Network Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with department leaders to assess near- and long-term network capacity needs.

- Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.

- Develop, implement and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, usage, and disaster recovery.

- Design and deploy company LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including servers, routers, switches, UPSs, and other hardware.

- Design, implement, and support firewalls, site-to-site VPNs, and remote-access VPNs Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.

- Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.

- Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.

- Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

- Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

- Oversee installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, software, and peripheral devices.

- Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.

- Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.

- Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.

- Participate in managing all network security solutions.

- Perform server and security audits, and system backups and recovery

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science related field OR 5 years work experience.

- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification required, (Cisco Certified Network professional (CCNP) preferred).

Professional experience:

- Proven experience and success with LAN, WAN, and WLAN design and implementation.

- Proven experience with network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices.

- Expert knowledge of core routing and switching design principles, best practices, and related technologies.

- Experience in implementing and managing voice over IP (VoIP) systems desired.

- Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards, including routers, switches (layer 2/3), firewalls, remote access, DNS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLAN, QoS, DSL, Frame Relay, and Metro Ethernet.

- Five to Seven (5-7) years experience designing, implementing, managing and supporting enterprise level IP networks that include support of a heterogeneous distributed desktop computing environment required.

- Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.

- Extensive application support experience with network monitoring and analysis software,

- Competence with testing tools and procedures for voice and data circuits.