Network Specialist
About The Position
The Network Specialist will assist on executing high level projects working to architect, design, and implement complex network infrastructures for clients across multiple industries and locations. The Network Specialist will also work closely with our Escalations team to resolve advanced networking issues across our client base. The right candidate will have experiencing taking a project from nothing through to production and end user attestation. The candidate will need to quickly and efficiently troubleshoot network impacting outages in unfamiliar environments. Candidate will work a combination of in-office, remote, and field. Travel is required. 1-3 years of real world, IT experience is required for this position with an intermediate understanding of routing, switching, wireless, troubleshooting and technical problem-solving. The ability to deliver projects on time and work within deadlines, as well as being able to adjust to ever-changing client demands and scenarios is a must.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of real world, IT experience
- Intermediate understanding of routing, switching, wireless, troubleshooting and technical problem-solving
- Strong problem-solving skills, firm understanding of how to properly troubleshoot problems with as minimal client impact as possible.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong organizational, operational and inter-personal skills. Assertive, customer-oriented and task-driven attitude.
- Project management skill set, with demonstrated ability to adhere and deliver to deadlines and project timelines.
- Strong understanding of the TCP/IP stack, and how forwarding at L2 and L3 works.
- Understanding and hands-on experience with Windows Server DHCP, DNS, Radius (Network Policy Server or NPS) services.
- Significant experience with implementing, troubleshooting, and understanding L2 technologies such as 802.1d (STP and its variant), 802.1x, 802.1ad.
- Candidate should be able to talk through setting up a new on-premises or virtual network from start to finish.
- Basic understanding of advanced networking, including on-premises enterprise-grade infrastructure, as well as cloud-based network 'appliances' and interfaces.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with wireless technologies and vendor management is a strong plus.
- Experience working with VPNs and tunneling technologies is a strong plus: SSL/TLS based VPNs, IPSEC, Routing/Policy based VPNs, GRE tunnels.
- Hands-on experience with the following vendors: Cisco, Palo Alto, SonicWall, Meraki, Fortinet, Aruba, Ruckus appliances, and ability to work within the CLI, are a strong plus.
- Experience with the Linux operating system is a plus.
- In-depth, advanced understanding of the AWS/Azure ecosystem and how to apply them in a reliable and efficient means are a strong plus.
- Prefer a minimum of 1-3 years real world IT experience.
- No College Education Required.
- AWS Solutions Architect Certification or similar is a plus.
- Cisco CCNA or similar is a plus.
- Candidates with experience in Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto, SonicWall, Fortinet, and or Ruckus are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Assist on executing high level projects working to architect, design, and implement complex network infrastructures for clients across multiple industries and locations.
- Work closely with our Escalations team to resolve advanced networking issues across our client base.
- Take a project from nothing through to production and end user attestation.
- Quickly and efficiently troubleshoot network impacting outages in unfamiliar environments.
- Deliver projects on time and work within deadlines.
- Adjust to ever-changing client demands and scenarios.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
