Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Network Engineer to join their team in Paramus, New Jersey! The Network Engineer will be part of multiple projects to standardize the company's remote and core sites. This team is looking for a Network Engineer to design, maintain, and support their growing network infrastructure. This role will be part of a network infrastructure team responsible for the design and development of scalable, highly-available network architectures. The ideal candidate will be organized, detail-focused, and able to thrive in a team-oriented environment.
Communication and interpersonal skills are a must. The candidate must have in-depth, hands-on technical skills ranging from: firewalls, routers and switches, virtualization and cloud technologies, security frameworks with extensive experience configuring and managing software and hardware related to LANs and WANs. The candidate must be able to travel in the US and some Canadian sites. Travel will vary based on projects.
Duties:
- Lead infrastructure related projects
- Design, coordinate, and implement high quality customized solutions to support the business requirements
- Manage multi-datacenter distributed components of infrastructure including firewalls, core switches, and SD-WAN
- Troubleshoot and configure Industrial Control Networks
- Assist with the creation of operational metrics and KPIs
- Support continuous service improvement initiatives by identifying and executing opportunities to enhance processes and services
- Support and contribute to enhancing Knowledge Management
- Conduct operational support in a manner that is ITIL process driven and documented including relevant Change Management practices
- Maintain productive working relationships with peer IT teams, business teams, department leads and end users across the enterprise
- Collaborate with the Security and Risk Team to fulfill audit requests to maintain compliance; help drive risk mitigation efforts to address findings
- Follow the directives of the Network Manager, IT Director, and PMs for all tasks assigned
Desired Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree or comparable experience
- 5+ years’ experience in IT network infrastructure in a large-scale enterprise with hands-on networking experience
- 5+ years’ experience with network administration
- Must be able to understand internal/external customer perspectives when executing project and operational responsibilities
- Experience with supporting remote office environments
- Experience with leading infrastructure projects
- Cisco CCNA at a minimum, CCNP preferred
- Fortinet NSE 4 preferred
- ITIL Foundation certified
- Teamwork with a proven record of accomplishment for delivering desired outcomes while fostering a culture of collaboration
- Good verbal and written communication skills for a wide variety of audiences
- Solid decision-making ability and flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change
- Should possess a high energy level, sense of urgency, decisiveness, and an ability to work well under pressure
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- 401K offered
