Shi International Ltd - Providence, RI
posted 2 months ago
SHI has an exciting opportunity in our internal IT department for a Sr. Network Engineer specializing in Palo Alto technologies. This role is crucial as it involves managing our network infrastructure and providing support for SHI's internal operations. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated lead engineer who will help develop our operations, mature our processes, and drive our efforts to scale the company's needs. The Sr. Network Engineer will lead the network team in developing and implementing new secure network designs that align with the company's strategic goals. In this position, you will be responsible for implementing products, platforms, software, hardware, or appliance-based solutions related to network and network security. You will solve unique or complex problems that have a broad impact on the business, taking a comprehensive perspective to identify innovative solutions. The role requires interfacing with management and vendors to develop and implement new solutions that meet business requirements. You will also be involved in multi-site datacenter design, migrations, and buildouts, including disaster recovery planning and implementation. The Sr. Network Engineer will design, implement, and support cloud environments connected to the enterprise network, including direct connections and VPNs. You will manage the rollout of various network infrastructures, ensuring necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization. Regular network maintenance and system upgrades, including service packs, patches, hotfixes, and security configurations, will also be part of your responsibilities. Maintaining network security across the global enterprise is critical, as is analyzing networks for security threats and monitoring for security breaches. Additionally, you will develop technical documentation describing the deployment, configuration, and management of network infrastructure. Participation in IT security audits and responding to existing audits to ensure required controls are implemented will be expected. Building strong relationships outside of IT to understand business needs and advocating for the end user and stakeholders will be essential to your success in this role.