Sr. Network Engineer

The Senior Network Engineer will maintain the resiliency and operational aspects of the Client enterprise network. This role will perform all aspects of complex configuration, implementation and troubleshooting wired and wireless communication infrastructure, supporting data, voice and video in converged and non-converged configurations. The Senior Engineer must maintain a detailed working knowledge of network technologies and would understand how data moves between Clouds, SaaS Solutions, and Legacy environments while adapting the network to meet the needs of the Enterprise wide range of applications and systems.

• Configures, and monitors networking equipment in a redundant environment with real time failover

• Secures network system by enforcing Security policies

• Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with Client architects on network optimization

• Provide support on a 24x7 basis as required

• Taking direction from IT management; implement routing and switching protocols.

• Implements systems that match our design criteria including but not limited to: security, scalability, availability, compatibility

• Resolve, recommend, develop and implement forward-looking strategies for satisfying business needs and maintaining technical currency with assigned systems

• Serve as primary source of technical expertise to project teams

• Follow through with projects to their completion

• Partners with Security to ensure compliance and enforcement of Security Guidelines

• Adhere to, mature, and define the best practices for the support and deployment of our infrastructure across the enterprise stack (routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, load balancing and DNS).

• Be a subject matter expert in reducing and resolving production incidents

• Enhance proactive monitoring and drive proactive remediation efforts

• Enable tooling and process so that L1/L2/L3 operations can resolve most incidents and issues

• Configure and manage multiple systems (Load Balancing, DNS, Software Defined Datacenter Network, etc.) and infrastructure both OnPrem and in the Cloud

• Open to new ideas and encourages innovative practices amongst peers

• Practices positive interactions - leans on encouragement in place of judgment

• Impresses responsibility on others by displaying ownership in tasks

• Acts in the interest of the overall team

• Able to multi-task in a fast paced, fluid work environment

• Capable of presenting technical ideas and concepts in business -friendly language

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent years of experience

• Excellent oral and written communication skills including technical documentation skills

• Self-managed and motivated

• Ability to follow through with tasks to their completion, organized, and detail oriented

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to thrive in an environment that requires frequent attention shifts from one project to the next

• Proactive, self-starter able to work with limited supervision and prepared to take responsibility for the role's operations

• Exceptional time and project management skills.

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) or equivalent required or equivalent field experience

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE) Certification Preferred

• Cybersecurity
• Artificial Intelligence
• Data Science
• Cloud & DevOps