Network Engineer

  • Location

    Indianapolis, United States

  • Sector:

    Information Technology

  • Job type:

    Direct Hire

  • Contact:

    Yasmin Baig

  • Job ref:

    123

  • Published:

    about 1 month ago

  • Expiry date:

    2020-10-09

Network Engineer

Indianapolis, IN

Full Time; Full Benefits

Immediate Start!

 

This individual will work with a team of top technical professionals to provide world class support to a premier client. The network infrastructure engineer will ensure availability, performance and security of the IT infrastructure.

 

Essential Functions:

  • Design, install, and support Route/Switch environment.
  • Design, install, and support Cisco and other firewall environments.
  • Analyze complex business problems and issues as it relates to enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Provide technical guidance to IT professionals to correct issues encountered with network software & connectivity.
  • Manage the needs of multiple client sites, prioritize needs and manage the daily workload for each location.
  • Manage physical servers and appliances in a data center environment.
  • Assist with internal projects as necessary
  • Set the scope and timelines of new projects in order to meet completion deadlines.
  • Interface with all levels of employees internally and within client businesses to support program requirements (business owners, project managers, customer employees, and executive management).
  • Write technical procedural documentation for co-workers and for delegated tasks.

 

Required Education, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Associate degree or qualification in an IT related discipline or equivalent technical and business experience.
  • 3+ years’ experience in designing and maintaining enterprise network infrastructures.
  • Maintain proper certification levels to meet departmental needs.
    • Required: CCNA Route/Switch
    • Preferred: CCNP Route/Switch
    • Valued: CompTIA (Network+, Security+), Microsoft Windows (MCSA, MCSE, MTA), VMware (VCA, VCP, VCAP)
    • Other industry certifications a plus)
  • Industry best practice server and storage troubleshooting, backup and restore experience.
  • Experience in providing process improvement recommendations and documentation.
  • Layer 2/3 networking
  • Wireless networking
  • Patch Management
  • Monitoring technologies (SolarWinds, Nagios, What’s Up Gold, etc.)
  • Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies (Dell EqualLogic/Compellent, HP, IBM, NetApp, etc.)
  • Backup technologies (Veeam, Backup Exec, Asigra, etc.)

 

Experience with the following is a plus:

  • Advanced understanding of Active Directory
  • Windows Server 2003 – 2016
  • Windows Failover Cluster
  • Exchange 2010 – 2016, Office 365
  • Barracuda appliances
  • Enterprise antivirus software (McAfee, Sophos, Symantec, etc.)
  • Cloud Platforms (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
  • Virtualization technologies
  • VMware administration (VMware vSphere 5.x – 6.x, VMware View)
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technologies
  • High Availability (HA) methodologies & technologies
  • Infrastructure security technologies
  • PowerShell scripting and automation
  • SharePoint 2010 – 2016, SharePoint Online
  • SCVMM \ Hyper-V
  • Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
  • Citrix applications (XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer, Program Neighborhood)
  • Citrix NetScaler
  • Windows IIS
  • Linux (Red Hat Releases 2-7; CentOS)
  • Unix and/or HP-UX

Skills and Abilities:

  • Self-directed and sufficient as there may be little to no daily supervision.
  • Ability to analyze complex business systems and proprietary application configurations, document the configurations and processes, and support them as needed.
  • Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage competing demands and tasks, and successfully manage multiple engagements that may require additional resources.