Senior Network Engineer

City of Concord•Concord, CA

About The Position

The Senior Network Engineer architects, plans, designs, implements, and maintains the City’s enterprise local and wide area networks to meet current and future needs. The role administers enterprise network infrastructure and supports its performance, security, scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery. It also aids in the design and administration of the City’s server environment, evaluates emerging networking and security technologies, and recommends architecture upgrades, hardware refresh cycles, and capacity planning.

Requirements

Knowledge of enterprise network architecture and design principles, including redundancy, segmentation, and disaster recovery.
Knowledge of networking methods, materials, and equipment.
Knowledge of enterprise switching and routing platforms.
Knowledge of enterprise firewall administration, VPN, and security policy management.
Knowledge of network protocols and technologies, including BGP, QoS policy design, data center networking, NAC/802.1X port-based authentication, cloud/hybrid connectivity, and enterprise monitoring software.
Ability to operate electronic equipment.
Skills in network architecture design and technical documentation.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
Organizational and management skills.
Interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to exchange or convey information and receive work direction from coworkers, supervisors, and the general public.
Decision-making skills.
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).
Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) or Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE).
Fortinet Network Security Expert 4 (NSE 4) – Network Security Professional.
Fortinet Network Security Expert 7 (NSE 7).
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).
EC-Council Certified Network Defender (CND).

Responsibilities

Architect and administer enterprise networks, including infrastructure design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of routers, firewalls, switches, VPN hardware, and wireless systems.
Develop and maintain network architecture standards, logical and physical diagrams, and design documentation to support scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning.
Evaluate emerging networking and security technologies and recommend architecture upgrades, hardware refresh cycles, and capacity planning.
Aid in the design and administration of the City’s server environment.
Support network infrastructure to ensure successful performance and secure operation of the enterprise network.
Maintain device configurations, manage firewalls, and troubleshoot network issues.
Monitor, analyze, and manage network devices and traffic, and troubleshoot as needed.
Develop usage and security metrics to detect abnormal activities.
Administer overall network security, including planning and oversight of internal or third-party penetration and vulnerability testing.
Perform security audits conducted by internal and external parties.
Investigate security incidents, research solutions, and implement them.
Identify and remediate network vulnerabilities.
Perform other similar duties as required.