Senior Network Engineer

Location - Bridgewater, NJ or Richardson, TX

The Senior Network Engineer role is responsible for the implementation, planning, and coordination of network and security systems and software that protects the technological infrastructure for the NPAC (Number Portability Administration Center). In this capacity, the Senior Network Engineer builds and maintains the daily operations of computer networks for Lab and Production at our Primary and Alternate data centers.

This position has the following responsibilities:

• Must be available to support the needs of the business 24 x 7 via on-call team rotation.
• Support local data centers on-site and remotely to manage and maintain lab and production network equipment. This includes performing work physically in the data center when on-site hands are required.
• Design, build, implement and test, green field lab and production network solutions.
• Design, implement and test network expansions and changes.
• Deploy, install, and configure hardware such as firewalls, switches, routers, load balancers, IPS, network monitoring systems and other network security related products.
• Develop project proposals, designs, implementation plans including timelines and cost projections for various network initiatives.
• Write functional requirements/specifications documents for network projects and initiatives.
• Perform network maintenance activities - upgrade network hardware, IOS upgrades and network routing configuration implementations and modifications, as required.
• Review and develop MoPs (Method of Procedures) for network change management implementations in lab and production environments.
• Develop and maintain Network ODR (Operations Design Requirement) documents for network data configuration record keeping and archives.
• Perform network troubleshooting to isolate, diagnose and resolve common and complex network problems.
• Develop and implement network acceptance test plans for new network builds.
• Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning.
• Be able to advise and present technology related issues and trends to management.
• Knowledge share, direct and guide junior members of the team.

Required Qualifications:

• Expertise in Fortinet FortiGate, FortiSwitch network gear and FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer and FortiAuthenticator. Fortinet Certified Professional - Network Security Certification.
• BS or MS in Network Engineering and Administration or related technology field.
• Minimum 7 years of IT Network experience.
• Must be available to support the needs of the business 24 x 7 via on-call team rotation.
• Strong experience in the areas of Network requirements analysis, architecture, engineering, operations, and maintenance.
• Experience with Cisco router, ASA, and switching (Catalyst, Nexus) systems, F5 load balancing and network monitoring tools is a plus.
• Expertise in the following areas: WAN, LAN, Switching, and IP addressing, Routing Protocols, Firewalls, IPSec VPN tunnels and network/data security.
• Expertise with SNMP – and NetFlow-based network monitoring and management
• Expertise with infrastructure cabling and premise guideline specifications
• Experience with various operating systems and environments (Windows, Linux, Solaris).
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications Suite and SharePoint.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Must be a Team-player, excellent organizational, writing, and communication skills; customer and quality focused; highly motivated and self-starter; innovative thinker; and able to work independently.
• Familiarity with ITIL standards, Number Portability, Telecommunications is a plus.
• US Citizenship required
• **Hybrid employees must live within 75 miles of the iconectiv location in Bridgewater, New Jersey or Richardson, TX location