We offer an excellent benefits package including

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid-time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Pay Range: $86,550- $138,480

Position Summary

The Infrastructure & Automation specialist supports the design, implementation, monitoring and managing the network solutions for the customers to ensure maximum uptime. The role can include system configurations and documenting the installation of a new network and maintaining and performs upgrade to software as required.

Technical Responsibilities:
• Infrastructure team supporting security and facilities teams
• Firewall rules
• Network administration
• Windows administration
• Supporting corporate campuses, data centers, global locations

Service & Maintenance:
• Monitors system performance and implements performance tuning
• Serves as backup for team members during paid time off.
• Perform hardware / software upgrades and replacements on existing systems

Work Schedule:
• Required time in the office 2 days/week, any 2 days. Other days can be remote.
• On-site requirements could increase at any time
• Must participate in on-call rotation for after hours support. Any time spent after hours can be used to offset regular hours.

Qualifications:

• Requires seven (7) to ten (10) years of experience with installation, troubleshooting and/or testing of electronic security systems with a high school diploma or GED.

  • Strong IT background with experience.
  • Previously owned the design of the entire network and built the network up from the ground.
  • Expertise in implementing, administering, and troubleshooting network infrastructure devices, including firewalls, routers, switches, wireless access points, and monitoring applications.
  • Acquiring computer systems, integrating firewalls, and configuration of equipment.
  • Good understanding of all layer2 protocols (STP, VLAN, LACP, etc.)
  • Maintain network security through proper configuration of VPN and Firewalls.
  • Hands-on technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, AnyConnect, DMVPN, etc.)
  • Cybersecurity experience
  • Kubernetes is a desirable skillset

Preferred Qualifications: 
• CompTIA Network
• CompTIA Security
• CompTIA SySA
• CCNA 
• CCNP

Communication Skills
• Strong oral, technical writing, and presentation skills
• Ability to build productive relationships with team members, clients and other network/system stakeholders.

Behavioral Skills:
• Must be able to balance high quality standards with schedule pressures and demanding environment.
• Must be a resourceful self-starter, flexible, pro-active, solution-oriented and customer-oriented.

Licensure/Certification:
• Experience in computer networks
• Experience with ticketing and monitoring toolset.
• Experience in one or more network related hardware and software.
• Standard Office Software (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)
• Standard Network Software (Visio, Wireshark, Putty, CLI, etc)

Preferred Experience / Education:
• 3 to 5 years of experience with a Master's degree in engineering or higher (subtract 2 years from experience requirement)
• 5 to 7 years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical IT, or Computer engineering or related fields

Abilities:
• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.