Sr. Network Engineer

Hybrid in Somerset, NJ

3 days/week onsite

Position Summary

The network engineer will oversee daily operation of multiple aspects of datacenter infrastructure including switches, routers and firewalls. The network engineer will also work very closely with the devops team in the design, planning and execution of production and internal tactical projects. The network engineer will be closely involved in projects involving site reliability engineering such as design and management of infrastructure and application monitoring systems.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support and maintenance of an application delivery environment with multiple datacenters including several Azure subscriptions.
• Establishing the networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting and enforcing system standards
• The design and implementation of high availability solutions at all levels of the network stack
• Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages
• Undertaking data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources
• Securing network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access
• The support and administration of firewall environments in line with the IT security policy
• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations
• The configuration of routing and switching equipment
• Aid in the monitoring, support and reliability engineering of the Datacenter including network infrastructure and servers

Skills and Requirements

• Solid technical background with or knowledge of SonicWall firewalls preferred
• Expert knowledge of BGP, OSPF and VPN technologies
• Knowledge of telecommunications technologies including voice, data, broadband, VoIP, and Internet services, and the deployment and implementation of these services.
• Windows system administration
• Experience with VMware and dense virtualization environments