Network Engineer

About McDonald’s: One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe. Restaurant Network Engineer This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald’s works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It’s our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers. Network Manager, the Network Engineer will be responsible for monitoring network performance, identifying and resolving network issues, and implementing network security measures to protect the organization's data and systems. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and talented Network Engineer to take on a key role in the organization's technology team and make a meaningful impact on its operations and success. Develop, manage and implement a network infrastructure that supports the Restaurant operations, including point-of-sale systems and other business-critical applications. Manage and maintain Network hardware, such as Routers, Access Points, Switches, and Firewalls. Troubleshoot, Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative Network solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security. While embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing the latest Network Technologies. Remain up to date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects. Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams. Work well in an agile environment. Responsible for providing urgent support and troubleshooting for our customers outside of regular business hours. Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family. Cisco Professional Level Designation (CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CCNP Data Center, etc.) Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff. Advanced ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Subject matter expert in many facets of network hardware based on Juniper & Meraki platforms and understand intricate network dependencies from edge, core and cloud infrastructure. Ability to design and deploy innovative network solutions that enhance service performance, durability, cost-effectiveness, and security. Proven experience working in an Agile environment with a Scrum Master, Daily Scrum meetings, Backlogs, Sprints and written Stories and deliverables. Experience: ~5+ years of experience with routing and switching technologies. ~5+ years of experience with Meraki and Aruba L2&3 switch installation, administration, and management. ~5+ years of experience with Meraki and Aruba wireless solutions and access points. ~5+ years of experience with Network Security. ~ Familiar with Meraki Dashboard and Juniper Mist Dashboard and know how to use configuration template. ~ Bachelor’s degree or three years relevant experience. ~ Knowledge of networking protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VTP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN, and VPN design. ~ Experience with Palo Alto firewalls, Palo Alto Prisma (cloud-based version). ~ Experience with Microsoft Active Directory. ~ Experience with VMware solutions. ~ Experience with SolarWinds or equivalent network monitoring solutions.