Sr. Network Engineer

The Sr. Network Engineer will play a key role in global network operations including design, support, implementation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and documentation. Focus will be on supporting day to day network operations, systems and network capacity, redundancy, high availability, implementation of network best practices and technologies while maintaining performance for critical applications. The position will work as part of a team, coordinating closely with the Information Security team and local IT team. Additionally, the Sr. Network Engineer will serve as a technical advisor for other projects and networks.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design and oversee implementation and maintenance of a highly available, multi-use, LAN and WAN infrastructure utilizing fiber optics, copper, wireless, and leased-line services.
• Manage and monitor network performance and proactively identify optimization opportunities to enhance efficiency, scalability, reliability, security and cost-effectiveness in alignment with the organization requirements and goals
• Own and drive network standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Disaster Recovery (DR) documentation, network diagrams, device, and license inventory.
• Administration of routers, switches, wireless, firewalls, and system monitoring tools.
• Maintain network policies and have knowledge of current security best practices and tools for a highly secure and available production environment.
• Validates overall network health, performance, availability, security, redundancy, and business continuity.
• Develop solutions to automate and improve network reliability and efficiency
• Serve as a technical expert, driving change to adopt new standards, maintaining reliability and improving performance metrics
• Provides Tier 3 support for the Enterprise network; including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, Wi-Fi, monitoring, and reporting applications
• Work with telecom providers to manage existing telecommunication circuits, troubleshoot outages, and install service upgrades.
• Participate in change management process including development of change management plan for production upgrades.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience providing network support, configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting for a medium to large enterprise network environment
• Must have a strong understanding of Enterprise networks, networking/security best practices, and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Proven experience with Cisco networking products, Firepower, ISE, Meraki.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Server Operating Systems and Microsoft Active Directory architecture.
• Strong research, technical writing, and documentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively and collaboratively as part of a team
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship now and in the future.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Network Access Control systems and network automation
• Experience in various IT roles, helpdesk, desktop, server/storage
• Experience with VoIP systems, Webex, Jabber, MS Teams
• Experience in cloud architecture, migrating from on-premises to the cloud
• Expertise in in with Wireshark, NetFlow, QoS, and network troubleshooting
• Cisco CCNP or equivalent experience