Senior Network Engineer

Job Description:

• Provide support for current and future Global IT

• Adherence to the administration of SMC Global IT security policies, procedures, best practices and established standards

• Participate in and optimize IT infrastructure implementations, forecasting and maintenance

• Implement and maintain network hardware based on the IT initiatives and required upgrade project with SMC

• Provide management with ways to improve administration, monitoring, reporting and standard operating procedures

• Design, plan, install. review and evaluate wired and wireless network infrastructure

• Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with all departments to optimize communications and exchange of pertinent information

• Troubleshoot network systems including any reported routing or switching problems and recommend improvements required to enhance performance

• Coordinate, implement or maintain router and switch hardware and configurations within the enterprise

• Manage current infrastructure equipment inventory levels to keep equipment up to date with current OS levels and required Enterprise functionalities

• Provide network monitoring services utilizing various network management tools

• Coordinate with vendors and customers to minimize and/or plan downtime

• Follow Global IT change management and configuration management processes

• Maintain a current level of technical knowledge and/or certification on enterprise routing and switching technologies

• Provide tactical and strategic input for overall network planning and related projects to include utilization of technology for cost savings or enhanced productivity in SMC

• Work with customers to assist with network capacity and high availability requirements

• Ensure accuracy of the information in DNS and IP databases

Job Requirements:

• Associate degree or work experience with industry leading certifications

• Preferably at least 5 years of relevant experience working in a large enterprise network environment including a multi-protocol network, problem resolutions, extensive knowledge of the OSI model, familiarity with industry leading network hardware, network management services, proactive monitoring and performance reporting

• Experience with various network monitoring tools and methodologies

• Mastery of advanced networking technologies and solutions including but not limited to BGP, extensible LAN, virtual route forwarding, virtual device contexts, policy-based routing, ether-channel, QoS, traffic-shaping, load balancing, VPN tunnels, WAN Optimization, SDWAN, firewalls, subnetting, VLANs, STP, Spine and Leaf architecture, packet captures, etc.

• Strong working knowledge of structured cabling systems, network facilities, electrical requirements, UPS, etc.

• Ability to travel abroad

• Candidates with Japanese language skills are welcome to apply as the role may involve interaction with Japanese speaking clients, partners or colleagues