Senior Network Engineer

Title: Senior Network Engineer

Job Location: Livermore, CA

Hiring salary range: $138,800.00 - $175,200.00 (annual)

Fremont Bank founded in 1964, is one of the oldest independently owned banks in the Bay Area and is one of the top-rated mid-tier banks in the nation. Voted a Top Workplace for 2024and for the past fourteen consecutive years, Fremont Bank has an immediate opening for a Senior Network Engineer in Livermore, CA.

Position Overview

The Senior Network Engineerperforms activities required to design, build, deploy and support FremontBank's Enterprise LAN/WAN network and supporting branch operations, productiondatacenters, applications, telephony and video systems and other devices. This is a technical position, and requiresstrong troubleshooting and analytical skills - combined with a keen ability tocommunicate well in both verbal and written form

Roles and Responsibilities

• Respond, troubleshoot, identify root cause and remediate issues in a complete, documented and timely manner
• Ensure that appropriate monitoring, alerting and logging mechanisms are in place and functioning optimally all the time
• Ensure network devices are configured and maintained in accordance with appropriate standards, best practices, and regulatory compliance requirements. Utilize and follow the change management process for network changes
• Provide Level 3 support to Network Operations for all LAN/WAN issues
• Keep abreast of new technologies and recommend adoption as appropriate. Identify areas for automation or other process improvement
• Participate in team on-call rotation and provide support during project and operations related cutovers
• Partner with business units to best understand the organization's needs and plan, design, implement & support production data centers
• Design, Configure, Implement and Support connectivity to leading Cloud providers per business requirements
• Manage network uptime by auditing & enhancing network monitoring
• Management of multiple high-visibility, high-impact projects simultaneously
• Work with cross functional teams supporting our business applications and on-prem infrastructure & cloud
• Proactively identify gaps, risks and issues and navigates organizational structure to resolve them
• Plan, design and coordinate the implementation of WAN or Internet related activities in support of defined requirements generated by business and growth demands
• Validate project requirements, define project scope, develop project schedules and produce detailed designs for assigned project
• Perform analysis and diagnosis of highly sophisticated networking problems related to WAN or Internet
• Prepare and maintain up to date documentation details of the deployed solutions
• Plan and execute highly sophisticated network upgrades and migration activities
• Assists with deployment and strategy of tools and related Network Management Systems
• Provides mentorship for existing network team members as appropriate

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Requires traveling to bay area branch locations
• Requires basic routing, switching, VPN, Wireless, Firewall skills, and troubleshooting network knowledge
• Expert knowledge of Cisco networking equipment and software - Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent work experience
• Hands-on Senior Network Engineer with over 4 years of experience in network design, architecture, administration of multi-platform LAN/WAN environments
• Demonstrated ability to systematically troubleshoot problems in complex systems and network environments
• Experience designing and supporting high-availability networks in load-balanced, n-tier application environments
• Experience supporting secure enterprise wireless networks; including Meraki knowledge and experience
• 4+ years of experience with planning and design of customer facing production data centers
• Strong knowledge and experience in IP networking, L2/L3 network protocols (spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP), LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, routing, QOS, VLAN, ACL, NAC
• Strong WAN background
• SD WAN project implementation experience a plus
• Expert knowledge in building hybrid cloud approach
• Expert knowledge and experience VPN encryption technologies, modern switching platforms, and firewalls including policy implementation and capacity management
• Expert knowledge of Cisco equipment is highly desirable
• Expert knowledge and experience with routing protocols and traffic engineering
• Experience with infrastructure testing and troubleshooting tools including packet capture devices, network equipment debug and diagnostics, (Wireshark,
• NetFlow, SolarWinds Orion)
• Experience in security-policy implementation and how to manage design and support of network environments to maintain policy integrity
• Experience in improving network monitoring in order to avoid service disruptions
• Proven ability to manage mission-critical, highly visible infrastructure projects to completion
• Experience in Telephony & understanding of various standards
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Automation experience is a plus