Tenaska
Sr Network Engineer
Tenaska, Irving, Texas, United States, 75084
Tenaska is a leading energy company with a proven track record of excellence and innovation. As we continue to leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance our operations, we are looking for a talented Senior Network Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team. This role will play a pivotal part in designing and driving Tenaska's network strategy and systems, collaborating with various business line technology functions, and ensuring cybersecurity requirements are met.
Position Overview:
Job Summary:
This role offers a unique opportunity for a motivated, positive, and organized professional to join a dynamic and respected organization. As a Senior Network Engineer at Tenaska, a leader in the energy industry, you will play a critical role in ensuring the security, availability, and performance of our network infrastructure. The ideal candidate is an experienced individual with a proven track record of delivering results in a rapidly changing environment. You will drive meaningful change and continuous improvement, positively impacting our organization's operations. As a mentor and expert in your field, you will inspire confidence and foster growth within the team while contributing to Tenaska's success.
Essential Job Functions:
Ensure network deployments and changes align with approved security and routing protocols.Deploy, manage, and support remote network hardware and services, including on-premises and cloud connectivity, switching, routing, firewalls, SD-WAN, and wireless technologies.Utilize deep expertise in routing protocols, such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS, to ensure optimal network performance and reliability.Provide excellent customer service, time management, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills in a collaborative environment.Possess strong experience with standard networking protocols, including but not limited to BGP, OSPF, IPSec, RSTP, MSTP, HSRP, MACsec, IPFIX, SNMPv3, DMVPN.Independently design and implement enterprise-level networking solutions with a focus on routing efficiency and scalability.Schedule and coordinate with colleagues, remote site personnel, and partners for necessary network migrations, installs, upgrades, and changes.Maintain and ensure proper creation, configuration, and monitoring of all points within the network, with a particular emphasis on routing optimization.Design and implement automation for predictable, repeatable tasks, particularly in routing and traffic management.Assist with 24/7/365 on-call duties, responding to and resolving production-down issues for Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routers and switches, Cisco Secure Firewalls, and Meraki environments.Continuously analyze system performance and suggest/implement tuning, especially in areas related to routing protocols.Provide technical leadership to other members of the network infrastructure team on cross-impacted projects, particularly those involving routing strategies.Document and maintain comprehensive documentation of network infrastructure, with detailed notes on routing protocols and configurations.Education/Experience/Skills:
Bachelor's degree in MIS / CS or related is requiredMinimum 5 years of experience supporting mixed vendor environments (Cisco, Palo Alto, Azure, Meraki Networks, Fortinet) utilizing dynamic routing protocols, firewalls, and SD-WAN/VPN technologiesRelevant professional and/or military experience may be accepted in lieu of a degreeCCNA, PCNSA, or equivalent level certification requiredIdeal Experience:
Experience with switching, firewalls, and advanced routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS), and technologies such as IPSEC VPN, DNS, DHCP, and Spanning-TreePrior experience with Windows Server management, specifically roles such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, NPSExperience or exposure to Agile methodologiesIndustry Professional-level or expert certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, PCNSE highly desiredAt Tenaska we care about the wellbeing of our employees and their families. That's why we offer our employees a comprehensive benefit package. Benefits included below:
Health, dental, vison, disability, and life insuranceExcellent 401(k) planIncentive-based, competitive salary packagesHealth/dependent care flex accountsTuition assistanceLong-term disability coverageAdoption benefitsEmployee assistance programPaid vacations and holidaysGenerous sick leaveCharitable giving programPaid maternity/paternity leaveWellness programs
Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Overview:
Job Summary:
This role offers a unique opportunity for a motivated, positive, and organized professional to join a dynamic and respected organization. As a Senior Network Engineer at Tenaska, a leader in the energy industry, you will play a critical role in ensuring the security, availability, and performance of our network infrastructure. The ideal candidate is an experienced individual with a proven track record of delivering results in a rapidly changing environment. You will drive meaningful change and continuous improvement, positively impacting our organization's operations. As a mentor and expert in your field, you will inspire confidence and foster growth within the team while contributing to Tenaska's success.
Essential Job Functions:
Ensure network deployments and changes align with approved security and routing protocols.Deploy, manage, and support remote network hardware and services, including on-premises and cloud connectivity, switching, routing, firewalls, SD-WAN, and wireless technologies.Utilize deep expertise in routing protocols, such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and IS-IS, to ensure optimal network performance and reliability.Provide excellent customer service, time management, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills in a collaborative environment.Possess strong experience with standard networking protocols, including but not limited to BGP, OSPF, IPSec, RSTP, MSTP, HSRP, MACsec, IPFIX, SNMPv3, DMVPN.Independently design and implement enterprise-level networking solutions with a focus on routing efficiency and scalability.Schedule and coordinate with colleagues, remote site personnel, and partners for necessary network migrations, installs, upgrades, and changes.Maintain and ensure proper creation, configuration, and monitoring of all points within the network, with a particular emphasis on routing optimization.Design and implement automation for predictable, repeatable tasks, particularly in routing and traffic management.Assist with 24/7/365 on-call duties, responding to and resolving production-down issues for Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routers and switches, Cisco Secure Firewalls, and Meraki environments.Continuously analyze system performance and suggest/implement tuning, especially in areas related to routing protocols.Provide technical leadership to other members of the network infrastructure team on cross-impacted projects, particularly those involving routing strategies.Document and maintain comprehensive documentation of network infrastructure, with detailed notes on routing protocols and configurations.Education/Experience/Skills:
Bachelor's degree in MIS / CS or related is requiredMinimum 5 years of experience supporting mixed vendor environments (Cisco, Palo Alto, Azure, Meraki Networks, Fortinet) utilizing dynamic routing protocols, firewalls, and SD-WAN/VPN technologiesRelevant professional and/or military experience may be accepted in lieu of a degreeCCNA, PCNSA, or equivalent level certification requiredIdeal Experience:
Experience with switching, firewalls, and advanced routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS), and technologies such as IPSEC VPN, DNS, DHCP, and Spanning-TreePrior experience with Windows Server management, specifically roles such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, NPSExperience or exposure to Agile methodologiesIndustry Professional-level or expert certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, PCNSE highly desiredAt Tenaska we care about the wellbeing of our employees and their families. That's why we offer our employees a comprehensive benefit package. Benefits included below:
Health, dental, vison, disability, and life insuranceExcellent 401(k) planIncentive-based, competitive salary packagesHealth/dependent care flex accountsTuition assistanceLong-term disability coverageAdoption benefitsEmployee assistance programPaid vacations and holidaysGenerous sick leaveCharitable giving programPaid maternity/paternity leaveWellness programs
Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.