What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Engineer position at Codeworks IT Careers?
About Codeworks: Codeworks has over 25 years of experience serving Fortune 1000 companies in Wisconsin as well as our client's national locations. Our recruiting team excels at evaluating, advising, and connecting IT professionals with new opportunities that will satisfy their expectations regarding income and opportunity for growth. At Codeworks, we're committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and beyond. We believe in equal opportunities and value the unique perspectives that every individual brings to our team. Join us in creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative workplace where your talents can thrive.
Codeworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Role Summary We are seeking highly motivated, self-starting candidates with at least 3 years of experience working in a data center environment and 2 years of project management experience. The ideal candidate is proactive in identifying and addressing ongoing or upcoming issues while maintaining and strengthening relationships with colleagues, business stakeholders, and management.
The candidate will serve as a hands-on engineer and technical task leader, providing guidance to less-experienced network personnel. This role requires on-call and off-hours support as needed. Along with a strong technical background, the ideal candidate will possess excellent project management skills, bring innovative approaches to complex challenges, prioritize security in all solutions, and demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and drive.
Qualifications
Continuous Improvement
Codeworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Role Summary We are seeking highly motivated, self-starting candidates with at least 3 years of experience working in a data center environment and 2 years of project management experience. The ideal candidate is proactive in identifying and addressing ongoing or upcoming issues while maintaining and strengthening relationships with colleagues, business stakeholders, and management.
The candidate will serve as a hands-on engineer and technical task leader, providing guidance to less-experienced network personnel. This role requires on-call and off-hours support as needed. Along with a strong technical background, the ideal candidate will possess excellent project management skills, bring innovative approaches to complex challenges, prioritize security in all solutions, and demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and drive.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a fast-paced, large network environment supporting all facets of routing, switching, firewalls, and wireless.
- Preferred certifications: CCNP or equivalent.
- Experience with public cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.
- Proficiency in advanced network protocols, including but not limited to BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VPN, WAF, IPS, TCP/IP, UDP, CDN, DNS, and load balancing.
- Strong skills in managing complex projects and implementing innovative solutions.
Continuous Improvement
- Enhance the department's and organization's reputation by proactively identifying opportunities to improve processes and add value to the role.
- Initiate and lead projects aimed at optimizing network efficiency and security.
- Manage and perform life-cycle maintenance for devices and supporting equipment.
- Design and implement complex networking and circuit installations.
- Ensure network designs support scalability, redundancy, and high availability.
- Provide support for all network-related initiatives, including hardware and process management, architecture, design, and configuration.
- Establish and configure reliable voice and data networks by installing and configuring telecommunications equipment, routers, switches, firewalls, and VPNs.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external contractors during deployment.
- Manage network security protocols to safeguard sensitive information.
- Optimize and configure network protocols to ensure high availability and redundancy.
- Integrate new technologies to enhance network performance and reliability.
- Collect and analyze data from plant records, site surveys, networking drawings, and building schematics to identify improvement opportunities and ensure optimal network performance.
- Evaluate network performance metrics to recommend enhancements.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive network and wireline documentation, including diagrams and configuration details.
- Update documentation regularly to reflect changes in network infrastructure.
- Perform circuit and equipment testing to verify service quality.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues, escalating them to management when necessary.
- Demonstrate proficiency with network capture analysis tools like Wireshark or similar technologies.
