Senior Network Engineer

Location: Bryn Mawr, PA Salary: $120,000.00 USD Annually - $135,000.00 USD Annually Description: Our client is currently seeking a Senior Network Engineer This position is going to be direct hire and requires you to be onsite 2-3 days a week in Bryn Mawr, PA. CCNA required for this position!

• Lead and collaborate with IT engineers to design and build technology solutions and architecture to support our technical and business project portfolio. This includes determining appropriate technical and functional requirements for technology solutions.

• Provide technical design, build, and support for our expanding network and cloud architecture. This includes ensuring appropriate network performance, capacity, resiliency and redundancy for all cloud based platforms - SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
• Serve as escalation on operational issues and subject matter expert for the following: Ethernet switching, enterprise wireless, WAN/LAN, QoS,layer BGP, OSPF, FHRP's, SAN networking (NPIV, zoning, etc.), VRF-Lite, VDC, fabric-path, enterprise wireless - 802.11g/n/ac VLANs, port trunking, EtherChannel, IPSEC and SSL.
• Participate, or as required, lead all phases of project life cycle for corporate initiatives - design, build and operate, ensuring network technology standards and baselines are in place, security practices are followed and documentation for operational hand over is created.
• Serve as subject matter expert on key network technology trends in the industry leading to innovative solutions for business problems and initiatives.
• Independently manage contractors and vendors to ensure appropriate service delivery.
• Responsible for network infrastructure annual budget process and development of an actionable 5-year road map for network technology refresh.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation as it relates to network and data center operations topology.
• Lead the design, build and operation of disaster recovery network. The DR network will be tested annually to ensure SOX compliance.
• Act as relationship manager and partner with InfoSec team to ensure the network infrastructure is designed, operated and maintained in a secure environment.
• Act as relationship manager with internal business partners and application team to enable optimal performance of business systems and associated applications.
• Execute appropriate change management procedures following formal and informal processes when implementing production system changes.
• Participate in the `on-call manager' 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week program to support computer operations and customers during non-business hours.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• A 4-year degree in Information Technology / Computer Science field and a minimum of 7 years experience in network engineering is required.

• Cisco professional level cert - CCNA required
• Additional certs - (CCDP/CCNP/CCDI/CCIE) are a plus.
• Deep understanding of the following: BGP, OSPF, FHRP's, SAN networking (NPIV, zoning, etc.), QoS, Network design and standards, VRF-Lite, VDC, Fabric-Path, Enterprise wireless - 802.11g/n/ac, VLAN's, port trunking, and EtherChannel.
• Expert level in Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking concepts with hands on experience.
• Proficient in VPN technologies utilizing IPSEC and SSL.
• Excellent problem solving and organizational skills.