Senior Network Analyst

About the Role

Fermilab is looking for a Senior Network Analyst to plan, design, contribute and deploy new network systems, monitor and evaluate the performance and security for existing network systems, recommend and deploy improvement/upgrade of existing systems. You will analyze and plan for anticipated changes in network capacity requirements, determine methods/procedures on new assignments and provide guidance to network personnel facilitating the transfer of knowledge of technologies.

Responsibilities

• Architect network solutions based on analysis of business requirements, while participating in design discussions and author design notes.
• Planning, analyzing designs, developing, testing, and ensuring quality assurance applying in-depth understanding of interactions between various technologies.
• Contributing to network design efforts, regularly gathering requirements and information from users for specific projects and obtaining feedback.
• Defining and maintaining physical network architecture and infrastructure.
• Analyzing network workload and monitoring network performance.
• Analyzing and planning for anticipated changes in network capacity requirements.
• Configuring, implementing, integrating, maintaining, and/or administering network systems, including data, voice, and video communications.
• Localizing causes and identifying and resolving moderately complex problems.
• Troubleshooting problems and recommending actions by applying in-depth understanding creativity and taking initiative in problem resolution.
• Installing, testing, maintaining, and upgrading network operating systems software.
• Determining methods and procedures on new assignments and providing guidance to network personnel facilitating the transfer of knowledge of technologies.
• Providing consultation to users in the area of network systems.
• Author progress reports and technical proposals.
• Contributing to and leading projects of moderate scope or phases of larger projects and interacting with other project layers, as assigned.
• Performing technical negotiations with vendors and overseeing major purchases.
• Being responsible for operational and/or maintenance activities for one or more specific areas or projects as assigned.
• Performing other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Essential Competencies and Attributes for Success

• A high school diploma with 8+ years of networking experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 6+ years of network design experience preferred.
• Absolutely necessary: Professional Level Cisco certifications or equivalent.
• Experience as a network engineer or analyst operating and supporting small (2-3+ routers, 10 - 20 switches, a few network appliances) to middle size (5+ routers, 20+ switches, 3 – 10 appliances) networks.
• In depth expertise in Networking and ability to operate with broad latitude in a complex environment.
• Knowledge of data communication and computer networks, network protocols, mathematics, computers, electronics, programming, and design techniques.

Work Arrangement

This is an onsite role, and the candidate must be able to work from our Batavia office.

Benefits/Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Short and Long-term disability insurance
• Retail benefits
• Onsite day care

Why Fermilab

Fermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, CERN in Europe and the South Pole.

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