IT Sr Network Engineer II

Melaleuca, Inc.•Idaho Falls, ID

2d•Remote

About The Position

As a Sr. Network Engineer at Melaleuca, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure. You will play a key role on a team of network engineers, provide technical expertise, and ensure the stability and scalability of our network. This position is responsible for high-level network planning, design, configuration, and optimization. This role also provides training to the other engineers on new technologies being implemented.

Requirements

This role is remote but individuals must live in or be open to relocate to ID, UT
6+ years of hands-on networking and troubleshooting experience in a multiprotocol environment
5+ years’ experience maintaining current router and switch technology, and routing protocols (e.g., BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, etc.)
4+ years’ experience supporting and testing LANs, VLANs, WLANs, VPNs, NAT devices and DHCP services
3+ years’ experience with network security products and protocols (e.g., IPS/IDS, IPSEC VPN)
Experience with Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, ISR, ASR
Experience with Meraki wireless
Demonstrated leadership ability
Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy
Ability to analyze problems and create solutions
Must work independently and professionally
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work under stress and work overtime as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience with Cisco Next Gen Firewalls and Firewall Management Center FTD 7.X preferred
CCNP preferred
Experience with network monitoring, logging, and management platforms (e.g., Solarwinds, Splunk, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, etc.)

Responsibilities

Involved in planning, implementing, and supporting network projects, identifying risks, documenting and communicating migration plans to improve our infrastructure
Provide guidance and direction related to globally diverse traditional and software-defined networking strategies, interconnectivity and best practices
Work with business stakeholders to define requirements and system goals and identify and resolve business systems issues
Provide support of existing networks, including configuration of Cisco routers, switches, wireless, remote access, WAN devices and services
Recommend and implement new technologies to support business needs and improvements through education of peers and business leaders
Create and maintain accurate and current technical documentation and configurations for all aspects of our global network
Monitor global network for outages and performance issues, and make tuning adjustments based on results
Perform preventative maintenance services on all devices within area of responsibility including network hardware/software update scheduling, installing, and testing
Coordinate with carriers for circuit turn-ups, sizing, procurement, outages and migrations
Be available for on-call rotation and possible travel when needed
Manage all tasks and projects, and ensure that all items are tracked in the ticketing system and being handled in a manner that meets or exceeds established OLAs and SLAs
Promote teamwork within the team and foster cooperation with other groups and departments
Maintain current knowledge of emerging trends in the network technology market