Ste. Michelle Wine Estates - Woodinville, WA
posted about 2 months ago
A Network Engineer job in Woodinville, WA is available at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE). Ste. Michelle Wine Estates is a premium wine company that is proud to call the greater Seattle area our home. We are a collection of distinctive wine estates and maker of some of the finest wines in the world because we value our vineyards and the art of winemaking. This focus has resulted in our ability to offer our consumers extraordinary and distinctive wines from some of the best regions in the world. The Network Engineer will be responsible for planning and developing new network hardware and services to support the growing needs of the company. This role involves working closely with partnering vendors as needed and documenting network systems and services to share knowledge with IS team members. The engineer will also provide occasional training to team members and maintain and improve networks and related systems to ensure major systems are reliably available, minimizing downtime for 24-hour operations. After-hours coverage will be required to respond to emergency failures. Key responsibilities include installing, configuring, managing, and monitoring network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers. The engineer will assist in data center installations, provision network access ports, and manage the physical cable infrastructure for data center systems. Additionally, the role requires providing direction to our managed server provider to ensure successful day-to-day administration, troubleshooting, and repair of the enterprise network. Ensuring LAN/WAN environments are secure and addressing recovery and redundancy issues is also a critical part of this position. The Network Engineer will work closely with the Security team to apply necessary standards to keep the network safe and secure from interruptions. Monitoring the performance of network devices to identify problems and bottlenecks is essential, as is maintaining technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection. The engineer will evaluate and report on emerging communications technologies to enhance the capabilities of the network.