Sr. Network Engineer
Essential Functions:
- 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.
Education and Experience:
- 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
- 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.
- Experience or knowledge of Python and Ansible.
Pay Range: $117,686.25 – 155,000.00/yr