Network Engineer

Job Summary

A successful candidate will have extensive background in all areas of networking technology. This individual must possess strong interpersonal skills, technical skills, as well as business analytical skills. This role is for someone who enjoys hands-on experience building enterprise networks, embraces new technology, and feels strongly not only about supporting large networks but also conduction complex network migrations. The candidate is expected to convert business requirements to technical specifications and network designs. This individual must enjoy a close-knit team environment of shared responsibility.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time

• Research new technology advancements and conduct evaluations focused on optimizing and improving network configuration, performance, capacity, availability, and operational reliability.
• Plan, design, implement and document all network related projects.
• Define and maintain technology standards.
• Establish and maintain backup and version-control of network configurations.
• Troubleshoot network designs and make recommendations for system fixes and enhancements.
• Make recommendations for leveraging network installations and reducing operational costs
• Partner with cross-functional peers from both infrastructure and application teams.
• Manage hardware/software vendors, service providers and 3rd party partners.
• Conduct network related work for Mergers and Acquisitions.
• Provide first/second tier of support for all networking issues including routing, switching, WIFI, and firewall.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organization and planning skills.
• Strong interpersonal / relationship management skills.
• Work well with others in a team environment.
• Self-motivated; self-starter.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in a Network Engineering role in enterprise environment with geographically dispersed locations.
• Specific experience with Cisco Meraki switch/WIFI, Palo Alto NGFW, Infoblox DDI, Cisco ASA, ISR, ASR, Catalyst/Nexus switches and SDWAN.
• Intermediate understanding of EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPN, Ethernet, DSL, DMVPN, QoS, COS, SNMP, VoIP, VLANS, Subnetting, Supernetting, Trunking, Virtual Networking, IPS, WLAN, WAN acceleration, URL filtering, NetFlow, network monitoring systems, cloud service providers such as MS Azure and OCI.
• Experience with supporting and troubleshooting global networks which includes multi-site, high-availability, load-balanced infrastructure solutions (active/active).
• Cisco CCNA or related industry certification required

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch.
• Occasionally lifts up to 50 lbs.
• Regularly required reach with hands and arms.
• Requires travel to plants (domestic US and international) with overnight stays; may require staying on job for 1-2 weeks at a time.

Work Environment

• Job functions will be carried out in an office, plant and data center environment.

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