*Corp to Corp and 1099 arrangements are NOT permissible for this role*

Seeking a senior level network engineer with a background in managing wireless and wired network equipment to support the client's industrial network infrastructure onsite in Long Beach, CA. This professional will also be knowledgeable in industry Wired and Wi-Fi standards and best practices and be able to produce effective process and procedure documentation. .

Required Skills -Technical documentation

Cisco router / switch

CCNA

802.11 wifi

LTE

BGP

OSPF

Linux/VMware

Job Duties -Responsible for the IT service delivery for network as a whole.

Primary point of contact with contractors’ experts to drive the standardization of the local hardware platforms ensuring strong alignment with global standards

Driving cyber security compliance and excellence in alignment with regional strategy

Ensuring robust business continuity, redundancy and High availability processes and disaster recovery plans for the terminal

Actively work to ensure the achievement of the agreed SLAs.

Build up excellent IT service management and IT network infrastructure skills and expertise within the local IT team

Effectively communicates within the IT team for alignment and to reach agreement on conflicting priorities.

Coordinates the Infrastructure upgrades and patching agenda ensuring no disruption of operations and following the proper change control process.

Maintain standard 24x7 network and automation monitoring services

Creating and maintaining network flow diagrams for all business applications that meet industry standards.

Follow technology innovations in the network and virtualization domain to advise on applicability within Pier 400.

Responsible for supporting of the Data Center Core network infrastructure management process to ensure a high available environment to meet automation demands.

Adopt and implement the latest Data Center management techniques as part of the modernization agenda.

Main Interface with the automation team to provide guidance for hardware fixes that are configured from the terminal infrastructure landscape

Actively contributor on the troubleshooting calls for Major Incidents arise to restore business operations as soon as possible.

Supports the root cause analysis for major incidents impacting the terminal operations and ensure identified countermeasures are deployed as planned.

Job Requirements -

Experience – Minimum five (5) years of complex network platforms management and implementation, large scale networks experience is preferred.

Minimum five (5) years of related project handling/coordination experience and process documentation.

Operational Technology hardware and integration experience is a must.

Skills – the following are strongly recommended/critical:

In deep knowledge of Cisco hardware, implementation, and support.

CCNA as a must – CCIE prefer

Platforms, Networking, and protocol (TCP/IP, Profibus, ProfiNET, ASI, CAN-Bus)

Extensive understanding of a wireless connectivity and Lte environments.

Basic familiarity with Linux

ITIL V4 Certified is recommended.

Understanding of Continuous Improvement/LEAN/Six Sigma.

Collaboration - Able to build strong working relationships with stakeholders. Must possess empathy, personal tact, cultural understanding, and well-developed communication skills (cross functional as well as on different levels).

Functional Excellence - Ability to provide leadership, obtain cooperation and assistance to meet objectives. Ability to produce high-quality work under pressure (time and resources), and to apply analytical thinking and creative problem solving to daily tasks. Must be well-organized, punctual, and persistent (personal discipline) with strong internal client service skills.

Management Skills – Able to demonstrate experience leading infrastructure teams and vendors as both implementation but support business model.

Advanced Data analysis skills

Experience with Agile principles and methods

Experience with applying WOW (Lean) standards and

tooling

Working experience managing demands

Problem Solving sounding experience

Desired Skills & Experience -CCIE

ITIL foundation

University or higher vocational degree and certification in network Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline is preferred.