Lead Network Engineer - Datacenter

About GlobalFoundries:

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit

Summary of Role:

GlobalFoundries is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Network Engineer to join our Infrastructure Solutions Delivery organization. The ISD organization's primary focus is on building, developing, and delivering infrastructure that effectively addresses business requirements and opportunities, while ensuring a robust, sustainable, and standardized platform for Operations to manage.

Team Objectives:

• Ensure all IT solutions follow agreed architectural methodologies.
• Manage business requirements, contain development costs, and reduce the time to delivery.
• Ensure the quality and security of IT Infrastructure platforms.
• Deploy stable and flexible IT infrastructure enabling easy maintenance and updates for future demand.
• Ensure infrastructure reliability by design, including disaster recovery capabilities.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide Networking Low-Level Design (LLD) input to tactical partners, including updating network drawings in Microsoft Visio for both To Be and As Built network designs for new infrastructure implementations (Compute/VCF/Storage)

• Provide new network configuration requirements for the setup of the VMWare Cloud Foundation, including VLAN, IP, DNS, etc.

• Provide support for all network details required for enterprise storage and compute, including VLANs, DNS, NTP, IP, Netmask, and Gateway.

• Manage ServiceNow Change Requests related to network changes required for enterprise datacenter, ensuring compliance with Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) standards.

• This role will be responsible for the implementation of change, with support of the Network Infrastructure Delivery organization.

• Assist in troubleshooting of network related incidents caused by change. (Cisco/Nexus/ACI)

• Support the implementation of new fiber runs within the datacenter, and between datacenters. - Validating need, locations, types, lengths , and assisting GF with the placement of the order.

• Validate and test High Availability network architecture designs for newly implemented infrastructure.

Other Responsibilities:

• Ensure all IT solutions follow agreed architectural methodologies.

• Manage business requirements, contain development costs, and reduce time to delivery.

• Ensure the quality and security of IT Infrastructure platforms.

• Deploy stable and flexible IT infrastructure enabling easy maintenance and updates for future demand.

• Ensure infrastructure reliability by design, including disaster recovery capabilities.

• Analyze and optimize traffic paths from premise to cloud.

• Technologies: Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Experience with DevOps tools and methodologies, such as CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.

• Strong knowledge of Cisco networking (Catalyst/Nexus) for datacenter.

• Ability to travel to other sites in North America for implementations (Burlington, VT)

Expected Salary Range

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.

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