Network Engineer

22 Nov 2024

Vacancy expired!

The Network Engineer will be responsible for the administration of the Firm’s network (WAN/LAN), wireless and security infrastructure. This Network Engineer will work as a member of a highly technical engineering team in the design, implementation, and operation of the enterprise-wide network infrastructure. The Network Engineer will report to the Network Infrastructure Manager. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Define, document, and enforce established network and security policy standards
  • Work with vendors on network design upgrades, investigate new technologies and be involved with Information Security and Disaster recovery testing
  • Respond to HelpDesk ticket requests requiring technical support on issues such as network connectivity and related local area network issues
  • Establish a sound and stable networking environment by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, and scheduling upgrades
  • Create and add content to a knowledgebase by documenting issues and the causes and fixes for those issues
  • Work in conjunction with other IT departments to securely plan, deploy, design and troubleshoot issues and implement new functions
  • Provide networking and security architectural and engineering support across local, regional and global areas
  • Evaluate new technologies as appropriate and required to help build, maintain, improve and document as our environment grows
  • Manage communication and coordination of resources during outage situations. Guide engineers from different groups to work together to resolve outages and restore business functionality as quickly as possible
  • Work on customer escalations and issues in a timely manner
  • Rotational on-call responsibilities and some after-hours work required

Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in a Network Engineer role
  • CCNP or above with comparable working knowledge competency
  • Excellent working knowledge of network protocols and concepts such as Spanning Tree, EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, VOIP, QOS, TCP/IP, 802.1q, 802.1x, MPLS, DNS, Syslog, TACACS, SD-WAN, OSPF
  • Ability to work with network security devices such as Cisco IDS/IPS devices, Firepower, Palo Alto, ASA, and ACS with an understanding of how to baseline and set alerting features of IDS signatures and work with Palo Alto security policies
  • Demonstrated ability on WAN infrastructure consisting of a mixture of MPLS, Point to Point, Internet and DMVPN technologies utilizing SD-WAN appliances
  • Experience with network access control technologies such as 802.1x and Aruba ClearPass NAC appliances
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment to ensure performance, reliability and security in a dynamic 24/7 production network environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Working knowledge of remote access VPNs (IPSEC, AnyConnect, DMVPN)
  • Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools for access management and troubleshooting using tools such as Syslog, ACS, NetFlow (Plixer Scrutinizer), SolarWinds and protocol analyzers
  • Prior experience using industry established project management techniques in accomplishing strategic objectives
  • Experience with VoIP technologies preferred
  • Experience with SeviceNow functionalities such as change control, CMDB, ticket system
  • Cloud experience a plus