Texas Instruments Senior Network Engineer 

United States, Texas, Dallas 

246251000

Responsibilities include:

• Gathering customer and system connectivity requirements used as inputs into building resilient network solutions.
• Coordinating with stakeholders/suppliers/vendors, both internal and external, to ensure on-time project delivery.
• Ownership of factory, design, datacenter and sales office network documentation and plans for their area(s) of the infrastructure.
• Collaborating to develop technology roadmaps, considering business needs and in alignment to overall IT strategies.
• Supporting and troubleshooting network faults during break/fix activities and events.
• Periodic review of network capacity, usage and health metrics for respective area(s) of responsibility to plan for upgrades or performance adjustments.
• Collaborating with other IT groups to understand the future requirements for network capacity at TI's locations.

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering,Computer Science, Information technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Minimum current CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification or equivalent.
• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience with networking technologies, concepts, protocols including but not limited to Layer 2 LAN & Wireless switching, Layer 3 routing, and WAN & Cloud technologies.
• Preferred vendor hardware, configuration and software experience: Arista campus and datacenter architecture, HP/Aruba wireless technologies, Cisco LAN switches, and WAN routers.

What we will look for:

• Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders critical to success, both internally and externally.
• Engineering and architecture skills necessary to interpret business requirements and needs to deliver new network solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to quickly ramp on new systems and processes.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, conflict management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to take the initiative and drive for results requiring little day-to-day direction.
• Strong technical background in network operations and business engagements in a highly complex global enterprise.
• Strong prioritization, time management and negotiation skills that enable on-time project delivery.
• Ability to travel and provide after-hours and/or weekend support duties as scheduled or deemed necessary during implementation of network engineering projects.
• Experience in working effectively with globally diverse cross-functional teams.
• Experience with following suppliers - Cisco LAN & WAN, Arista LAN & WAN, Aruba Wireless.
• Ability to understand, diagnose and quickly fix complex network infrastructure issues across TI.
• Deep understanding of routing protocols, OSPF & BGP, and how they are deployed in large corporate environments.