Western Digital Network Engineer 

Malaysia, Penang 

233272132

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

You will be part of our Global Network Services team responsible for implementing, maintaining, and optimizing our regional/local network infrastructure, ensuring high network performance/reliability, and delivering critical network services to meet business goals.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide support to plan, build, and manage complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure.
• Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance, speed and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot network issues including BGP, OSPF, VLAN, Spanning Tree, WAN, network hardware/software, wireless etc.
• Align with Global Network Services team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into local site network builds.
• Ensure local/regional network infrastructure is properly monitored. Act as point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements.
• Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard.
• Interact/communicate with vendors, service providers, peers, stakeholders, and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems.
• Plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities.
• Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams.

PREFERRED:

• Minimum 4 - 6 years professional experience in Network Routing, Switching, Wireless, and Network Security.
• Good understanding of network design practices from small office to large campus.
• Hands-on experience and knowledge in networking technologies/solutions including BGP, OSPF, HA, VLAN, Spanning Tree, EtherChannel, QoS, WAN, etc.
• Good understanding of data center networking technologies and solutions including Cisco/Arista switches, WAN routers, structured cabling etc.
• Good understanding of network utility services including TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, SNMP, SYSLOG, etc.
• Proactive and resourceful.
• Familiar with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Technical certification such as CCNA or equivalent is preferred.

SKILLS

• Good communication skills on technical and non-technical concepts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish professional working relationships with varying levels of both business and technical personnel.
• Excellent documentation skills that can clearly articulate technical designs, issues and constraints, procedures, and network assessments.
• Good project management, analytical and problem determination/resolution skills.