Sr. Network Engineer

Sr. Network Engineer
Indianapolis, IN
Direct Hire; full benefits

***Top 3 skills required:  Routing & Switching networking; Netscalers/Load balancing (VPN); Palo Alto firewall experience

Summary:  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: 

• Manage global network environment including physical equipment management and assisting in Design recommendations.  Support includes:
  • Cisco Route/Switch environments
  • Palo Alto, Cisco, and other firewalls
  • Wireless Controllers
  • Wireless Access Points (WAP)
  • UPS systems
  • Incident, Request, Change, and Problem management
  • Capacity management
  • Firmware management
  • IPAM management
• 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 customers, prioritize needs and manage the daily workload.
• Assist with internal projects as necessary, and work with project managers to 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 engagement 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.
• 7+ years’ experience in managing enterprise network infrastructures.

• Maintain proper certification levels to meet departmental needs.
  • Required: Cisco CCNP
  • Preferred: Cisco CCDE | Citrix CCP–N | Palo Alto PCNSA
  • Valued: Cisco CCIE | Citrix CCE–N | Palo Alto PCNSE
  • Other industry certifications a plus
• Experience with the following is required:
  • Industry best practice network troubleshooting experience
  • Providing process improvement recommendations and documentation
  • Layer 2/3 networking
  • BGP, EIGRP, & OSPF routing protocols
  • Hands-on experience with managing network hardware (including install, configuration, and decommission)
  • Wireless networking (including controller management)
  • High Availability (HA) methodologies & technologies
  • Network device firmware management
• Experience with the following is valued but not required:
  • Monitoring technologies (SolarWinds, Nagios, What’s Up Gold, etc.)
  • Automation tools
  • Citrix NetScaler management
  • Cisco ACI architecture
  • Cradlepoint solutions
  • EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure
  • EMC Isilon storage
  • Cloud Platforms (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
  • Network security technologies
  • Server technologies (Windows & Linux)
  • Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies (Dell EqualLogic/Compellent, HP, IBM, NetApp, etc.)
  • VMware and other virtualization technologies
  • Backup technologies (Veeam, Backup Exec, Asigra, etc.)

Other Requirements:

• Must have reliable transportation if work is required at a remote location or equipment needs to be transported.

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.