Senior Network Engineer

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Job Location: Washington, D.C. - Hybrid

Eligibility/Clearance: ship Required. Law firm experience
required

Job Description:

The Senior Network Engineer is part of a team of engineers who
architect, design, build, maintain, and support the Firm s global
portfolio of infrastructure solutions, inclusive of Networking
Infrastructure, Server & Storage, and Voice & Telecommunications. This
role leads the lifecycle management of the Networking portfolio,
striking the necessary balance of delivering solutions that provide an
optimal experience for our lawyers, staff, practice groups, and clients,
without making concessions that add unacceptable risks to the Firm. To
accomplish this objective, the Senior Network Engineer partners closely
with cross-functional IT solution teams, as well as Information Security
and other cross functional stakeholders to continuously adapt solutions
to meet the evolving needs of the Firm. The role requires an individual
with the skills to think both strategically and tactically to handle the
operational needs of the Firm, all with the objective of delivering
gold-standard services.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

- Leads the lifecycle management of the Firm s Networking portfolio,
providing a technology experience that is stable, secure, and
scalable to meet the needs of the Firm.

- Leads the design of the Firm s on-premises and cloud-based
infrastructure, including firewalls, routers, switches, and wireless
infrastructure.

- Leads the ongoing data center operations and maintenance of the
Firm s infrastructure estate, working with 3rd party providers,
contractors, and resources as needed.

- Develops and maintains infrastructure documentation, including
architecture diagrams, system configurations, and operational
procedures.

- Partners closely with the Firm s Information Security organization,
IT Security Solutions team, Application Solutions teams, and other
IT engineers to establish common standards and objectives for the
Firm s infrastructure solutions, supports broader Infrastructure
functional objectives as needed.

- Actively monitors, diagnoses, and optimizes infrastructure
performance, integrity, and security to promote high levels of
availability.

- Provides advanced technical support for the Firm s on-premises and
cloud-based infrastructure environments (e.g., Tier 3 technical
support in a 24x7 environment).

- Partners with IT Security Solutions to architect and integrate the
Firm s infrastructure solutions with its portfolio of security
technologies (e.g., Perimeter Defense, Monitoring & Logging, and
Identity, Access, and Authorization Management).

- Leads capacity planning and system optimization efforts for
infrastructure solutions (e.g., infrastructure performance,
performance fine tuning, environment scaling).

- Recommends, schedules, and performs ongoing maintenance and support
activities (e.g., infrastructure security audits, upgrades,
reconfigurations, optimizations).

- Anticipates, mitigates, troubleshoots, and resolves problems across
the infrastructure stack, with focus on preserving a gold-standard
end user experience.

- Supports application teams throughout project lifecycles, serving as
infrastructure subject matter expertise as required.

- Collaborates well with cross-functional stakeholders and other
third-party providers.

- Stays current on trends in the marketplace, conducting research on
emerging infrastructure products, services, protocols, and
standards.

- Supports the development, documentation, and maintenance policies,
procedures, and associated training plans for system administration
and appropriate use.

- Uphold high standards of confidentiality, discretion, and integrity,
particularly with respect to all sensitive and/or confidential firm
and client information to which this position will have access.

Requirements:

10 years of relevant experience as a Network or Senior Network
Engineer, ideally in a large Law Firm setting, a comparable professional
services organization, or a legal information services provider.

Demonstrated experience managing the system lifecycle for global
infrastructure solutions and capabilities.

Demonstrated experience with infrastructure design in a global,
multi-tenant environment including on-premises and cloud-based
solutions.

Strong knowledge of local area network administration.

Demonstrated experience with Palo Alto Next Generation Firewall
deployment and administration required.

Demonstrated experience with SDWAN technologies Palo Alto preferred.

Experience with Cisco Application Centric Architecture, Catalyst
switching and routing.
Ability to troubleshoot in complex network environments and quickly
identify root cause problems.

Hands-on familiarity with routing protocols, including BGP.

Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools and capabilities.

Experience documenting and maintaining configuration and processing
information.

Knowledge of applicable data privacy and global compliance practices
and laws (e.g., ITAR).

Skills & Expectations

Demonstrated ability to serve as a change agent, leading and inspiring
others to act, especially under circumstances when change is unpopular.

Ability to establish rapport and elicit cooperation from personnel
across all levels, including executive management, and cross-functional
leadership.

Ability to develop and motivate technology teams, inclusive of staff,
and 3rd party vendors/consultants.

Skilled in communications to all levels in the organization in
writing, speaking, and presentation skills for work with the Firm
leadership, the user community, and clients.

Excellent problem solving and debugging skills required.

Ability to manage complex information systems.

Must be able to reliably deal with multiple competing priorities and
remain calm under pressure.

Ability to fulfill on-call duties for IT emergencies outside of Firm
business hours.

Education:

College degree strongly preferred, ideally with focus in computer
science, engineering, or related fields.

CCNP or industry equivalent certification.

Arena Technical Resources, LLC, (ATR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer
(EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and
applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion,
color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status,
family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability