Senior Network Engineer — Core Networking & MA & D

• Design and implement large-scale highly available network solutions spanning backbone WAN data center fabrics (spine/leaf VXLAN/EVPN) and cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP).
• Own routing architecture across the enterprise - BGP OSPF IS-IS MPLS and segment routing - ensuring optimal path selection convergence and redundancy.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of complex Layer 2/3 issues including root cause analysis across multi-vendor multi-domain environments.
• Manage capacity planning for backbone and data center interconnects; model growth scenarios and recommend upgrades to meet evolving business needs.
• Evaluate and test emerging technologies - SD-WAN overlays cloud-native networking (Transit Gateway Azure vWAN) network automation/orchestration and intent-based networking - for adoption into the core.
• Document and maintain high-level and detailed network designs including redundancy failover and disaster-recovery strategies.

• Lead the network workstream for each MA&D event end-to-end - from due diligence through Day 1 cutover to steady-state hand-off.
• Conduct technical discovery & assessments of target/divested company networks: inventory infrastructure map IP address spaces identify overlapping RFC 1918 ranges catalog circuits and evaluate security postures.
• Develop integration blueprints that define how acquired networks will be absorbed into Cencora's backbone data center and cloud environments - including IP re-addressing/NAT strategies DNS consolidation routing policy merges and identity/segmentation alignment.
• Architect divestiture carve-out plans that cleanly separate shared network services circuits firewall policies and cloud tenancies while maintaining operational continuity for both entities through the Transition Services Agreement (TSA) period.
• Coordinate circuit provisioning and decommissioning - working with carriers colocation providers and cloud service providers to stand up or tear down connectivity on schedule.
• Manage cutover execution - build detailed migration run-books lead change windows and orchestrate cross-functional war-room activities for Day 1 network transitions.
• Mitigate risk by designing interim-state architectures (e.g. temporary VPN tunnels NAT boundaries shared firewalls) that allow phased integration or separation without disrupting production traffic.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Security Systems/Server Cloud Application and Identity teams to ensure seamless integration during both BAU operations and MA&D events.
• Partner with Project Management and Corporate Development to align network milestones with broader deal timelines budgets and business commitments.
• Develop and enforce network policies and standards ensuring compliance with Cencora security and regulatory requirements (e.g. HIPAA SOX).
• Mentor and guide Level 1 and Level 2 network engineers; serve as the technical escalation point for complex incidents.
• Drive automation of repeatable MA&D tasks - templatized configurations automated compliance checks scripted IP migrations - to accelerate future integrations.

• 7+ years in enterprise network engineering with significant time operating backbone data center and/or cloud network infrastructure.
• Demonstrated participation in at least 2-3 network integration or carve-out projects (M&A divestiture or large-scale migration equivalents).
• Expert-level knowledge of BGP OSPF MPLS VXLAN/EVPN spanning-tree and multicast in multi-vendor environments (Cisco Arista Juniper Palo Alto etc.).
• Hands-on experience with modern data center fabrics interconnects (DCI) and colocation environments.
• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider's networking stack (AWS VPC/TGW Azure vNET/vWAN GCP VPC
• Experience with network automation tools and languages - Ansible Terraform Python or equivalent.
• Advanced certification preferred: CCNP/CCIE Advanced Networking or equivalent.
• Strong leadership project coordination and communication skills; comfortable presenting to technical and non-technical stakeholders including corporate development and executive leadership.

• Experience in pharmaceutical distribution healthcare or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with Transition Services Agreements (TSAs) and the operational constraints they impose on network timelines.
• Hands-on experience with network segmentation and zero-trust architectures in the context of integrating untrusted acquired environments.
• Exposure to ITSM/change management frameworks (ITIL ServiceNow) in large enterprise settings.
• Working knowledge of network monitoring and observability platforms

What We Do

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