Position: Network Engineer

Working Location: MUST be living in AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, TN, OR TX

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maximizing network performance by monitoring, troubleshooting issues, and outages, scheduling necessary network upgrades
• Collaborating with network support specialists in a supporting role to resolve issues and optimize the network
• Assist the communications manager with the design and implementation of new solutions
• Participating in data network fault investigations in LAN and WAN environments using information from multiple sources
• Assist with the documentation, development, and enforcement of area policies and procedures
• Updating industry knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; including participation in professional organizations, industry webcasts, reading white papers and articles focused on current network trends, and attending classes, conferences, and/or seminars
• Reporting real-time network health statistics and post-event debriefings
• Configuration of routing and switching equipment
• Configuration of hosted IP voice systems
• Providing remote support when necessary to address and resolve issues
• Liaising with system administrators, security administrators, end-users, third party service providers, and division teammates on a routine basis
• Supporting Vendor Management Policy and Procedures
• Cooperating with audit and examination processes
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Job Specifications:

• Minimum 8 years of data communications experience in a Cisco environment - financial services experience preferred
• Recognize the importance of customer focus and/or servicing the need of the end-user to meet the required demands of our products and services
• Exhibit a focus on achieving results and reaching goals
• Ability to communicate technical and network-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff
• CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, or other equivalent certification
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree in network administration, computer science, or information technology preferred

Technical Skills:

• TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ACL, NAT, Policy Based Routing, SDWAN, QoS, high availability, VoIP, Wireless, DHCP, DNS

rious technology skills/platforms.