Description:

JOB MISSION:

The Senior Network Engineer will work as part of Global Network Services team to design and implement network infrastructure across a large diverse corporate environment. This position requires up to 20% travel in North America, mostly in the New England region.

MAJOR ACCOUNTABLITIES:

• Design, deploy network solutions across the enterprise network with a strong focus on firewalls (NGFW), overall network security, and network route/switch configurations.

• Provide excellent client service while evaluating enhancements to the global networks by making use of technical knowledge, experience, and an in-depth understanding of switching, routing, and data flows.

• Conduct related technical analysis & planning for deployment of evolving technology solutions, leveraging architecture standards and design guides. Contribute to the development of such standards.

• Interface with various stakeholders regarding projects and requirements for new tech & services.

• Prepare technical solution designs and proposals, applying existing standards to meet business requirements.

• Produce simple & concise documentation around project budgets, Implementation Plans, technical drawings, project management artifacts, and operational handoffs as necessary.

• Manage own small and medium projects, ensuring an effective amount of organization, communication with stakeholders, and delivery.

• Guide junior engineers and vendors through configuration and implementation activities.

• Serve as Tier 3 Support for network operations in corporate, retail, cloud and data center network environments. Support typically involves advanced troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and integration activities upon escalation.

• Resolve issues by taking the appropriate corrective action or following the appropriate escalation procedures.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS:

• 7+ years of related experience at multi-site medium and/or large enterprises; preferably with multinational enterprises.

• BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.

• Experience with designing, building, and monitoring LAN, MAN, WAN, internet, VPN, WiFi, data center network environments.

• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

• Strong understanding of data center network provisioning.

• Understanding and use of network management tools, experience deploying and managing firewalls/routers.

• Experience with deploying and managing multisite VPN solutions.

• Significant experience with Aruba Wireless Environment, Palo Alto Firewall, F5 Load Balancer, Cisco routing and switching, Microsoft Team and TCP/IP.

• Demonstrable ability to break down and analyze network communications at the packet level.

• Experience with deploying and managing load balancers and remote access VPNs, Next Gen Firewalls.

• Experience with Implementing Quality of Service in a Voice/Video integrated Network Environment.

• Knowledge of ITIL, and change management processes.

• Hands on experience with multiple platforms in a corporate environment including Windows, Linux, OSX, Cisco, and other platforms.

• Experience working on global network design ranging from Retail to Enterprise environments.

• Preferred (not required) experience with manufacturing and warehouse businesses.

• Self-starter with high energy to meet the needs of a demanding business and IT environment.

• Willingness and availability to work flexible schedules as needed (.e.g., for implementations or incident escalations), be available 24x7 for escalations, and potentially work in an on-call rotation that includes weekends. Ability to interact professionally and effectively with a diverse work force across the organization.

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).

• Highly organized.

• Solutions-oriented.

• Customer-service oriented.

• Strong requirements gathering skills.

Skills:

cisco routers switches, aruba wireless, rack and stack, troubleshooting, Firewall, Network engineering, Cisco switches, Wireless, Router, Paloalto, Cisco routers

Top Skills Details:

cisco routers switches,aruba wireless,rack and stack,troubleshooting,Firewall,Network engineering,Cisco switches,Wireless,Router,Paloalto,Cisco routers

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience with F5 load balancer.

• Familiar with UPS/Battery backup systems and their uses.

• Ability to install UPS and or replace modular batteries

Experience Level:

Expert

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.