Senior Network Engineer

VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, is the leading, global, independent provider of products, services and solutions to laboratory and production facilities.

Successful candidates will collaborate with VWR’s Technology team and provide network design, implementation, and operational support for VWR’s Global Network. You will drive high levels of quality into the network as a reliable foundation for business application infrastructure. While acting as an internal consultant, you will assist with implementation of network design standards on various WAN, LAN, Security and Data Center Projects. You will make recommendations for compliance and control processes for SOX, PCI, ITIL/Cobit and contribute to Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning.

* Understand VWR’s business model and how Infrastructure & Operations Support directly influences our capabilities to conduct daily business operations. * Collaborate with Network Support Team and Contact Center Support Team colleagues on best practice solutions. * Collaborate with all other Infrastructure & Operations Support Teams to ensure high systems availability, capacity and expected levels of performance. * Practice consistent Change Management, Incident Management and Technology Management and in a professional and effective manner. * Utilize VWR standard toolsets such as Remedy, Solarwinds, OpNet and others to track, monitor, repair, and improve network services. * Create high quality network documentation and drawings and practice disciplined version control. * Interact with third party network service providers in a professional manner, ensuring consistent delivery of contracted SLA’s. * Contribute to the development of global, enterprise wide, network standards & solutions. * Validate network architecture & plans meet the short and long term needs of the business. * Continually assess and validate network infrastructure and services to meet Information Security standards. * Monitor industry trends and identify opportunities for new technologies to improve performance, productivity and costs at VWR. * Contribute positively in regular team meetings and project meetings when appropriate. * Adapt to operate effectively with VWR’s ways of working. * Contribute positively to the generation and execution of technology roadmaps aligned to business needs.

**Applicant Requirements:** * Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience required * 4-8 years IT experience, wide area and local area data networks experience preferred * Experience in large network environments * Cisco Network certifications preferred * Knowledge of WAN/LAN/Firewall/Wireless and Voice communications best practices * Knowledge of network routing protocols and their use in highly redundant environments * Detailed Layer 1 through 7 knowledge * This position is based in our Radnor, PA HQ **Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort:** * Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level. * Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems. * A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis. * Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.