What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Network Engineer position at Talent Groups?
Hybrid Details: Onsite 2-3 days onsite/week
Duration: 6 months to start (with potential for conversion)
Job Description
Works under general direction to perform overall network design duties, functions relating to firewall administration, operations, and maintenance for campus-wide area networks.
Essential Functions
Duration: 6 months to start (with potential for conversion)
Job Description
Works under general direction to perform overall network design duties, functions relating to firewall administration, operations, and maintenance for campus-wide area networks.
Essential Functions
- Manages the network security posture as it relates to numerous network projects.
- Performs evaluations, recommends, and implements solutions from a network security-wired and wireless perspective.
- Provides security technical expertise and assistance for design integration support applications, networks, communications, and operational systems with members from other divisions within Information Resources.
- Plans, documents and implements network communications systems.
- Provides specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture including MOPs and project plans.
- Provides specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity planning.
- Coordinates testing of network design for redundancy, resiliency and capacity.
- Performs firewall implementation and administration as needed based on requests and required maintenance.
- Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware, software interconnection, and interfaces such as routers, firewalls, switches, gateways, and related functions.
- Coordinates with various teams and manages schedules.
- Ensures adherence to quality standards, and provides technical guidance to team members and contractors.
- Maintains and plans WAN connected clinics and sites.
- Evaluates and reports on new communication technologies to enhance the capabilities of the network.
- Mentors and supports the work activities of lower-level Network Engineers.
- Remains knowledgeable of changes in technology, industry practices, and state and federal regulatory requirements by attendance at training seminars, trade shows and related venues.
- Participates in on-call rotation and scheduled change windows whose duties include nights and weekends
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field, with 8 years of experience in an enterprise support role and relevant experience with software or appliances used in network systems. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is required. Master s degree is preferred.
- Strongly prefer CCNP certification
- Requires deep knowledge of TCP/IP routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
- Requires knowledge of network virtualization, and automation such as ACI, NFV and SDN
- Work requires scripting languages such as PERL or Python; and automation tools like Ansible, Puppet
- Requires of Internet routing, firewalls and VPN.
- Works requires knowledge of authoritative standards, guidelines, and best practices relative to data network and security systems.
- Work requires ability to formulate and sustain effective and productive working relationships between diverse members of project teams and work groups within Information Resources and other departments at the institution.
- Work requires knowledge of technical computer security issues and Windows, UNIX, and LINUX operating systems, systems and network administration
- Work requires advanced knowledge of network design, firewalls/firewall security development, and network routing/switching protocols.
- Work requires ability to configure routers and switches, as well as design and implement networking changes.
- Requires expertise working wireless 802.1x, VOIP and HSNAC
- Can understand at a deep level IPAM and DNS/DHCP
- Has a deep knowledge of WAN technologies including leased lines and leased fiber with DWDM and optical transport systems.
- Work requires ability to design and implement networking tools, which integrate with other computing systems.
- Work requires ability to implement tools and features in network management platforms such as AKIPs, Solarwinds and NetDisco
- Work requires skill in delivering timely, quality customer service.
- Work requires physical exertion working with and connecting network devices.
- Work requires ability to give oral and written presentations.
- Work requires exercise of considerable judgment in application of procedures or techniques to work problems.
- Work requires development of policies and procedures and recommendation of products for approval.