Network Engineer
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We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join our Professional Service Development team. In this role, you will leverage your experience in enterprise networking, network security, WiFi/802.11 infrastructures and virtualization to design and develop Philips Professional Services that that complement the Philips Patient Monitoring solutions. You will work in an agile environment, collaborating closely with Product Managers, **Product Owners, Service Architects and other engineering functions **to ensure networking requirements from Philips network specification documents, such as VLAN design, routing, WiFi infrastructure behavior, security policies, and multicast are accurately reflected in service concepts and deployment models. We seek an engineer with broader capabilities who can: - Understand healthcare network architectures and Philips networking standards - Communicate clearly within cross-functional teams - Propose best-practice improvements - Support test-lab environments and infrastructure validation - Apply Philips network guidelines (VLANs, routing, STP/RSTP, WiFi design, Multicast/IGMP, DHCP/DNS, QoS) into service design Your role - Provide networking expertise for the design and development of new Professional Services. - Ensure compliance with Philips network standards: Layer 2/3 design, VLANs, STP/RSTP, routing protocols, security filtering (ACLs/firewalls), QoS, Multicast routing (PIM), IGMP Snooping, DHCP/DNS architecture, and WiFi requirements. - Apply 802.11 deployment principles (coverage, roaming, RSSI/SNR thresholds, channel planning, transmit-power alignment) in service-related designs. - Set up and maintain the Professional Services test lab, including virtual infrastructure, network topologies, VLANs, routing, WiFi components, and security controls. - Support integration of Philips products into customer networks, ensuring correctness of segmentation, redundancy
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WiFi behavior, Multicast operation, and cloud connectivity. - Validate service concepts through lab testing, performance measurements, troubleshooting, and interoperability checks. - Collaborate with Product Owners and Service Architects to ensure network requirements are considered early in feature and service definition. - Act as a central contact for the Philips network engineer community for network services and product network design questions - Provide technical guidance and best practices for Healthcare IT infrastructure, including network and cloud security and network resilience. You're the right fit if - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. - 5+ years of experience in enterprise networking or infrastructure engineering. - Fluent in English; proficiency in other languages is highly valued. - Proven experience in network engineering, network security, and cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar). - Strong understanding of: - Layer 2/3 networking, VLANs, STP/RSTP, routing protocols - Multicast (IGMP v2/v3, PIM) and its relevance to clinical monitoring systems - WiFi/802.11 network design (RSSI/SNR thresholds, roaming behavior, channel planning, DFS considerations, QoS/WMM) - DHCP/DNS design, IP addressing, NAT limitations, segmentation, and security controls - Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems. - Experience with virtualization platforms and containers (VMWare, Nutanix, Hyper-V, Docker). - Familiarity with Philips Patient Monitoring solutions and their network/security requirements. - Understanding of agile development methodologies. - Knowledge of AI concepts - 5+ years of experience in solution and service delivery. 568541 Network Engineer for Professional Service Development "all genders"
