What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Core & Security System Administrator position at Menard, Inc Career Center?
Why Work for Menards?
- Profit Sharing & 401K, Paid Vacation & Holidays
- Team Member Discount
- Highly collaborative work environment
- On campus coffee shop/cafeteria with live music!
- Pay based on experience
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Network System Administrator position on the Network Core & Security team will participate in the day-to-day administration, support, and ongoing enhancement of Menard, Inc.’s enterprise network infrastructure. Applicants should have experience or training supporting mission-critical network environments, maximizing system uptime, and maintaining performance. Candidates must be able to work in a secure, mission-critical production-computing environment. The position will be responsible for installing and maintaining networks in corporate, distribution, manufacturing, and retail locations.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Network Maintenance & Support:
- Participate in the day-to-day maintenance of Menard’s Data Center systems.
- Network Segmentation solutions (Firewalls)
- Core Routing/Switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, Application Centric Networking)
- Storage Networking Solutions
- User Authentication and Certificate Management
- Application Layer Load Balancing (L4-L7)
- Provide technical support to Menard’s corporate staff’s network communication and security needs
- Provide remote access support for Menards staff and vendors.
- Identify, investigate, resolve and document problems
- Monitor network uptime, capacity, performance, and security threats.
- Configure and maintain network management and IPAM systems
* New Systems:
- Work with Management and Senior Level Team Members to design complex data center communication, security, and authentication solutions
- Implement network equipment and management tools
- Support all physical cabling, hardware, and network management tools within the data center environments.
* Development:
- Analyze all aspects of the systems and develop/implement plans to improve items such as utilization, capacity and performance
- Keep informed and educated on emerging technologies
- Research, evaluate and recommend new technologies, platforms, protocols and applications in order to meet Menard, Inc.’s business requirements
- Develop policy and procedure documentation for new and existing systems
- Design, deploy, and maintain a high level of network segmentation companywide.