IT Network Engineer III

Crane Company • Lynnwood, WA

14d • Onsite

About The Position

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for an IT Network Engineer III at our Lynnwood, WA location. This is an on-site position. About Crane: Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). This facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation’s Alice all-electric aircraft. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Job Summary: The IT Network Engineer III is responsible for maintenance of all local and wide area network infrastructure technologies for Crane Aerospace and Electronics worldwide locations. Maintaining network administration tools with a particular focus on network access control systems. Maintaining relationships with third party vendors as well as the CraneCo Global GIS team. This role will require travel as needed to branch locations to perform maintenance and rollout activities.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 7 years in an IT role & minimum 4 years in a Network Engineering role.
• Demonstrated ability to run mid to large scale network implementations.
• Demonstrated ability to implement network access control technologies both on the edge and internally.
• Knowledge: Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Global Protect, SDWAN
• Skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills both oral and written; Leadership; Supervision; Organization and prioritization
• Ability: Technical administration of complex solutions; Travel as needed
• Education/Certification: BS degree or equivalent experience is required
• Eligibility Requirement: This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Responsibilities

• Administration of networking hardware such as switches, routers, wireless access points, firewalls, and security appliances.
• Administration of network access control systems.
• Maintenance of all network management platforms such as firewall management systems, network configuration management tools, and vulnerability management systems.
• Act as an escalation point for LAN, WAN and NAC issues as needed from the CraneAE Service Desk team.
• Provide data and reporting of KPI’s to IT management for monthly reporting.
• Maintain a relationship with key third-party vendors such as hardware/software vendors, and VARs to provide support to the infrastructure as needed.
• Provide subject matter expertise for all networking technologies with participation in decision-making processes for the acquisition of new technologies into the environment.
• Work closely with other IT functional groups to ensure cohesive support and strategies across the IT organization.
• Any other task assigned by your supervisor or management

Benefits

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month
• 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k plan with company match
• eligible after 90 days of employment.
• Education Reimbursement: eligible after 90 days of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level