Information Technology - Network Engineer

Valley View Casino & Hotel•Valley Center, CA

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About The Position

The Network Engineer is responsible for the secure design, configuration, routing, and ongoing management of Valley View Casino & Hotel’s enterprise network infrastructure. The Network Engineer will manage networking and security technologies across multiple domains. Team Member in this role will work independently under little to no supervision. This position relies on expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to balance proactive design with reactive problem-solving. A wide degree of creativity, technical latitude, and initiative is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field. Four years of Information Systems experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience can be substituted for this requirement.
Requires strong knowledge of systems and security engineering due to the interconnected nature of modern enterprise environments.
Thorough knowledge of enterprise networking platforms and monitoring tools used in large-scale environments.
Strong organizational and analytical skills.
Strong understanding of network protocols and routing/switching technologies (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, QoS).
Proficiency in patch management for firewalls, switches, and network appliances, ensuring timely updates and security posture.
Experience conducting packet capture and traffic analysis
Ability to maintain meticulous cabling and labeling standards across data centers.
Experience managing hardware lifecycle, including identifying and retiring deprecated equipment.
Ability to work effectively with vendors and service providers for escalations, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
Manage digital certificates for firewalls and other network devices, ensuring proper application, renewal, and validation to maintain encrypted traffic and secure communications.
Team Member must be able to respond appropriately to stressful situations.
Leadership skills including the ability to articulate clear and precise direction and create a positive work environment with open communication and consistency.
Ability to speak and understand the English language.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as safety rules, instructions, guidelines, operating and maintenance instructions, and policies and procedure manuals written in the English language.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form referring back to established guidelines and policies and procedures.
Ability to define problems involving several concrete variables, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to carry out primary duties, responsibilities and tasks.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Must use excellent judgment when providing information to our guests and maintain positive guest relations at all times.
Must apply for, receive, and maintain a Gaming License from the Tribal Gaming Agency.
Must be able to successfully pass applicable auditions or skill testing and a drug screening test.
May be required to carry a company provided cell-phone at all times to receive and respond to work related calls.

Nice To Haves

Previous Information Systems experience in a casino environment
Intermediate to advanced knowledge in related technology
Professional certifications such as Cisco CCNA, CCNP (preferred), or CCIE; CompTIA Network+; Microsoft; or VMware.
Experience with disaster recovery planning, capacity modeling, and lifecycle management for network hardware and infrastructure.
Experience working with external penetration test team

Responsibilities

Maintain positive guest relations at all times, resolving guest complaints and ensuring guest satisfaction. Greet guests in a courteous and caring manner using personalized service.
Network and Security Infrastructure Management - Design, configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise networking platforms. Administer secure access solutions, network access controls, and policy enforcement. Manage secure remote access technologies and endpoint connectivity. Configure and maintain next-generation firewalls and access control policies. Ensure compliance with regulatory and gaming industry requirements. Ensure network security and regulatory compliance through patch management, firewall policy updates, access control, and threat monitoring. Installation, management, and maintenance of network servers, firewalls, workstations, and switches.
Monitoring and Troubleshooting - Monitor LAN/WAN performance and security using enterprise monitoring tools. Conduct advanced troubleshooting using packet capture and traffic analysis tools. Provide incident response and root cause analysis for critical network/security issues. Monitor system performance and perform system backup and recovery. Conduct inspections of supported equipment to identify potential issues.
Systems Integration Support - Maintain knowledge of server, identity management, and virtualization platforms to support network-dependent systems. Collaborate with systems engineers to securely integrate applications and services. Assist with infrastructure planning, design, and optimization. Maintain working knowledge of appropriate software and network applications. Collaborate with vendors regarding hardware or software issues. Serve as part of the incident response team, collaborating closely with cybersecurity and IT to maintain a highly available, secure, and compliant infrastructure supporting both casino gaming and hotel operations. Support business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
Data Center Operations - Maintain cabling and labeling standards across data centers. Perform regular audits of racks and infrastructure. Proactively identify and retire deprecated or unsupported hardware. Ensure meticulous physical standards for all data center equipment.
Documentation and Planning - Develop and maintain physical, logical, and rack diagrams. Contribute to capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity initiatives. Provide peer reviews of network and systems designs. Document changes, updates, and configurations consistently and accurately.
Collaboration and Leadership - Work closely with the cybersecurity team to align network security initiatives with organizational goals. Partner with vendors and service providers for escalations, upgrades, and issue resolution. Mentor junior IT staff and provide subject matter expertise. Works collectively with the management team to provide input, suggestions, and recommendations for department operations and guest service. Serve as a mentor for team members in the department. Mentor team members and provide expertise in network technologies.
Maintains a thorough knowledge of company facilities, as well as special events on property, to assist guests and fellow Team Members when possible.
Serve as part of the incident response team, collaborating closely with cybersecurity and the broader IT team to maintain a highly available, secure, and compliant infrastructure that supports both casino gaming and hotel operations.
Work collectively with the management team providing input, suggestions, and recommendations for department operations and guest service.
Maintain a thorough knowledge of company facilities, as well as special events on property, in order to advise guests and fellow Team Members of same, whenever possible.
May be required to attend special events.
Other duties as assigned by management.
Responsible for conducting all responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner
Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record.
Adhere to performance standards, company policies and procedures, as they relate to the department.