Sr Network Engineer

Position: Sr. Network Engineer (CCNP)
Location: Birmingham, AL
Job Type: Full Time- (4 days onsite and 1 day remote)
Experience: 6-8 Year

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot the organization's network infrastructure (including devices from Cisco, Palo Alto, and Meraki).

• Monitor network performance, analyze traffic, and provide capacity planning solutions.

• Interface with vendor support services during outages or system performance issues.

• Manage security and ensure compliance through vulnerability scans and patch management

• Maintain firewall rules and VPN tunnels

• Performs troubleshooting and assists others as required. As such, leads problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations.

• Ensures high availability and acceptable levels of performance of mission critical network environment.

• Partner with IT Security in the design, development, maintaining and enforcing procedures are followed to maintain security and protect network environment

• Provides security engineering input and support through the use of firewalls, IDS/IPS, various proxy gateway and other network security devices to provide in-depth protection from cyber security threats

• Oversee communication between servers within the clients' different locations (Store Support Center, the warehouse, etc.)

• Stays current with technological developments in networking technology and recommends ways for the client to take advantage of new technology

• Ensuring confidentiality, availability and integrity of network hardware and software components that provide fault tolerance, load balancing and security of data utilizing network techniques.

• Participates in project meetings and acts as the senior Network SME to all facets of the business and IT.

• Follows and upholds the change management process to protect network from unauthorized or untested changes from occurring which can bring down or destabilize the network infrastructure.

• Protect the company's assets and financial information by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of internal control procedures and informing management and/or appropriate officials of potential fraud risk.

• This position will require the individual to be on a on-call schedule.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience

• Current CCNP, CCNA, MCSE, and CompTIA Network+

• certification required

• Strong working knowledge of the following
o Routing and Switching, Security, Wireless, Data Center
o Cisco Network Routers - Cisco IOS
o Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
o Network cabling - Punch downs, cross connects, and patch panels
o Wireless Access Points
o Wireless Access Controllers
o VOIP Management and configuration
o Cisco LAN architecture includes Ethernet, STP, VTP, VLANs, QoS, etc.

• Must be familiar with most of the following

• Managing and configuring a zero-trust environment

• Managing and configuring/maintain network monitoring software

• WAN accelerators

• IDS/IPS

• SD-WAN

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.