
Lead Network Engineer
Ferguson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $6,806 - $11,921 per month
Job Level
About the role
- Collaboratively design/manage all WAN/LAN, WLAN, VPN, and Network Infrastructure
- Work in tandem with other engineers, the NOC, SOC, incident responders, and technology infrastructure and development team members
- Advance troubleshooting of all network infrastructure
- Proactively research, analyze and recommend new technologies to meet changing business needs
- Improve the infrastructure's uptime, performance and reliability
- Establish and implement standards and policies for all network infrastructure
- Accountable for optimizing network performance for scalability, reliability and usability
- Develop and maintain documentation related to design/changes in network infrastructure
- Configure, troubleshoot and scale load balancing platforms
- Design network configuration settings for internal and external systems
- Lead team on escalated major incidents technical infrastructure issues to satisfactory resolution
- Coordinate installation, repair, or maintenance of network hardware equipment
- Ensure compliance with IT Security and Governance processes
- Identify and implement technical and service improvements
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Data Center, SDWAN, Cloud, Wireless, Load-Balancer, Routing, Firewall, Monitoring technologies
- Associate’s degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Technical background in Network Engineering including Cisco (Nexus/Catalyst), Meraki, Palo, SDWAN technologies (Versa/Cisco/Silverpeak)
- Highly technical and analytical expertise in technology design, implementation, and delivery
- Experience in network engineering, large scale design, datacenter (hosted and cloud), and local LAN technologies
- Must be self-motivated, proactive, creative, and efficient in identifying issues, understanding, and proposing solutions
- Solid understanding of network protocols
- Experienced with Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls
- Technical Certifications are preferred; CCIE, CCNP, or CISSP are desirable
- Project Coordination Skills
- Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and document work with minimal direction from Manager and deliver within critical dates
- Ability to travel up to 5% as needed.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- Mental health coverage
- Gender affirming and family building benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Associate discounts
- Community involvement opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
WANLANWLANVPNnetwork infrastructureload balancingnetwork protocolsnetwork engineeringCiscoPalo Alto
Soft Skills
collaborative designtroubleshootingproactive researchanalytical expertiseself-motivatedcreative problem solvingorganizational skillsprioritizationdocumentationproject coordination
Certifications
CCIECCNPCISSP