Senior Network Engineer

RTD • Fond du Lac, WI

5d • $100,284 - $141,650 • Onsite

About The Position

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections! When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community. This position is responsible for installation, management, maintenance, capacity planning design and engineering for the LAN/WAN data network infrastructure. Responsibilities include disaster recovery planning and advanced technical problem analysis and resolution for the organization’s facilities and locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Telecommunications, or Electrical Engineering required, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in advanced network engineering.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in advanced packet/protocol analysis throughout the seven layer OSI model
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in design and operations with enterprise firewalls, IPS and other security technologies, complex routing protocols, physical and logical LAN and WAN technologies, WiFi, and security and encryption standards.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in client server networking in a Windows, Linux, and Macintosh computing environment.
• Experience supporting Palo Alto Firewall.
• Proficiency in advanced analysis, installation, administration and troubleshooting of a data network.
• Proficiency in network design and planning.
• Proficiency in auditing and documentation methods and practices.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to use sound judgment.
• Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details.
• The ability to support critical systems after hours, nights and weekends as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) certification or equivalent experience.
• An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develops short and long range network design and architecture plans for the organization’s facilities and data centers.
• Develops configuration standards across network equipment in order to ensure integrity of the systems and services.
• Manages network related projects, tasks and upgrades and coordinates networking resources as needed.
• Reviews new technologies, methodologies and processes to ensure the network infrastructure meets current and future needs.
• Maintains information technology inventory records of wide-area and local-area network hardware and software as well as coordination of repairs and quality control tests.
• Provides Advanced Network Support, including all means of data communications transport and security measures for those transports.
• Stays current with new complex networking technologies, architectures and best practices.
• All job-related duties as assigned

Benefits

• RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits (RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior