About the Role

　　Associate Director - LAN Sol. Architect (Czech Republic, Spain, India)

　　1! Big Engineering organization with great opportunities to work with new technologies on a fast paced environment. The holder of this role will be expected to live up to the Novartis leadership standards. This role requires a strong technical background in network engineering with deep understanding of emerging technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), and network automation, as well as the ability to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements and to deliver a secure, robust, scalable, and reliable network infrastructure.

　　Your key responsibilities:

　　Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

　　• Responsible for defining and owning strategy, roadmap, design, specifications, standards, reference architecture and artifacts for all solutions in the areas of LAN (Wired and Wireless) and LAN Segmentation

　　• Understand and translate enterprise needs into implementable technology solutions to enable long-term success

　　• Developing Campus Network roadmaps and strategy, working with various other domain architects to align technology and service roadmaps

　　• Driving new technology/product/solution evaluations, providing leadership in the identification of specific technology standards for Global Campus Network

　　• Leading product/solution, Proof of Concept with other domain architects/engineers etc.

　　Diversity & Inclusion / EEO

　　We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

　　Role Requirements

　　What you'll bring to the role:

　　• 8 - 10 years of strong, hands-on experience working on complex and large-scale network setup, largely in an engineering role.

　　• Over 4 years of experience in the areas of designing and solutioning wired and wireless networks.

　　• Deep understanding of network concepts, routing and switching protocols and design best practices.

　　• Strong exposure and experience with to Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto technology stacks.

　　• Must have CCIE (LAB Cleared) in one of the listed domains: Enterprise Wireless; Enterprise Infrastructure.

　　You'll receive:

　　Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 90 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Car Allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

　　Why consider Novartis?

　　766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we're proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people's lives.

　　We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

　　We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

　　Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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　　Accessibility and accommodation:

　　Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

　　Division

　　Operations

　　Business Unit

　　DATA, DIGITAL & IT

　　Location

　　Czech Republic

　　Site

　　Prague

　　Company / Legal Entity

　　NOV CZE

　　Alternative Location 1

　　India

　　Alternative Location 2

　　Spain

　　Functional Area

　　Technology Transformation

　　Job Type

　　Full Time

　　Employment Type

　　Regular

　　Shift Work

　　No