IT Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Job Location: 1310 Martin Luther King Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701. Telecommuting

and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policy. Position

requires 5% domestic travel.

Salary Range: $69,049.40 - $79,049.40

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under general direction, the Network Engineer will possess an in-depth

understanding of networking hardware and software, and have hands-on experience

with Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto firewalls, Load Balancers, Meraki

Wireless, and Network Automation. Incumbent will play a crucial role in

designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure to ensure

optimal performance and availability. Monitor network performance and ensure

system availability and reliability, tuning and optimizing the network as

necessary. Conduct regular network performance tests and prepare reports on

network performance and incident response. Troubleshoot network issues and

outages, developing strategies to prevent them in the future. Provide tactical

design direction and make recommendations in developing solution roadmaps.

Collaborate with solution architecture and solution delivery to build new

products and improve existing products. Operationalize solutions through

documentation, automation of common tasks, and maturing processes. Use network

automation tools to streamline and enhance processes. Secure network systems by

establishing and enforcing policies, and by defining and monitoring access.

Research and consult with resources and industry experts to ensure the

effectiveness provided solutions. Extensively utilize knowledge of network

infrastructure, routing and routed protocols, and standards. Recommend solutions

based upon analysis of network performance.

Qualifications

• REQUIREMENTS:
• Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Electronics and
• Communications Engineering or related field and three (3) years of experience in
• the job offered or in a Network Services Administrator, IT Support Specialist,
• or Systems Administrator-related occupation. Position requires 3 years of
• experience in the following:
• * Utilizing Cisco routers, wireless networking, and Identity Services Engines;
• * Utilizing Cisco and Aruba Switches;
• * Utilizing ASA and Palo Alto Firewalls;
• * Utilizing Meraki Wireless and Security Appliances, and load balancers;
• * Utilizing Python including HTTPS Requests and Netmiko;
• * Utilizing Public Cloud Design;
• * Deploying and managing SD-WAN;
• * Utilizing YAML, REST APIs, and Ansible in DevNet;
• * Utilizing Azure Networking and Security Concepts including AZ-700
• certification, Enterprise applications and Conditional Access, VNet peering,
• Traffic Manager and Load Balancing, Azure firewall, and Route base VPN with
• BGP; and
• * Utilizing Network monitoring tools including Solarwinds and ThousandEyes.
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