Direct Hire
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Salary Range: $90,000 - $145,000
Location Options: O’Fallon, MO 63368; New York, NY 10016
Must be local – hybrid role
Position Overview
Supports the design, architecture, implementation, security and maintenance of large multi-site, multi-vendor network communication environments.
Collaborate with design engineering & operations to implement complex network design solutions encompassing end-to-end Data Center infrastructure, firewalls, switching, & routing that scale for strategic growth.
Support application teams by maintaining a working knowledge of the intricate inter-workings of company core applications to ensure they operate smoothly within the existing network architecture, or provide a new architecture if required.
Role
- Support assigned projects, which include responsibility for planning; time and cost control; resource utilization and implementation.
Provide 3rd level support 24x7x365 for critical & time-sensitive incident determination & resolution covering thousands of devices in the Data Center locations inclusive of logical connectivity, routing, application issues, as well as physical hardware failures. This requires a high degree of specific knowledge and on-site support to reduce downtime during these emergency situations.
- Engineer & implement a large number of simple & complex change requests on a daily basis. Moreover, validate the change request is in compliance with security standards and solidify the demarcation between test and production. Manage Change requests to maintain network availability of 99.999%.
- Resolve network communications and operations problems impacting customer or backbone access and performance globally.
- Design, allocate, & implement complex physical, logical, and load balanced IP addressing schemas
- Implement, configure, & troubleshoot highly complex network connectivity solutions for internal & external customers
Qualifications
Understanding of Networking concepts, including LAN/WAN, wireless and Security technologies.
Experience with TCP/IP protocol communications.
Working knowledge of Cisco’s product portfolio.
Working knowledge of Arista products and spine and leaf architecture.
Working knowledge of Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewalls
Strong verbal and written communications skills.
Self-starter with demonstrated listening skills.
Ability to work effectively as a team member.
Not eligible for Corp2Corp
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
CLIENT does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
