Network Engineer - Diverse Lynx
Nashville, TN
About the Job
Position : Senior Network Engineer
Location : Nashville, TN
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for leading implementations of complex network solutions that meet the company and business user s requirements and are supportable by the System and Network Operations team. Solutions will follow all corporate security policies, and provide a technically effective architecture. They are also responsible for developing infrastructure design documents and assist in developing the appropriate support procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Principal Accountabilities
Proactively assess Network Design requirements.
Coordinate and oversee enterprise networking designs and preventive maintenance processes of critical shared and dedicated infrastructure at 2 core datacenters as well as multiple critical office locations and cloud.
Solid understanding of critical industry standards related to Network design and security.
Responsible for design and implementation of network and security strategy, architecture and platforms
Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including network and security monitoring and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise controls
- Fluent skillset in Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewalls
Accountable for adhering to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring network technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy-setting
Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs
Participates in security governance and audits
Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas and client groups
Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for design and issue resolution
Serves as network architecture subject matter expert to business areas, project teams and vendors to apply and execute appropriate use of technology solutions and lead efforts to examine technology vision, opportunities and challenges
Builds consensus around principles of network and security architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles
Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options
Provides technical guidance to less experienced Network Engineers
Create design documentation and runbooks that can be easily implemented by build engineers and transitioned to operational support
Conducts post-event reviews of network incidents
Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blue prints
Evaluates strengths and flaws in Network Architecture designs including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership
Facilitates project hand-offs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions
Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns between projects
Leverages and postures technology stacks to lead the organization into an automated self-service model
Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise
Establishes and maintains relationships with IT and business area partners to evaluate designs and controls
Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience.
Benchmarks technology strategies and architectures.
Monitors and anticipates trends and investigates organizational objectives and needs.
Provides guidance on network solutions and prepares benchmarking reports and presentations
Promotes implementation of new technology, solutions and methods to improve business processes, efficiency, effectiveness and value delivered to customers
The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned
Understanding of datacenter best practices
Understanding of physical security and access systems.
Maintain staff schedule to meet appropriate shift coverage.
Task manage resources for complex or high-profile installations.
Oversee and drive projects to on-time completion. Ability to manage multiple teams, some remote locations.
Proficient in managing vendor relationships and negotiations.
Work on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variance factors
Plan and implement effective backup & recovery, business continuity strategies
Strong influencing skills with the ability to communicate new concepts and drive process improvements
Exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results
Ensure data assets and related processes are in compliance with applicable regulations and industry standards
Proven ability to work across multiple projects/products/teams
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Strong analytical and decision-making skill
Requirements JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
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.
Location : Nashville, TN
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for leading implementations of complex network solutions that meet the company and business user s requirements and are supportable by the System and Network Operations team. Solutions will follow all corporate security policies, and provide a technically effective architecture. They are also responsible for developing infrastructure design documents and assist in developing the appropriate support procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Principal Accountabilities
Proactively assess Network Design requirements.
Coordinate and oversee enterprise networking designs and preventive maintenance processes of critical shared and dedicated infrastructure at 2 core datacenters as well as multiple critical office locations and cloud.
Solid understanding of critical industry standards related to Network design and security.
Responsible for design and implementation of network and security strategy, architecture and platforms
Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including network and security monitoring and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise controls
- Fluent skillset in Checkpoint and Palo Alto firewalls
Accountable for adhering to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring network technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy-setting
Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs
Participates in security governance and audits
Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas and client groups
Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for design and issue resolution
Serves as network architecture subject matter expert to business areas, project teams and vendors to apply and execute appropriate use of technology solutions and lead efforts to examine technology vision, opportunities and challenges
Builds consensus around principles of network and security architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles
Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options
Provides technical guidance to less experienced Network Engineers
Create design documentation and runbooks that can be easily implemented by build engineers and transitioned to operational support
Conducts post-event reviews of network incidents
Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blue prints
Evaluates strengths and flaws in Network Architecture designs including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership
Facilitates project hand-offs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions
Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns between projects
Leverages and postures technology stacks to lead the organization into an automated self-service model
Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise
Establishes and maintains relationships with IT and business area partners to evaluate designs and controls
Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience.
Benchmarks technology strategies and architectures.
Monitors and anticipates trends and investigates organizational objectives and needs.
Provides guidance on network solutions and prepares benchmarking reports and presentations
Promotes implementation of new technology, solutions and methods to improve business processes, efficiency, effectiveness and value delivered to customers
The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned
Understanding of datacenter best practices
Understanding of physical security and access systems.
Maintain staff schedule to meet appropriate shift coverage.
Task manage resources for complex or high-profile installations.
Oversee and drive projects to on-time completion. Ability to manage multiple teams, some remote locations.
Proficient in managing vendor relationships and negotiations.
Work on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variance factors
Plan and implement effective backup & recovery, business continuity strategies
Strong influencing skills with the ability to communicate new concepts and drive process improvements
Exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results
Ensure data assets and related processes are in compliance with applicable regulations and industry standards
Proven ability to work across multiple projects/products/teams
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Strong analytical and decision-making skill
Requirements JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science/related field
- Minimum ten years of experience with networking
- Minimum 5 years of experience with network design
- CCNP Enterprise Infrastructure (Formerly Route/Switch)
- Expert level knowledge in networking routing protocols, including BGP and OSPF
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Building new L2/L3 Visio diagrams from Data Flow Diagrams
- Understanding and experience in F5 Load Balancers
- Strong security background with advanced knowledge of both Palo Alto and Checkpoint firewalls
- Strong background of WAN technologies including overlay technologies, such as MPLS, DMVPN, SD-WAN, etc
- Strong understanding of and experience designing for Cisco ACI
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.
Source : Diverse Lynx