Sr Network Engineer-IT4696

Company

Founded in 1927 and  headquartered in Warsaw,  Indiana, Zimmer is a worldwide  leader in designing,  developing,

manufacturing and marketing  orthopaedic reconstructive,  spinal and trauma devices,  dental implants, and related

surgical products.  Zimmer has  operations in more than 27  countries around the world and  sells products in

more than 100 countries.   Zimmer's 2010 sales were  approximately $4.2 billion.   The Company is supported by

the efforts of more than 8,000  employees worldwide.

Zimmer Corporate offices are  based in Warsaw, Indiana,  located three-hours east of  Chicago in the scenic

northern Indiana lake country.  Corporate functions based in  Warsaw include Research and  Development, Legal,

Finance and Treasury, Brand  Management, Marketing  Communications and Medical  Education including the home

facility for the global Zimmer  Institute. Also based in Warsaw are Clinical and Regulatory  Affairs, global Public

Affairs and Corporate Marketing and global Human Resources  functions.

Home to Zimmer Corporate  offices, Manufacturing,  Distribution and Research and  Development centers, Warsaw

is located in north central  Indiana about an hour from  South Bend or Fort Wayne and  three-hours east of

downtown Chicago. Warsaw and  the surrounding Kosciusko  County has a population of  about 75,000. Warsaw

is known as the "Orthopaedic  Capital of the World," with  many orthopaedic-related  companies in the area,

including three of the world's  largest. With more than 100  lakes the county is  historically known as a major

summer resort aea.

Job Summary

This position is responsible  for providing advanced  engineering and operational  support to maintain and enhance

local and wide area networks  and electronic security

The position will work as a  senior member of the network  team to ensure availability and access to critical

systems and services.  Project  management and leadership is  required to implement business  initiatives,

introduce new technology as  well as maintaining and  continuously improving existing systems.

Principal Duties &  Responsibilities§ Support and maintenance of  Networks (WAN, LAN, WLAN),  Firewalls, Proxy#s, IDS/IPS,  VoIP, etc.

§ Ensure network and electronic  security availability.

§ Project management and  leadership of approved IT  related projects.

§ Maintain security and assure  compliance with SOX and  corporate internal controls.

§ Evaluation/recommendation and  implementation/support of new  technologies.

§ Work with the Global IT teams  to maintain and ensure the  integrity of the environment

§ Management and performance  analysis

§ Back-up and disaster recovery

§ Provide advice, technical  direction and training to IT  support staff.

§ Documentation to ensure change  control: IT procedures, network diagrams, etc.

§ Prioritize between project work and support tasks

§ Build and maintain  relationships with users and  other experts.

§ Keep track using helpdesk tool  of  issues assigned

§ Will share on-call  responsibilities

Expected Areas of Competence  (KSA's)

§ Knowledge and experience with  Cisco routers and switches.

§ Demonstrated project management skills in implementing systems and infrastructure projects  (identifying

tasks, allocating resources,  developing project timelines,  managing project budget,  communication of project

status).

§ Experience at maintaining  system documentation.

§ Experienced in supporting a  multi-site environments

§ Proactive and results focused;  ability to work through  obstacles.

§ Accepts accountability within  area of responsibility

§ Strong work ethic

§ Demonstrate analytical skills  in problem solving complex  issues.

§ Ability to provide advice,  technical direction and  training to IT support staff.

Education/Experience  Requirements

§ Technical Bachelor degree in  CS, EE, EET, etc.

§ 5+ years experience in network  / security support

§ 2+ years project management  experience.

§ Technical experience in Cisco  Data and Voice network  management.

§ Technical experience in Cisco  Electronic Security management

§ Cisco accreditations.

Language Requirements

§ Excellent communication and  interpersonal skills.

§ Experience communicating with  others to whom English is a  second language.

§ Strong English skills in both  oral and written forms

Employment Type

01 Full-time