Senior Network Engineer
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 position also aids in designing and administering the City’s server environment and supports secure, reliable network performance. The role includes developing network architecture standards and documentation, evaluating emerging technologies, and overseeing network security, vulnerability testing, audits, and incident response. The position requires knowledge of enterprise network architecture, networking equipment and methods, switching and routing platforms, firewalls, VPNs, security policy management, and protocols and technologies including BGP, QoS, data center networking, NAC/802.1X, cloud and hybrid connectivity, and enterprise monitoring software. A North Carolina driver’s license and an acceptable driving record are required. Listed professional certifications are preferred.
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.
- Valid North Carolina Driver’s License.
- 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 the City’s 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 supporting scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery planning.
- Evaluate emerging networking and security technologies and recommend architecture upgrades, hardware refresh cycles, and capacity planning.
- Assist with 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 and perform firewall management and troubleshooting.
- Monitor, analyze, and manage network devices and traffic, and troubleshoot issues.
- Develop usage and security metrics to detect abnormal activities.
- Administer 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 and research and implement solutions.
- Identify and remediate network vulnerabilities.
- Perform other similar duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
