Summary:
You will assist in the development, engineering, implementation, and maintenance of the company’s network communications. You will continually ensure the operation of the WAN/LAN infrastructure. The incumbent is responsible for the architecture of WAN, LAN, voice and network security supporting all data centers and corporate offices. You are also operationally responsible for all aspects of network engineering, implementation, planning, testing, security, performance management, monitoring, and ongoing support.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist in the engineering, implementation and maintenance of our client’s Production, Test, DR and Corporate network platforms
• Assist with the maintenance of the WAN/LAN, Voice and Network Security supporting all client datacenters and corporate offices
• Make recommendations for policy and procedural changes to accommodate new technology and requirements
• Perform technical writing in the development and production of network/systems
• Create and maintain documentation, procedural, and instructional manuals
• Attend and participate in Technical Operations group meetings and meetings with customers, to support existing environments as well as remaining informed of new trends and innovations in the field of information technology
• Work occasional scheduled change windows at night and on weekends
• Provide emergency on-call support on a rotating schedule
• Occasional travel to Chicago and Cincinnati required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Minimum of 5 years of IT experience (Network, Systems, or Information security)
• In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals
• Minimum of 3 years of network engineering and network security experience required.
• Experience with routers and switches (Cisco, Juniper, Foundry etc) required.
• Experience with network firewalls (Cisco, Juniper or Checkpoint) required
• Experience with DNS, and DHCP
• Must have good troubleshooting skills (net. device and systems level)
• Thorough understanding of network security aspects, common problems and solutions (ACL, firewall filtering, and VPN)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• BS in Computer Science, Telecom, Information Systems or related fields
• Experience with dynamic routing protocols, BGP, OSPF etc.
• Experience with HSRP, VRRP, and STP
• Experience with SSL Load balancers (F5, Cisco, or Foundry)
• 5 years of experience with Operating Systems- Linux, UNIX, and Windows etc.
• Experience with Server and network virtualization (VMWare, Xen etc).
• Experience with Network Management Systems or tools (Cacti, MRTG, Nagios, Ciscoworks, HP Openview etc)
• Prefer minimum of 5 years of networking experience
• Network or Systems Certifications such as: CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, RHCE