments for support, audit, compliance and disaster recovery purposes.

Develop capabilities in the factories by providing training of network troubleshooting for existing plant technical resources including automation and controls engineers and maintenance technicians.

In this position, you will be responsible for production support and business issue resolution. In order to do this effectively, you will be the first contact for end user technical inquiries and network issues and will work directly with the central IT/OT Team in problem analysis and customer concerns.

You will collaborate with Engineering and Developers/Data Architects to provide an overarching data structure strategy for ISA95 type infrastructure as an example as well as change management, security measures, and information architecture implementation for data collection solutions & environments.

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10 years prior experience in this field.

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Valid CCNP certification is preferred, valid CCNA certification is required.

Thorough knowledge and experience of specifying, designing, implementing and maintaining equipment for industrial and business networking, servers, firewalls, switches, PC’s.

Direct knowledge and experience with VMware products and solutions.

Experience designing and installing network switch and cabling infrastructure. To aid in design, CAD experience is a plus.

Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.

Comfortable working in an industrial plant manufacturing environment.

Aptitude or interest in learning more about industrial HMI and PLC Programming / Troubleshooting. No previous experience in this area is absolutely required.

Highly self-motivated and directed.

Attention to detail.

Strong project management skills with excellent written and verbal skills

Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Knowledge of Cisco routers, switches and firewalls

Wi-Fi technologies (802.11) using Cisco and/or Aruba controllers and APs

Load balancing and application acceleration technologies

Dynamic routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and RIP

VPN protocols including IPSec, SSL and TLS

VoIP protocols including SIP, H.323, H.248 and RTP

Packet-level capture and traffic analysis tools such as Wireshark and/or tcpdump

Crafting and configuring QoS

Ability and willingness to achieve and maintain relevant certifications and accreditations and remain up to date with related industry standards and trends.

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At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

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We provide unique options to fit your unique lives! Our Total Rewards Program is customizable to accommodate your needs. Our menu of flexible options includes, but is not limited to:

Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental

Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program

Financial Security: Competitive 401(k), Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)

Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career

Pet Insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for your furry friends

Employee Recognition Programs PerkSpot: Our exclusive one-stop online discount marketplace

LiveWell: Rewarding you for living a healthy lifestyle

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Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.

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