Senior Network Engineering Lead - Remote

Ryder • Albany, NY

175d • $110,000 - $130,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Network Engineering Lead provides engineering, deployment of engineering solutions and support services for both cloud and on-premise network infrastructures. Provide technical expertise and hands on support in network analysis, design, planning, assessment, development, and implementation. Responsible for providing support for network architecture and operation of cloud platform operating on Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Acts as a primary escalation support resource for providing recommendations and initiating necessary corrective actions to ensure optimal network performance. This position provides technical consulting support on projects, network device configurations, network recommendations to support business applications, manages Vendors on implementation of services, and manages system issues related to IT Infrastructure environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Computer Science or Business with emphasis in Logistics, Transportation.
• H.S. diploma/GED required.
• Seven (7) years or more expert level experience with SD-WAN, network switching (capacity planning & VLANs), network routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), WAN technologies (MPLS, VPLS, VPN, QoS) and network security.
• Seven (7) years or more expert level experience managing large scale monitoring and alerting systems along with trending and capacity planning.
• Seven (7) years or more expert level experience in architecting, engineering, and operating multi-site WAN infrastructures with complex routing and failover.
• Seven (7) years or more expert level experience with logical design models (L2/L3, VPC, VDC, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VFR, VTP, VLANs, physical cabling).
• Seven (7) years or more expert level experience of root cause analysis for network faults/outages.
• Three (3) years or more experience with architectural and network support of Cloud Network Infrastructures and Managed Services on Azure and AWS.
• Three (3) years or more experience with deep-inspection firewalls, intrusion and threat protection platforms, RADIUS, DNS, NTP, monitoring, and logging.
• Knowledge and understanding of systems design principles/technical architectures and a proven track record of technology selections, design, implementation, and support.
• Knowledge of IP communication and routing.
• Knowledge of network protocols (QoS, PfR, PoE, NTP, DHCP), network management protocols (CDP, FTP, TFTP, SNMP) and security protocols (SSH, HTTPS, AAA, IPSec, TrustSec).
• Knowledge in WAN/LAN/Cloud and transport technologies (ethernet, frame relay, DMVPN, WAAS, and MPLS).
• Knowledge of end-to-end network architecture and operations.
• Knowledge of structured and rapid design, development, and implementation of network architectures.
• CCNP, CCNA AWS or Azure certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide top-level support and ownership of the network infrastructure in a global environment by optimizing stability, availability, reliability, and performance.
• Manage and support network routers, switches, load balancers, and other network hardware/virtual appliances.
• Design network topologies, architectures, and services that solve complex business requirements.
• Identify service delivery conflicts to implement alternatives, while communicating issues of technology impact on the business.
• Develop technical and business relationships and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts.
• Collect and analyze business requirements for large, multi-functional projects.
• Perform feasibility studies, translating requirements into an appropriate design.
• Assist Application and IT teams with assessment of new technologies, application upgrades, and general technical support to ensure the network infrastructure meets business requirements.
• Manage project activities for network services in alignment with business/customer 'Go Live' schedules.
• Provide overall third level IT Network support for all locations.
• Create and maintain documentation related to networking infrastructure components including network diagrams, rack diagrams, and technology data flow diagrams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability insurance options.
• Paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave.
• Tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Annual bonus eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Rental and Leasing Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree