Network Engineer

As part of the Network Engineering team within the Infrastructure and Operations department, the Network Engineer owns a pivotal role in ensuring the stability, security, quality, and scalability of the hybrid IT network infrastructure.

As a subject matter expert, the Network Engineer will advise and collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot network solutions that support teams and the organization’s operational and strategic objectives.

This a Remote Regional position, the ideal candidate will reside within the Central Ohio area.

Primary Responsibilities :

Network Design and Implementation :

• Plan, design, and implement complex network solutions to meet requirements, including remote branches, on-premises data centers, and cloud-based resources.
• Evaluate and recommend network hardware and software solutions.

Network Security :

• Implement and maintain network security measures to safeguard data, applications, and infrastructure.
• Monitor network traffic for security threats and response to incidents promptly.

Network Optimization :

• Continuously optimize network for performance and capacity to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Identify and resolve network bottlenecks and performance issues.

Troubleshooting and Support :

• Provide multi-level support for network related issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Collaborate with other IT teams to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.

Documentation :

Maintain comprehensive network documentation, including network diagrams, configurations, and standard operating processes.

Compliance and Best Practice :

• Ensure network infrastructure complies with industry best practices and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Stay current with emerging network technologies and recommend improvements accordingly.

Vendor Management :

• Collaborate with vendors and service providers to procure and manage network related services and equipment.
• IT experience working in an enterprise environment and expertise with firewalls, WAFs, VPNs, switches, routers (physical and virtual), and cloud-networks.
• Design and implementation experience with LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VPN.
• Network capacity planning and management of DHCP, DNS, IPAM, ITAM, logging and monitoring platforms.
• Experienced with load balancers, Azure ExpressRoutes, and Edge / WAN management.
• Working knowledge with IP routing protocols such as BPG and OSPF.
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code / scripting languages such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Familiar with cloud-hosted private Git repos such as Azure Repos and pull requests.
• Practical knowledge of modern encryption protocols, decryption, and inline inspection.
• Leverage user-id based policy management and additional NextGen firewall functions.
• Onboarding device support via policy managed platforms to grant varying levels of access, authentications, and 802.1x compliance.

Other Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure uninterrupted network and security services supporting all technology infrastructure.
• Implement updates, patches, and upgrades across various network hardware
• Manage layer 1 connectivity as appropriate
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology Management, Engineering, or other related area of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of infrastructure technical experience, with at least 3 years managing network infrastructure.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience in implementing leading-edge infrastructure technologies.
• Professional certifications within infrastructure-related areas, while not a minimum requirement, would be highly desirable.

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