Network Engineer

Caris Life Sciences•Irving, TX

About The Position

Caris Life Sciences is seeking an IT Network Engineer to help design, engineer, implement, support, monitor, and improve its internal and external network infrastructure. The role works with IT internal customers and IT leadership, and takes daily direction from the Manager of Networking. The position reports to the Manager, IT Network and Security. Responsibilities include network design and operations, security, maintenance, troubleshooting, documentation, and communicating technical and analytical information.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as healthcare administration, security management, management information systems, or business administration, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 3 years of Cisco network experience, including BGP, WAN routing, campus LAN, campus wireless access, firewalls, and VPN.
Technical background in network operations, campus network design, enterprise-wide area network design, and network monitoring tools.
Demonstrated experience in network operations.
Awareness and understanding of emerging trends and technologies in IT networking and healthcare and/or life sciences.
Ability to apply IT to solve network and business problems.
Ability to conduct and document research into IT networking issues.
Skills in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Ability to travel up to 10% occasionally, generally less.
Knowledge of audit response practices and application of appropriate people, process, and technology controls.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification in the area of expertise, such as Cisco Certification, Network+, or equivalent.
Participation in nationally recognized networking organizations.
Proven abilities in problem management, process analysis, and root cause analysis.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage up, down, and across organizational levels.
Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and attentive to detail.
Ability to work in a complex, matrixed team environment and experience in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Proven abilities in leading complex problem management and process analysis.
Ability to handle multiple tasks, set priorities, schedule, and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the formation and structure of Caris Life Sciences’ internal and external network design.
Apply current computer science technologies to network and computer-system design, development, evaluation, security, and integration.
Implement and maintain systems according to defined standards, including applying approved patches.
Support and monitor IT network systems for vulnerabilities and incidents involving Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco Wireless, and Avaya CM systems.
Assist in defining processes and procedures for managing network security.
Provide technical support and consultation for network configuration changes, enhancements, and associated processes.
Resolve faults and escalate issues as appropriate.
Maintain documentation for assigned systems.
Maintain knowledge of current wired, wireless, and network security designs.
Aggregate and correlate data streams to help prevent network intrusion or data exfiltration.
Monitor and resolve network metrics and report issues to management.
Provide timely, relevant network and analytical information.
Communicate complex technical information to team members and multiple levels of management.