Network Engineer
About The Position
Founders Federal Credit Union is seeking a Network Engineer for its Information Technology department. The position is primarily onsite at the Corporate Headquarters in Lancaster, South Carolina; remote work is not available. After completing training, the employee may be able to work at the Rock Hill Center. The Network Engineer is responsible for operating data communications, LAN/WAN environments, servers, and hardware and software deployments. The role manages and optimizes network infrastructure, maintains its reliability and security, and supports current and emerging technologies. The employee must follow asset-management and configuration-inventory procedures, understand the Incident Response Plan, and comply with company policies and applicable laws and regulations. Evening and weekend work is required, and occasional travel is required. The position also provides after-hours support and participates in a rotating on-call schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or five or more years of previous work experience with networking systems, servers, and application support.
- Advanced networking design skills and knowledge of Cisco infrastructure.
- Strong technical skills to support current and emerging technologies.
- Ability to analyze, research, and explain technical details effectively.
- Ability to follow the asset-management lifecycle process and procedures and support an accurate configuration-management inventory database.
- Knowledge and understanding of Incident Response team roles and responsibilities as defined in the Incident Response Plan.
- Protect company data and comply with information-security policies and legal and regulatory obligations concerning privacy, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Adhere to the principle of least privilege by limiting account, process, and program permissions to those required for assigned work.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required by project deadlines and end-of-period processing schedules.
- Ability to travel occasionally.
Responsibilities
- Configure, manage, and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, VPNs, and other network devices, including upgrades, patches, repairs, and replacements.
- Install and integrate network, server, and security devices into the enterprise in accordance with business hardening standards.
- Evaluate and monitor security standards and access controls to maintain network security.
- Monitor and analyze network performance, proactively addressing potential issues to support high availability and minimize downtime.
- Create and maintain documentation covering performance goals, network topology, data flows, third-party connections, security infrastructure, configuration settings, procedures, and incident resolutions.
- Follow change-management, incident-response, and testing processes for system and software modifications; anticipate, identify, troubleshoot, mitigate, and resolve issues.
- Maintain and document assigned tickets in the change-control system.
- Complete RTA and BCP/BIA testing in areas of system ownership and assist system owners with testing new and existing systems as needed.
- Collaborate with IT team members to align network strategies with organizational goals and requirements.
- Work with the CSOC team to research and remediate vulnerabilities identified in enterprise assessments.
- Participate in network security assessments, disaster-recovery testing, vulnerability scans, and remediations; respond to and mitigate security incidents.
- Comply with company policies and applicable laws, regulations, and statutes, including requirements issued by NCUA and FFIEC and provisions such as GLBA and BSA.
- Provide after-hours network support, including nights and weekends, as necessary.
- Rotate on-call duties for network and data-center alerts.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Family-oriented culture that values work/life balance
- 401(k) with employer contributions and a pension plan fully funded by Founders Federal Credit Union
- Comprehensive health and dental insurance
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance at no cost to the employee
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance coverage for the employee, spouse, and children
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Long-term care plan
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Assistance with achieving and maintaining certifications
- Fit Founders Wellness Program
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Job Type
Full-time
