What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Engineer - Senior position at Anakim Consulting Incorporated?
Network Engineer - Senior
Huntsville, AL 35808
Job Type: Full Time
Location: On-Site
Anakim Consulting Inc. has an opening for a Network Engineer to work onsite in support of complex network environment. This is a senior-level position and requires a strong working knowledge of wired, wireless, VPN and authentication applications as they relate to the Local Area Network. The Network Engineer will support a variety of network engineering tasks including design and implementation of integrated networks. Support will include hardware and software for facilities and equipment. Qualified candidates will have the ability to coordinate activities with the engineering team and support independent tasks, as assigned. This position requires an analyst mindset and the ability to show attention to detail for troubleshooting, hands-on tasks, and supporting documentation.
Responsibilities Include
Huntsville, AL 35808
Job Type: Full Time
Location: On-Site
Anakim Consulting Inc. has an opening for a Network Engineer to work onsite in support of complex network environment. This is a senior-level position and requires a strong working knowledge of wired, wireless, VPN and authentication applications as they relate to the Local Area Network. The Network Engineer will support a variety of network engineering tasks including design and implementation of integrated networks. Support will include hardware and software for facilities and equipment. Qualified candidates will have the ability to coordinate activities with the engineering team and support independent tasks, as assigned. This position requires an analyst mindset and the ability to show attention to detail for troubleshooting, hands-on tasks, and supporting documentation.
Responsibilities Include
- Support design, engineering, configuration, testing, and documentation of network architectures and configurations including routers, switches, network management tools, and other IT products in a multi-vendor, multi-protocol environment.
- Support project teams in the design and implementation of enterprise WAN services and campus or institutional networks.
- Participate in design reviews and requirements analysis.
- Lead major technical and engineering network activities of higher complexity.
- Plan and perform network engineering research, design development, and other assignments in conformance with network design, engineering, and customer specifications.
- Maintain responsibility for completing assigned engineering projects within budget and scheduling guidelines.
- Develop cost estimates and detailed designs for corporate network routed data and corporate custom routed data layer 3 services and dedicated voice and data services.
- Coordinate and lead the activities of Network Technicians, Network Engineers, and/or Network Analysts assigned to specific network engineering projects, as requested.
- Analyze risk and react in the best interest of network stability.
- Follow pre-defined process and workflow.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation
- Monitor trouble ticket queues and react to incidents based on defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Communicate one-on-one with customers via telephone, email, and instant message.
- Work closely with peers and local technicians to identify and repair physical layer issues.
- Work with other NOC teams to identify WAN, firewall, security, and DDI problems affecting the LAN.
- Participate in regular operations staff meetings to review project(s) status and learn about upcoming activities.
- Support on-site work schedule.
- Support on-call rotation for after-hours escalations and critical outages.
