Network Engineer (50-75% Travel)

A3 Technology, Inc. is seeking a Network Engineer to join our Infrastructure Support team. The Network Engineer will administer, operate and maintain the network, performing infrastructure upgrades and improving both wired and wireless networks. Their primary responsibility will be configuring switches for hardware upgrades and traveling to facilities across the US to perform switch replacements and lifecycle management.

This position is onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Perform infrastructure upgrades and improve the wired and wireless networks.
• Configure switches prior to shipment to sites, travel to sites and perform switch upgrades.
• Provide reporting details on project status to project coordinators and managers.
• Administer, operate and maintain the enterprise network.
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization.
• Perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Plan and perform network engineering research, design development and other assignments in conformance with network design, engineering and customer specifications.
• Up to 50-75% travel to support sites within the US.
• This position is onsite.

Skills Required:

• Minimum of 5 years in both wired and wireless Cisco network experience in large Enterprise campus environment with multi-layer routing protocols.
• Knowledge and experience configuring and troubleshooting current CISCO switches, including those with Catalyst and Nexus IOS.
• Layer 3 Experience
  • Routing protocols including OSPF, BGP (Multi-homing, Load balancing traffic and engineering for automatic failover, Load balancing), EIGRP, RIP, HSRP, WCCP
  • Multicast
  • Flow analysis experience preferred
  • MPLS experience preferred
• Strong troubleshooting skills including   
  • Layer 1 (copper cabling troubles / fiber signal strength)
  • Layer 2 (spanning tree, VLAN tagging, mac address tracing)
  • Layer 3 (routing troubles, EGP versus IGP redistribution, BGP attribute studying, prefix length issues) 
  • Layers 4 thru 7
• Adherence to best practices and robust work ethic. 
• Experience tracking and resolving incidents via ticket queue.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Ability to adhere to maintenance windows and change control procedures.
• Self-motivated to take ownership of projects.
• Ability to multi-task between multiple networks and multiple customer requirements.

Skills Preferred:

• Experience traveling to multiple sites.
• Experience working with a large organization (>35,000 customers).
• Experience collaborating with peer and client teams. 
• Experience working remotely and onsite.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. 
• Experience using a Helpdesk system – ServiceNow is a plus.
• Experience with MS Project and Visio.

Education:

• High school diploma/GED and 11 years IT experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field and 5 years IT experience.

Additionally, US Citizenship or documented proof of eligibility to work in the US is a must. Upon receiving a conditional offer of employment, candidates will undergo a Government investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for Government clearance. Verification of past employment, education and references is also required. It is imperative that candidates be either a US citizen or a current green card holder with the last 3 consecutive years as a resident of the US.

At A3 Technology, Inc., we take pride in being an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer. We're committed to considering all qualified candidates for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, national origin, genetic information or any other protected status.