Geographic Solutions
Senior Network Engineer Job at Geographic Solutions in Palm Harbo...
Geographic Solutions - Palm Harbor, FL, United States, 34683
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Content Summary: Senior Network Engineer at Palm Harbor, for Geographic Solutions
Job Summary: The Sr Network Engineer Provides support for a network infrastructure and VMware implementation deployed in multiple data center locations. Responsible for continuity planning, implementation, and analysis. The employee will perform various roles including research and design, testing, implementation, physical systems installation, configuration, and network monitoring.
Viable candidates must be willing to work onsite at GSI's headquarters in Palm Harbor, Florida three (3) days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
Work Experience / Knowledge:
Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V
Viable candidates must be willing to work onsite at GSI's headquarters in Palm Harbor, Florida three (3) days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop KPI's and monitor network performance
- Actively participate in network and/or system incident investigations
- Collaborate with other Operations and Security teams to optimize system performance
- Design, develop, implement, and maintain network infrastructure
- Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
- Monitor network performance and integrity
- Conduct network modeling and analysis to ensure a reliable, high-performance integrated network
- Select, recommend, and install appropriate data communications components configured to meet the company's needs
- Design, recommend and implement new solutions to improve the resilience and disaster recovery capability of network operations
- Define, document, and enforce system standards
- Secure network systems with policies that define and monitor access
- Perform initial setup, configuration and implementation of system routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, load balancers and other network hardware.
- Manage IP addressing scheme
- Configure DNS servers
- Assist security team in managing security events
- Schedule updates and upgrades to networking equipment
- Assist in network vendor management
- Cover NOC team member shifts as necessary
Work Experience / Knowledge:
- Expert knowledge of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and other routing protocols
- LAN/WAN, wireless and wired networks including servers, routers, switches, gateways, and related hardware/appliances
- Expert knowledge managing MPLS networks
- Expert in SolarWinds, or similar network monitoring system
- Expert with firewall and load balancing technologies
- Expert ability to diagnose and investigate network problems:
- Performing intense troubleshooting, including ability to monitor, intercept, and decode data as it is in transit
- Use of network sniffers (e.g. Wireshark Packet Sniffer) for protocol analyses
- Determination of root cause analyses
- Expert in WAN and LAN design and architecture
- Ability to lead complex network related projects
- Highly proficient in Cisco ASA firewalls, routers and wireless LAN controllers
- Highly proficient F5 load balancers
- Highly proficient Cisco UCS server infrastructure
- Security administration and platform hardening.
- Flowcharting and network diagramming (Visio, etc.)
- Windows Server administration and Active Directory
- MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
- A degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Systems, or a related field is highly desired or relevant in-job experience
- Previous hands-on experience as a network engineer or network administrator is preferred
- One or more of the following certifications are required for consideration:
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
- CompTIA Network+
- Excellent customer service as our customers are our top priority
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- An ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff and management
- Proven ability to multitask, prioritize and remain cool under pressure
- Strong analytical skills (i.e., technical, and non-technical problem-solving skills)
- Must be a team player and self-starter with the ability to work with little supervision
- Critical thinking, observation, and reasoning abilities
- Development, implementation, and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Network project management
- Providing technical leadership and mentoring to others on the network and/or systems team
- Performing daily health checks to ensure systems are operational and healthy
- Providing Tier3 support of network-related issues
- Leading and coordinating troubleshooting efforts as required
- Resolving and closing tickets in accordance with organization and customer SLAs
- Ensuring network components are patched with the latest approved software versions, security updates, and hotfixes
- Conducting research to improve performance of the network environment to provide long-term stability and availability
- On-call rotation duty
- Conducting after-hour maintenance and troubleshooting as required
- Performing other duties as may be assigned
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V