Your Responsibilities

• Leading large-scale projects within the organization
• Setting technical direction, strategic guidance and long-term vision for engineering teams
• Influencing company-wide engineering practices and standards
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels
• Solving complex, high-impact problems with innovative solutions
• Drives continuous improvement and innovation within the organization
• Proactively research new and emerging technologies and approaches to enhance the network infrastructure posture of Elanco.
• Engaging in the community (internally and externally) across multiple channels, looking to share, educate and inspire.
• Mentor and coach senior and junior engineers. This includes helping them to develop their technical skills and grow their careers.
• Communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders. This could involve writing documentation, giving presentations, or meeting with clients.
• Represent the team in meetings with other teams and stakeholders. This could involve discussing technical issues, providing status updates, or negotiating with other teams.
• Contribute to the overall technical strategy of the organization. This could involve identifying new technologies or solutions that could be adopted or helping to develop the organization's technical roadmap.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Projects often involve collaboration with other teams, such as security, development, and product management. The Principal Engineer may need to bridge communication gaps and ensure everyone is aligned on project goals.
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What You Need To Succeed (minimum Qualifications)

• At least 10 years experience in network engineering
• 8+ years’ hands-on experience in routing, switching, wireless, segmentation (Cisco)
• Experience working in manufacturing, qualified or regulated environments
• Strong understanding and knowledge of SDN (Software Defined Networking) technologies (Cisco SD-WAN, VMWare NSX)
• Solid knowledge of Network Access Control (especially Forescout)
• Understanding hybrid cloud environment (Azure, GCP, VMware)
• Familiar with network security solutions
• Strong communication skills with multiple examples of being able to convey complex ideas in a manner that resulted in a definitive direction and result
• Strong personal & work organisational skills
• Experience in Wireless LAN ( Meraki, Catalyst, Outdoor Wireless)