IT Shoulders, Inc.
Senior Network Engineer
IT Shoulders, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, us, 53774
We are looking for a senior networking engineer for a contract job who will be working at one our customers in Madison, WI, USA. This individual reports to the Senior Manager, Core Infrastructure Technology in the IT department.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Planning and Design
– Plan, develop, and implement network solutions
Research new network technologies
Develop network infrastructure roadmap
Design and implement network solutions
Monitoring
– Monitoring company's network elements to ensure security and availability, including:
Responsible for the security, availability, and reliability of the corporate IP infrastructure.
Create and deliver IP infrastructure performance metrics to IT management
Monitor IP infrastructure to ensure performance meets IT service-level expectations
Analyze IP infrastructure performance and identify opportunities for improvement
Technologies
– Support company’s infrastructure technologies, providing hands-on technology support and review for all products in use and provide guidance for technology fit products.
Management of company’s WAN, LAN, Firewall, Routers, Switches, Wireless, Voice infrastructure, etc.
Participate in departmental initiatives to improve the corporate IP infrastructure
Establish and maintain IP infrastructure standards
Recommend IP infrastructure vendors and solutions to IT management.
Responsible for voice infrastructure including call routing and call center technologies
Coordinate external repairs, RMA’s, & retirement of end-of-life networking devices
Participate on corporate and departmental project teams
Supporting
- Provide support for the company environment and user community:
Diagnose and resolve problems/issues related to the IP infrastructure
Adhere to corporate, departmental, and team policies and procedures
Ensure end-user customer satisfaction
Participate in after-hours & emergency support protocols.
Perform additional IT duties as assigned
Maintain Knowledge Base
– Keep abreast of latest network/security best practices, advisories, alerts, and vulnerabilities pertaining to the company and its mission. Advise IT organization with current information about information network/security technologies. Lead the design and deployment of information network/security architecture and infrastructure.
Education and Training
– Coordinate the development and delivery of communication and training programs to support the network and telecommunication services.
Required Qualifications/Skills:
10+ years experience and expertise of core network and WAN technologies including MPLS, IP VPN, and telecoms systems such as:
Cisco routers/switches/firewalls
(ie. ASA 5500 Family, 2900/3800 ISR Routers, Catalyst 3750X stacks, 4500/6500 chassis switches, Nexus & WaaS)
Cisco Wireless technologies
Experience with Layer 2 technologies (Spanning-Tree, Virtual Port Channel, Virtual Switching System)
Palo Alto firewalls
Juniper switches
Juniper Mist wireless
System management and monitoring: SolarWinds Orion, WebSense, sysLogging, etc.
Strong experience in dynamic routing protocols (ie. EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, etc.)
Strong experience with enterprise networking technologies
Experience in fiber channel switch technologies
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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Planning and Design
– Plan, develop, and implement network solutions
Research new network technologies
Develop network infrastructure roadmap
Design and implement network solutions
Monitoring
– Monitoring company's network elements to ensure security and availability, including:
Responsible for the security, availability, and reliability of the corporate IP infrastructure.
Create and deliver IP infrastructure performance metrics to IT management
Monitor IP infrastructure to ensure performance meets IT service-level expectations
Analyze IP infrastructure performance and identify opportunities for improvement
Technologies
– Support company’s infrastructure technologies, providing hands-on technology support and review for all products in use and provide guidance for technology fit products.
Management of company’s WAN, LAN, Firewall, Routers, Switches, Wireless, Voice infrastructure, etc.
Participate in departmental initiatives to improve the corporate IP infrastructure
Establish and maintain IP infrastructure standards
Recommend IP infrastructure vendors and solutions to IT management.
Responsible for voice infrastructure including call routing and call center technologies
Coordinate external repairs, RMA’s, & retirement of end-of-life networking devices
Participate on corporate and departmental project teams
Supporting
- Provide support for the company environment and user community:
Diagnose and resolve problems/issues related to the IP infrastructure
Adhere to corporate, departmental, and team policies and procedures
Ensure end-user customer satisfaction
Participate in after-hours & emergency support protocols.
Perform additional IT duties as assigned
Maintain Knowledge Base
– Keep abreast of latest network/security best practices, advisories, alerts, and vulnerabilities pertaining to the company and its mission. Advise IT organization with current information about information network/security technologies. Lead the design and deployment of information network/security architecture and infrastructure.
Education and Training
– Coordinate the development and delivery of communication and training programs to support the network and telecommunication services.
Required Qualifications/Skills:
10+ years experience and expertise of core network and WAN technologies including MPLS, IP VPN, and telecoms systems such as:
Cisco routers/switches/firewalls
(ie. ASA 5500 Family, 2900/3800 ISR Routers, Catalyst 3750X stacks, 4500/6500 chassis switches, Nexus & WaaS)
Cisco Wireless technologies
Experience with Layer 2 technologies (Spanning-Tree, Virtual Port Channel, Virtual Switching System)
Palo Alto firewalls
Juniper switches
Juniper Mist wireless
System management and monitoring: SolarWinds Orion, WebSense, sysLogging, etc.
Strong experience in dynamic routing protocols (ie. EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, etc.)
Strong experience with enterprise networking technologies
Experience in fiber channel switch technologies
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