Senior Network Engineer

At [Our Client], our Senior Network Engineer ensures the stability and integrity of in-house voice, data, video and wireless network services. This is achieved by contribution to planning, designing, and developing Local Area Networks (LANs) or Wide Area Networks (WANs) across the organization.

This position will be assigned to work out of our home office in Bloomington-Normal, IL, central regional office in the Minneapolis, MN area (Arden Hills) or southern regional office in the Atlanta, GA area (Alpharetta). 

Customers are our number one priority in everything we do. Our IT team is made up of tech savvy professionals that help to ensure we have the best systems and technology to meet our customers needs.

Responsibilities:

• Participation with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links.
• Conducting research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.
• Collaboration with executive management and department leaders to assess short-term and long-term network capacity needs.
• Developing comprehensive implementation and test plans following change management guidelines.
• Aiding in the development of the network services disaster recovery plan and maintaining current knowledge of plan execution.
• Responding to emergency network outages in accordance with business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Designs and deploys lans, wans, and wireless networks, including switches, routers, access points, and other network infrastructure components.
• Prepares design presentations and proposals for it management and business partners.
• Provides guidance to junior members of the team.
• Various duties related to implementation, testing, support, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications:

Requirements:

• Education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology-related discipline or equivalent experience; additional education or certificate equivalent to that of Cisco Certified Network Professional is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of Information Technology experience; 3-5 years of experience in similar networking roles is preferred.
• Solid working knowledge of:
  • Network routing and high availability protocols
  • Converged networks (voice, video and data)
  • Network virtualization technologies and network topologies
  • Routing, switching and wireless technologies, and e) network security techniques.
• Excellent problem solving skills, self-management skills, and written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with Wide Area Network topologies preferred.
• Strong project management skills preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems or produce complex solutions, and ability to communicate and influence management and technical staff.
• Must be able to work occasional evening and weekend hours.

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Regular

More Information About the Job

Are you open to sponsorship?
No

Is there flexibility in hours and/or the ability to work remote?
Yes

This position is:
Backfill

Is there a bonus structure?
5%

Is there equity?
No

Who does this position report to?
Manager Network and Telecom Services

Does this position have direct reports?
No

What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements on this position?
5 years IT experience Including: Network routing and high availability protocols Converged networks (voice, video and data) Routing, Switching and Wireless technologies Network Security Techniques

What are the nice-to-have skills?
Cisco Certified Network Professional Certification 3-5 years experience with the following: Application Load Balance technologies WAN Acceleration technologies IPV6 Multicast F5 Load Balancing and Network Access Control experience a plus