Senior Network Engineer

City of Concord•Concord, CA

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to architect, plan, design, implement and maintain the City’s enterprise local and wide area networks to meet the current and future needs of the City.

Requirements

Enterprise network architecture and design principles, including redundancy, segmentation, and disaster recovery
Networking methods, materials and equipment
Enterprise switching and routing platforms
Enterprise firewall administration, VPN, and security policy management
Network protocols, including BGP, QoS policy design, data center networking, NAC/ 802.1X port-based authentication, cloud/hybrid connectivity and enterprise monitoring software
Operation of electronic equipment
Network architecture design and technical documentation
Managing & prioritizing multiple tasks
Organizational & management skills
Interpersonal & communications skills
Decision making
Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Valid North Carolina Driver’s License
Applicants must meet the City’s criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Nice To Haves

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) preferred
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCCDP) or Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) preferred
Fortinet Network Security Expert 4 (NSE 4) – Network Security Professional preferred
Fortinet Network Security Expert 7 (NSE 7) preferred
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) preferred
EC-Council Certified Network Defender (CND) preferred

Responsibilities

Architects and administers all of the City’s enterprise networks, including infrastructure design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of routers, firewalls, switches, VPN hardware, and wireless.
Develops and maintains network architecture standards, logical/physical diagrams, and design documentation to support scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning.
Evaluates emerging networking and security technologies and makes recommendations on architecture upgrades, hardware refresh cycles, and capacity planning.
Aids in the design and administration of the City’s server environment.
Provides support of network infrastructure to ensure successful performance and secure operation of the enterprise network.
Performs device configuration maintenance, firewall management & troubleshooting.
Performs device and traffic monitoring, analysis, management and troubleshooting.
Develops usage and security metrics to allow for the detection of abnormal activities.
Administers overall network security, including planning and oversight of penetration and vulnerability testing performed internally or by third-party assessors.
Performs security audits from internal and external parties.
Investigates security incidents and researches and implements solutions.
Identifies and remediates network vulnerabilities.
Performs other similar duties as required.