Senior Network Engineer

Douglas County • Castle Rock, CO

394d • $97,485 - $146,227

About The Position

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for performing complex network implementation, administration and design activities on Douglas County's networks enabling a reliable County-wide network. They should also possess excellent problem-solving skills and thorough knowledge of network administration, network architecture and network security. This position requires an individual who can prioritize work efforts, resolve difficult problems, and resolve issues related to complex network design, administration, and security. This position is also responsible as a lead for developing and executing project plans and budgets for major activities, communicating status to users, working with developers to support development efforts, and maintain the operational integrity of the environment through appropriate change management and security related procedures.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science or a closely related field.
• Four (4) years of experience in network and telephony operations required.
• Mid to high level experience in traditional WAN and LAN using Networking products such as routers, switches, wireless Firewalls and protocols (such as HSRP, VPC, Port-channels, Spanning Tree, VTP).
• Mid to high level experience with routing protocol (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), QoS and traffic shaping.
• Experience with SD-WAN technologies.
• Mid to high level experience in a complex, distributed and multi-OS environment with overlapping technologies.
• Mid to high level experience with firewalls, and VPN access technologies.
• Experience with Cisco ACI (Application Centric infrastructure) technologies.
• Experience with TACACS and Cisco ISE.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification as CCNA are preferred.
• Working knowledge of Windows and VMWare, Unix/Linux operating systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall architecture and integration of the Douglas County network including planning, design, installation, maintenance, management, and coordination of the local and wide area networks as well as specifying network configuration for desktop systems.
• Maintains expert level of technical expertise and supports engineering efforts in the technical analysis, review, test and evaluation of complex network systems, communications technologies, management systems, products, and services.
• Designs, develops and implements processes, procedures, and tools that provide on-going monitoring/diagnostics of all network communications systems, servers, and components to assure high-speed/reliable performance, ample bandwidth, internal/external security, and proactive troubleshooting to achieve maximum uptime meeting or exceeding the Douglas County network availability goal of 99.9%.
• Provides timely resolution and follow up to complex network problems, supports network administrators, telecommunication engineers and telecommunication analyst assignments.
• Provides advanced knowledge and experience in local and wide area networking, communications, hardware, and software.
• Provides information and recommendation related to the purchase, design, and installation of network hardware, software, and communications equipment.
• Establishes, writes, and implements formal network technical standards, diagrams, documentation, and operating procedures involving configurations and protocols.
• Analyzes, recommends, and implements complex solutions that provide redundancy and disaster recovery plans to maximize uptime in the event of hardware, software, or network component failure or catastrophe.
• Defines, implements, maintains, and monitors security protocols for Douglas County covering networks, systems, applications, and facilities to preserve the integrity of the Douglas County operational environment.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Retirement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees