Network Engineer

Kroger•Blue Ash, OH

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About The Position

We’re seeking a Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure with a strong focus on security and compliance. This role supports Kroger’s large-scale, hybrid environment (campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, and cloud) and partners with Security and Cloud teams to ensure resilient, secure connectivity. Provide advanced and/or cross-technology engineering through all phases of the Technology/Project Life Cycle. Accountable for the overall systems infrastructure including engineering, implementation and integration, and technical services and support. Design, implement/install, maintain and administer infrastructure systems including hardware, software and various configurations. Monitor overall performance to proactively identify potential issues and tune appropriately. Perform root cause analysis on failed components and implement corrective measures. Mentor and coach others to establish and improve processes and procedures. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in support and/or engineering for the specific technical discipline
Proven communication and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to customers in all levels of the organization
Ability to understand company business problems and identify technical solutions

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree Information Systems or related equivalent work experience
Any experience in diagnosing and resolving complex hardware, software and connectivity problems
Certification within Infrastructure Discipline
Ability to coordinate and work on multiple cross-functional base work initiatives and projects
Certifications: CCNA/CCNP, PCNSE,
Experience with SD-WAN deployments and firewall migrations.
Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

Design and successfully implement overall infrastructure components per project with infrastructure teams, ensuring that overall solution is designed to meet SLA , DR, monitoring, security and scalability needs required by the solution
Ensure that post-production operational processes/deliverables are well designed and implemented prior to the project moving into the solution support phase
Generate scripts and templates required for the automatic provisioning of resources, on prem, cloud and distributed
Discover, install, and execute processes and standards for optimal use of cloud service provider offerings
Debug technical issues inside a complex stack involving virtualization, containers and microservices
Collaborate with the engineering teams to enable their applications to run on Cloud infrastructure
Define and create operational procedures, processes and scripts
Ensure secure operations of infrastructure technologies (security updates, vulnerability management, role access management, configuration hardening)
Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies to ensure adherence to architecture guidelines
Evaluate vendor technical and support capabilities
Provide technical leadership on enterprise work and establishing standards/guidelines
Design, implement and support multiple moderately complex systems or applications with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility
Develop enhanced production monitoring and additional capability
Support and maintain infrastructure solutions utilizing required tools and technologies
Provide off-hours support (24 x 7) as required
Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation