Sr. Network Engineer
About The Position
The Sr. Network Engineer will be responsible for analyzing, architecting, designing, configuring, installing, and managing enterprise network and network equipment. This role requires maintaining up-to-date knowledge of network vendor technologies and associated software, and engaging in the technical administration of Cisco network equipment. The engineer will configure, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise network equipment, resolve complex issues, and assist other teams with the installation and configuration of various Cisco devices and infrastructure equipment. Responsibilities also include working with carriers to configure and troubleshoot WAN circuits and equipment, mentoring junior network engineers, and ensuring network compliance with standards like PCI and HIPAA. The role involves providing on-call support, overseeing troubleshooting activities, performing system administration, and utilizing configuration management tools like Ansible and Solarwinds. Additionally, the engineer will manage the expansion and relocation of voice infrastructure, develop network documentation, participate in Agile/Scrum processes, maintain external relationships, provide root cause analysis for outages, and deliver Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience with Cisco routers/switches/routing protocols and other network equipment.
- Cisco Certified Network Professional certification required.
- Experience or knowledge of Python and Ansible.
Nice To Haves
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification preferred.
- Experience with SD-WAN, preferred.
- Experience with SDN preferred.
- Experience or knowledge of networking in a VMware and/or Docker and/or AWS environment, preferred.
- Experience or knowledge of IaC and/or NaC, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, architects, designs, configures, installs, and manages enterprise network and network equipment.
- Maintains personal knowledge of network vendor technologies and associated software.
- Engages in technical administration of Cisco network equipment including routers, switches, access points, and controllers.
- Configures, monitors, and troubleshoots enterprise network equipment.
- Resolves complex issues involving a wide range of technologies.
- Assists other teams with installing and configuring Cisco Voice Gateways, Integrated Services Routers (ISRs), Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) routers, analog gateways, and any other infrastructure equipment.
- Works with carriers and configures/troubleshoots Internet, MPLS, SD-WAN and other WAN circuits and equipment.
- Mentors other network engineers who are junior to this position.
- Ensures network meets compliance standards, including PCI and HIPPA.
- Provides on call support required to bring production systems to operational states.
- Oversees diagnosis and troubleshooting activities; resolves technical problems that occur.
- Performs system administration functions necessary to support continuous day-to-day system operations.
- Performs configuration management using Ansible, Solarwinds and other tools.
- Performs expansion, relocation, and consolidation of voice infrastructure for all corporate locations.
- Develops and maintains network documentation.
- Maintains involvement with other aspects of IT systems infrastructure by participating in Agile/Scrum process for the IT systems team.
- Maintains relationships with key contacts outside of own area of expertise.
- Responsible for providing root cause analysis for outages, and delivering SOPs.
- Performs other related duties and projects as business needs require at direction of management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
