Network Engineer - Remote at Ferguson Enterprises, LLC

Job Posting:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Network Engineer to join the IT Network Engineering team, within the Ferguson IT organization.

Key requirements for this role are Cisco, SD-WAN, and Meraki experience. The Network Engineer is responsible for providing day-to-day high level engineering support for the organization’s network infrastructure, hosting approximately 1,400 locations. Responsible for supporting tactical and strategic operation of LAN/WAN/WLAN/SD-WAN, Meraki and VPN communications, including data traffic, data security, and problem resolution. This position is a member of the Network Engineering Team, and they will work closely with other team members to collectively design, monitor, enhance and support the overall network infrastructure of the organization with a focus on all aspects of Ferguson’s network platforms/architectures.

Location: This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively design/manage all WAN/LAN, WLAN, VPN, and Network Infrastructure.
• Work in tandem with other engineers and architects, the Network Operations Center (NOC), Security Operations Center (SOC), incident responders (when anomalous activity occurs), technology infrastructure and development team members.
• Good troubleshooting of all network infrastructure
• Proactively research, analyze and recommend new technologies to meet changing business needs.
• Improve the infrastructure's uptime, performance and reliability.
• Establishing and implementing standards and policies for all network infrastructure.
• Accountable for optimizing network performance for scalability, reliability and usability.
• Optimally work as part of a team to meet team goals and objectives.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to design/changes in network infrastructure.
• Configures, troubleshoots and scales load balancing platforms, with a focus on F5-based/specific environments
• Design network configuration settings for internal and external systems, including modification of DHCP, VPN, SD-WAN and VLANs.
• Modifying both core and edge routers and switch configurations as needed.
• Supporting team on escalated major incidents technical infrastructure issues and follow through to satisfactory resolution.
• Coordinating installation, repair or maintenance of network hardware equipment.
• Partnering with IT Service Delivery, NOC and Operations Managers to maintain hardware and software inventory to ensure compliance and asset management.
• Accurately documenting all new system implementations and modifications to existing systems (moves, adds, changes).
• Ownership in Disaster Recovery planning, development and implementation for network infrastructure.
• Ensuring compliance with IT Security and Governance processes, such as Change control, SOX and PCI.
• Identify and implement technical and service improvements.
• Ensuring technology documents/certificates such as product registrations, licensing, activations, SSL certificates, maintenance agreements, service contracts, etc. related to technology operations and/or technology services are evaluated, updated and processed.
• Ensuring networks and associated software applications are operational; ensure hardware and software is patched and/or updated; ensure all data circuits are operational in accordance with vendor specifications.
• Maintaining knowledge on network technologies and evaluating new technologies to gain business efficiency.
• Performing other duties or functions as requested by management.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience or more of Data Center, SDWAN, Cloud, Wireless, Load-Balancer, Routing, Firewall, Monitoring technologies
• Associate’s degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Technical background in Network Engineering including Cisco (Nexus/Catalyst), Meraki, Palo, SDWAN technologies (Versa/Cisco/Silverpeak) and general Information Security knowledge.
• Highly technical and analytical expertise, with a proven deep background (preferred 7+ years’ IT experience) in technology design, implementation, and delivery.
• Experience in network engineering, including large scale design, datacenter (hosted and cloud), and local LAN technologies.
• Must be self-motivated, proactive, creative, and efficient in identifying issues, understanding, and proposing solutions.
• Solid understanding of network protocols.
• Experienced with Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.
• Excellent written, oral, instructional, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.).
• Improves and/or adapts work methods based on past firsthand experiences, without the benefit of defined procedures, and identifies solutions to problems through interpretive skills and analyses.
• Knowledge of applicable wireless security and privacy practices and compliance with SOX and PCI.
• Technical Certifications are preferred; CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert), CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) are desirable.

Project Coordination Skills

• Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and document work with minimal direction from Manager and deliver within critical dates.
• Lead, mentor and empower individuals and team members.
• Ability to travel up to 5% as needed.
• Establishes operational plans and implements strategic goals. Develops and implements new processes and procedures. Requires independent completion of work where judgment and discretion are required.
• Solves complex problems without defined procedures. Solutions to problems require innovation and ability to assess multi-functional impacts. Is a recognized problem solver.
• Communicates and influences within and outside of function. Typically, responsible for communicating externally (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.).
• Highly proficient communication skills and ability to effectively present to senior and executive leadership.
• Develops high level project plans including tasks (in and outside of the immediate team) and dates.

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Pay Range:

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$5,444.76 - $9,537.00-

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