Senior Network Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location: Tempe, AZ (in-office with travel up to 30% of the time)

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical support and maintenance of all ASRC and subsidiary enterprise network infrastructure and related systems.

Your role:

• Design, deploy and manage all company switching, routing, firewall, VPN, wireless, cable plants, and network management systems across a wide range of complex architectures, platforms and mediums.
• Lead engineer on assigned network upgrade projects.
• Mentor and train junior network engineering staff to ensure they have the tools to be successful.
• Effective communication skills and customer service with the ability to communicate IT issues to Sr IT Leadership.
• Define and follow standards and best practices for network design, testing, and implementation methodology.
• Document the environment as needed.
• Manage cloud networking components, and vendor appliances, to ensure connectivity between systems.
• Provide day to day support to ASRC IT customers by ensuring IT service tickets assigned are being addressed and resolved within established SLA parameters.
• Installs, configures, manages and troubleshoots various network, infrastructure, hardware and software components.
• Respond to service/work requests that fall into the Network Administration queue in a timely fashion.
• Support various business units across the company.
• Manage critical escalations to 3rd Parties and vendor support when required.
• Works directly with Telco/ISP to troubleshoot existing or onboard new services.
• Balance the ability to provide day-to-day support and quickly respond to new issues, while still ensuring that project efforts are delivered on time with high quality
• Effectively use monitoring/administrative tools to maintain network uptime and efficiency.
• Configure and deploy routers and switches

What you’ve got:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, or a related field, with 8–10 years of progressively responsible IT experience. Equivalent education and experience may substitute.
• Strong background with Cisco hardware and IOS configuration/troubleshooting; CCNA/CCNP/CCDP certifications .
• Experience with Cisco Meraki hardware and configuration .
• Expertise with VLAN, VPN, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, and QoS.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco routers, Nexus and Catalyst switches, ASA firewalls, and 802.11 wireless systems.
• Proficiency with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama centralized management.
• Deep knowledge of spanning tree, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, BGP, VTP, EtherChannel, STP, 802.1Q trunking, HSRP, multicast, IPsec, RADIUS/TACACS+, SNMP, and related protocols.
• experience with Cisco Data Center technologies including Nexus, virtualization, and FCoE.
• Familiarity with standards-based network monitoring and management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create documentation and present to groups effectively.
• Data Center routing and switching experience
• Network security experience
• An ability to think critically about systems and to make adjustments consistently as needed.

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Company DescriptionWe believe that finding the right candidate shouldn’t be so hard. Neither should finding a job you love. By taking the time to understand your specific needs, we make the perfect placements and build relationships that last long after the position is filled. We’re fanatical about the right fit, and we look forward to finding yours.Company DescriptionWe believe that finding the right candidate shouldn’t be so hard. Neither should finding a job you love. By taking the time to understand your specific needs, we make the perfect placements and build relationships that last long after the position is filled. We’re fanatical about the right fit, and we look forward to finding yours.