Senior Network Engineer

$120,900 - $140,000/Yr

Akkodis - Concord, NH

Full-time - Mid Level

Concord, NH

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for planning the growth and expansion of corporate, retail, and cloud-based networks. This role involves maintaining communication with Information Services (IS) staff and leadership regarding network status and capacity, ensuring efficient network operations across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Implements, configures and maintains LAN/WAN infrastructure solutions across a large organization ensuring proper network connectivity of all sites, servers, workstations, and other network appliances.
• Implements, configures, and utilizes network monitoring tools to maintain and troubleshoot LAN/WAN infrastructure issues.
• Maintain and manage network (Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki) routers, switches, firewalls, circuits, patch panels, IDF/MDF rooms and data centers.
• Engages in regular network troubleshooting activities and resolve network connectivity issues, which includes engaging vendors and their support organizations as needed.
• Analyzes the current network structure and submits quarterly comprehensive reports to management on how to make the network more efficient.
• Proactively manages standards, topology documentation, configuration files, performance baselines for network infrastructure.
• Manages day to day datacenter assets and allocates resources effectively for ongoing IS initiatives, networking, storage, etc.
• Participates in designing, implementing and managing all network security solutions in collaboration with IS Security Team.
• Works closely with departmental management to determine future network needs, conducts business impact analysis and plan for network / firewall rule changes.
• Advances projects that are designed to either add functionality required by the company or to address ongoing network issues.
• Maintains knowledge of networking related topics, including emerging technologies, industry best practices, and regulatory/compliance related concerns.
• Participates in on call rotation for all Infrastructure related 'Priority One' issues and calls in when all P1 bridges are convened.
• Troubleshoots, analyzes and resolves highly complex network connectivity and security issues.
• Communicates to all IS related levels from Help Desk/Retail systems/ Technology Services/Store Ops/ IS leadership/throughout the entire incident activity.
• Adheres to and ensures compliance with all policies and procedures as required, including PCI, ESD, and Safety.
• Required to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays occasionally to implement approved changes by the Change advisory board, technology refreshes and rollouts including but not limited to upgrades, patches, and maintenance.

Requirements

• Certified to work with Cisco and Meraki networking equipment and specifically fluent with Palo Alto firewall infrastructure and configuration.
• Solid knowledge and experience with network routing & switching.
• Experience with Cisco routers and switches (ACI, IOS-XE, NX-OS, IOS-XR).
• Experience with EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, multicast, unicast, layer 3 VPN.
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with F5.
• Familiar with network load balancing techniques, VPN solutions, and possess fluency with wireless solutions to support the organization.
• Well-versed in implementing and supporting cloud-based computing solutions such as platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service application.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and writing skills.
• Manage third party technology vendors.
• Ability to learn and support new systems and technologies in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent record keeping and attention to detail.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with cloud-based networking solutions.
• Knowledge of emerging networking technologies.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Additional voluntary benefits
• EAP program
• Commuter benefits
• 401K plan
• Paid Sick Leave
• Holiday pay where applicable