Senior Data Center Network Engineer

$100,402 - $158,080/Yr

United States Of America - West Valley City, UT

Full-time - Senior

Remote - West Valley City, UT

About the position

The Senior Data Center Network Engineer is a senior-level professional responsible for the stable operation of in-house computer networks, including LAN/WAN. This role involves planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, and optimizing network hardware and software, ensuring network availability, and providing technical guidance to peers. The engineer will architect and implement highly available network core infrastructure, support and optimize network routing, and perform Tier 3 network support for various environments. The position allows for remote work but candidates should be located in the Salt Lake City, UT area.

Responsibilities

• Architects and implements highly available network core infrastructure.
• Supports and optimizes network routing (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, OTV, ISIS, VRRP, ARP, ND, IPv4, IPv6, Multicast, and Spanning Tree).
• Performs Tier 3 Network support for Wide Area Network, Perimeter, and Data centers.
• Maintains Cisco ACI (Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure).
• Plans, leads, monitors, and controls medium to large projects, implementations, and other scopes of work.
• Integrates, implements, and documents new technologies while supporting and maintaining the existing core infrastructure.
• Provides the final tier of on-site support prior to consultation with external resources.
• Serves as a resource to colleagues and mentors other staff to achieve higher skill levels.
• Ensures network compliance with IT Security policies.
• Responds and communicates to customer requests within established standards, collaborating with other staff as necessary to ensure timely effective resolution.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of SCL Health, and abides by service behavior standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related field required.
• Cisco - CCNA Data Center and/or CCNA Routing and Switching required.
• Five (5) years of industry experience in supporting enterprise size network infrastructure required.
• Bachelor's Degree may substitute 2 years of experience.
• Expert knowledge and experience with enterprise class LAN and WAN devices such as firewalls, switches, and routers.
• Expert level knowledge of Cisco hardware installation, configuration, and maintenance.
• Expert level knowledge of layer 2 Ethernet switching, including VLANs, Spanning Tree, 802.1q Trunks, ARP, IGMP, LACP.
• Expert level knowledge of layer 3 IP Routing, including subnetting, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, BGP, VRRP.
• Expert level knowledge with essential network protocols, including DHCP, NTP, DNS.
• Expert level knowledge of security, including IDS/IPS, ACLs, LAN and Wireless station security, 802.1x, and SSL.
• Strong knowledge in Software Defined Networking as well as VNF (Virtual Network Function).
• Strong knowledge in SD-WAN technologies and management.
• Expert level knowledge of packet capture analysis and tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, or other related field preferred.
• Cisco - CCNP Data Center and/or CCNP Routing and Switching preferred.
• Five (5) or more years of industry experience in supporting enterprise size network infrastructure in a Health care environment preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package covering a wide range of programs to foster wellness.
• Generous health and wellness programs.