Sr. Network Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

Network Design and Implementation:

• Plan, design, and implement complex network solutions to meet organizational requirements, including remote branches, on-premises data centers, and cloud-based resources.
• Evaluate and recommend network hardware and software solutions.

Network Security:

• Implement and maintain network security measures to safeguard data, applications, and infrastructure.
• Monitor network traffic for security threats and respond to incidents promptly.

Network Optimization:

• Continuously optimize the network for performance and capacity to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Identify and resolve network bottlenecks and performance issues.

Troubleshooting and Support:

• Provide multi-level support for network-related issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.

Documentation:

• Maintain comprehensive network documentation, including network diagrams, configurations, and standard operating processes.

Compliance and Best Practice:

• Ensure network infrastructure complies with industry best practices and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Stay current with emerging network technologies and recommend improvements accordingly.

Vendor Management:

• Collaborate with vendors and service providers to procure and manage network-related services and equipment.
• IT experience working in an enterprise environment, with expertise in firewalls, WAFs, VPNs, switches, routers (physical and virtual), and cloud networks.
• Design and implementation experience with LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VPN.
• Network capacity planning and management of DHCP, DNS, IPAM, ITAM, logging, and monitoring platforms.
• Experience with load balancers, cloud interconnects (e.g., ExpressRoutes), and Edge/WAN management.
• Working knowledge of IP routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code/scripting languages such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Familiarity with cloud-hosted private Git repositories such as Azure Repos and pull requests.
• Practical knowledge of modern encryption protocols, decryption, and inline inspection.
• Leverage user-ID based policy management and additional NextGen firewall functions.
• Support device onboarding through policy-managed platforms to grant varying levels of access, authentication, and 802.1x compliance.

Other Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure uninterrupted network and security services supporting the organization's technology infrastructure.
• Implement updates, patches, and upgrades across various network hardware.
• Manage layer 1 connectivity as appropriate.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Exceptional organizational skills, follow-through, and multitasking abilities.
• Able to drive results with a sense of urgency relative to the end user.
• Decisiveness, good judgment, analytical/math aptitude, and problem-solving skills to act with authority in an environment with minimal direction.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong organizational and leadership abilities necessary to interface with and influence all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to think strategically with a willingness to handle the mechanics of technology services required by the business.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of infrastructure technical experience, with at least 3 years managing network infrastructure.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing leading-edge infrastructure technologies.
• Professional certifications within infrastructure-related areas are desirable but not required.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.