Senior Network Engineer

Job Description : DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES :

Essential Responsibilities

1. Configure and install network hardware and software to meet agency and industry standards.

2. Configure Solarwinds NPM NCM and Server / Application Monitor to meet application teams requirements.

3. Maintain the entire Orion platform as a SME; performing patches when deemed necessary.

4. Reviews network changes and trends to forecast future needs while determining and correcting complex network problems.

5. Provide network design recommendations and solutions to network problems while determining feasibility cost equipment needs and time constraints / allocations for assigned projects.

6. Assist in the development of strategic direction of the network infrastructure for both the current environment and potential future environment.

7. Travel to different SCDHHS offices throughout the state to provide network configuration implementation and maintenance on the SCDHHS network infrastructure.

8. Make recommendations on specific improvements in network efficiency and effectiveness using network diagrams and reports for I / O Leadership.

9. Troubleshoot network connectivity issues with emphasis in Routing DNS URLFiltering and IPSEC VPN tunnels.

General Duties and Responsibilities :

1. Experience maintaining the SolarWinds Orion platform.

2. Extensive experience with configuring and installing Palo Alto network firewalls and software to meet agency and industry standards.

3. Detailed at analyzing network efficiency across the entire agency network.

4. Constantly reviewing network changes and trends to forecast future needs while determining and correcting complex network problems to regional offices.

5. Ability to provide network design recommendations and solutions to network problems while determining feasibility cost equipment needs and time constraints / allocations for assigned projects.

6. Providing backup support with development of strategic direction of the network infrastructure for the network environment.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE) :

1. Minimum 5 to 10 years Networking experience

2. 5 plus years of experience within network infrastructure server and system administration operations.

3. Ability to design configure and manage configurations within the SolarWinds environment.

4. Ability to design configure and manage Palo Alto Firewalls.

5. Ability to design configure and manage configurations within the SolarWinds environment.

6. Ability to assign appropriate priorities to work activities based on organizational goals and situational pressures.

7. Ability to work on multiple network projects concurrently and sometimes independently.

8. Knowledge of F5 LoadBalancers.

9. Deep understanding of networking protocols and networking software / hardware

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE) :

1. Knowledge of CISCO devices.

2. Experience with Infoblox DNS IPAM DHCP NTP.

3. HIPAA CDC and other network infrastructure and server framework.

4. Experience with NAC appliances (ISE and Forescout preferred).

Additional Sills : Experience with Infoblox DNS IPAM DHCP NTP; SolarWinds

Skills : Category

Name

Required

Importance

Level

Last Used

Experience

Networking & Directories

Cisco Firewalls

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Networking & Directories

Cisco VPN

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Networking & Directories

CISCO HARDWARE ADMINISTRATION

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Networking & Directories

Cisco Quality of Service (QoS)

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Networking & Directories

CISCO Routers

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Networking & Directories

CISCO SWITCHES

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Protocols

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Protocols

Knowledge of networking protocols including TCP / IP HTTP NTP DNS MLLP NDM

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Software Framwork

SolarWinds

Lead

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Web Tools

DNS Components and Configuration

Expert

Currently Using

4 6 Years

Key Skills

EIGRP,Load Balancing,Routing Protocols,Network Engineering,BGP,LAN,Computer Networking,IPsec,OSPF,Cisco ASA,Juniper,MPLS

Employment Type : Full Time

Vacancy : 1