Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Manager Infrastructure Engineer The Opportunity Based in Hyderabad join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity forward momentum and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines vaccines and animal health products Drive innovation and execution excellence Be a part of a team with passion for using data analytics and insights to drive decision-making and which creates custom software allowing us to tackle some of the world s greatest health threats Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives An integral part of our company s IT operating model Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes These locations in addition to the other sites are essential to supporting our business and strategy A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location from investing in growth success and well-being of our people to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies And together we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers Role Overview An Infrastructure Engineer to join our Network Hyper-Deployment Squad as part of the Network Orchestration Services Product Line In this role you will collaborate closely with other Product Technical teams within Network and Collaboration Services ensuring alignment with product strategies and standards Your primary responsibility will be network infrastructure deployment projects and initiatives with a specific focus on enterprise network edge perimeter and cloud networking solutions We are seeking an individual with extensive knowledge across these technological domains and your expertise is pivotal to our success Moreover our team is deeply engaged in cutting-edge projects particularly in the automation of Network Infrastructure Joining us means being a contributor to these initiatives taking part in advancing the forefront of network deployment and automation What will you do in this role The primary responsibility of the Infrastructure Engineer is to Participate in various complex network deployments site region global onboarding of network devices ensuring proper configuration testing and integration into the existing network infrastructure Collaborate with cross-functional teams Product Teams including network architects and support teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment of deployed devices Collaborate with Business Technology Partners to support for business-led initiatives and resolve standard configuration deviations Troubleshoot and resolve network deployment issues leveraging knowledge of network protocols routing switching wireless and security technologies Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices in network deployments device onboarding and automation Assisting in implementing DevOps and Infrastructure as Code principles to achieve velocity better quality and predictability in networking through automation Continuously identify improvements and opportunities process efficiency automation to adopt best practices and streamline system management eliminating manual work Demonstrates the ability to adapt current work processes technical procedures to meet emerging needs and the ability to evaluate new ideas and proposed methods for practicality and ease of implementation Demonstrates the ability to evaluate technical work tasks with others for timely completion and to avoid potential setbacks Demonstrates the ability to adjust work to accommodate sudden task changes and avoid potential threats to meeting task deadlines What should you have Bachelor s degree from an accredited educational institution OR equivalent corporate working experience Possess over 7 years of extensive hands-on experience in continuous network delivery deployments or support for large-scale organizations and additional experience in specific automation use cases Ansible Terraform would be very advantageous Technical proficiency in Network Infrastructure including LAN WAN SD-WAN Wireless DMZ with an understanding of current trends and lifecycles Cisco Juniper Arista VMware Knowledge of other Network Products - Firewalls Cisco Palo Alto Load-Balancing F5 Data Centre technologies Cisco Nexus Arista and ACI Cloud AWS Azure is an additional advantage Having a DevOps mindset with good understanding of DevOps principles best practices and tools JIRA GitHub Confluence Experience with ITSM ITIL ServiceNow Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders Preferred Qualifications Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages and markup languages e g Python XML JSON YAML etc would be advantageous Our technology teams operate as business partners proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation Who we are We are known as Merck Co Inc Rahway New Jersey USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else For more than a century we have been inventing for life bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world s most challenging diseases Today our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world What we look for Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world Here you have that opportunity You can put your empathy creativity digital mastery or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time Our team is constantly evolving so if you are among the intellectually curious join us and start making your impact today HYDIT2025 Required Skills Accountability Accountability Amazon Web Services AWS Availability Management Business Initiatives Business Technology Capacity Management Change Controls Cloud Computing Cloud Networking Collaborative Development Communication Configuration Management CM Data Center Technology Design Applications Emerging Technologies Incident Management Information Technology IT Infrastructure Infrastructure Engineering IT Service Management ITSM Markup Languages Network Automation Network Deployment Network Infrastructures Software Configurations 4 more Preferred Skills Current Employees apply Current Contingent Workers apply Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck Co Inc Rahway NJ USA also known as Merck Sharp Dohme LLC Rahway NJ USA does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities All CVs resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place Where agency agreements are in place introductions are position specific Please no phone calls or emails Employee Status Regular Relocation VISA Sponsorship Travel Requirements Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid Shift Valid Driving License Hazardous Material s Job Posting End Date 11 21 2025 A job posting is effective until 11 59 59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date