Network Engineer II

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan and company contribution
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• Up to 6 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year
• Paid volunteer time
• Additional paid sick leave

Essential Functions

• Network administration for enterprise-wide support
• Installation, maintenance, and management of network equipment, security devices, and related hardware and software
• Data center installs and provisioning of network access ports and physical cable infrastructure
• Ensuring network security and addressing recovery and redundancy issues
• Monitoring network performance, identifying problems, and providing evidence
• Maintaining and managing LAN/WAN environments
• Routing protocol integrations, software upgrades, wireless networking initiatives, and security
• Create new and update existing documentation
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Service and Support staff
• Act as Technical Lead on projects, determine implementation approach, and suggest improvements and technology standards
• Coordinate and supervise other project resources
• Internal process improvements to enhance Denali’s service delivery
• Provide solutions to support clients’ stability and growth
• Comprehend, analyze, and research problems of a complex nature, make judgments, and recommend solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• 5-10 Years of Experience
• CCNA, CCNP, CCIE a plus
• 5 years as a network engineer or manager in an IT organization supporting >5K network devices
• At least three years of experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Foundry equipment; Foundry and Juniper Certifications
• Advanced knowledge and expertise in local and wide area networking, wired and wireless communications
• Experience with enterprise network monitoring and management frameworks
• Experience with packets captures, routing protocols, security, wireless, network node scanning, VPNs, firewalls, network management platform, and ITIL framework
• Experience with installation, operations, maintenance, and support, to include routers, switches, hubs, sniffers, cabling, firewalls, IDS, VPN, Radius, Tacacs+, LDAP, etc.
• Advanced-level knowledge, experience, and ability to troubleshoot and produce designs that leverage protocols such as MSTP, 802.1q, 802.1AX, TRILL, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, LDP, etc.
• Working knowledge, experience, and ability with TCP internals and other L4-7 protocols and technologies such as SSL, HTTP, DNS, NTP, Local Load Balancing, Global Load Balancing, Netmon/Wireshark, etc.
• Knowledge of software applications, and MS Office (Outlook, SharePoint, Word, Excel & Visio)
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and customer service skills
• Strong documentation and communication skills in both verbal and written forms
• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, and customers
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret documents and technical procedures
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where some standardization exists
• Able to effectively prioritize heavy workload, meet tight deadlines, and solve a range of problems in straightforward situations
• Able to respond quickly in emergency situations and provide 24/7 on-call assistance as needed