Senior Network Engineer

Job Description:

3 days in Office- Montery California

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for interpreting organizational IT architecture, business, operations, and security needs and then building, testing, implementing, and documenting network and security workflows and solutions to meet those needs. This position is also responsible for building, testing, implementing, and documenting network workflow solutions. The Senior Network Engineer must have a thorough understanding of complex IT networks, network security, and computer systems. This individual will serve as the lead implementation expert regarding network and network security standards and solutions for the enterprise. The ideal candidate will possess expert-level skills in Cisco routing, switching, PAN firewall technologies, VPN, VLAN, DHCP/DNS, NAC, Cisco hardware and software, SolarWinds, segmentation, Linux, and Wireless technologies. The responsibilities for this senior-level position include planning, implementation, and the management of state-of-the-art enterprise network and high speed Internet network services. In addition this position focuses on advanced troubleshooting, capacity planning, implementation, and best practice assessments.

Experience:

This individual will review and enhance existing operational network and network security solutions to ensure hosted/on-premises system security and high availability. This individual will work with IT architects, IT engineers, project management, IT administrators, and interdepartmental teams to understand operational network and network security needs and strategy, and then will implement network and network security solutions to ensure hosted/on-premises system security and high availability. This individual will lead enterprise network security system improvements and implementation to meet current and future needs of the enterprise. Will coordinate and communicate with various levels of technical backgrounds and roles to develop and implement solutions. This individual will work with IT architects to align workflows and solutions with enterprise architecture framework and agile principles. Will work in conjunction with business leaders, IT architects, and IT engineers to develop highly secure, available, and robust operational network and network security solutions in the cloud and on-premises. This individual will work closely with IT Security to ensure that regulatory requirements and best practices are integrated and implemented into workflows, and to revise network security solutions as needed based on changing threat landscape. This individual will promote operational excellence and new ideas, technologies, workflows, and concepts to improve security, availability, and performance of operational network and network security systems while reducing cost. This individual will participate in future-state enterprise infrastructure, network, and security planning and execution. Will lead configuration, implementation, and operational network handoff efforts, including written documentation of instructions, diagrams, and procedures, to operational staff for enterprise networks and associated network security systems. Will analyze network and systems traffic, and then implement best practice controls to enforce required security policy, including software and hardware solutions to enforce required security policies. Will implement network security controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of networks.

• Familiarity with troubleshooting methodologies required.
• Must be able to interpret technical concepts to a less-technical audience.
• 8+ years of experience implementing, supporting, and documenting enterprise networks.
• 5+ years’ experience in network security implementations and/or support preferred.
• Experience at acute care healthcare organizations, or experience in another highly regulated industry, is a plus.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and agile transformation principles, a plus.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proactive. Self-starter. Able to work independently.

Education:

• B.S. degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or four years of equivalent experience in Information Technology or Security preferred.
• Licensure/Certifications
• Expert-level network certifications preferred.
• Expert-level Cisco certifications preferred.
• Expert-level Palo Alto Networks certifications preferred.
• CCNA or CCNP or CCIE preferred.
• Network Security or general Security certifications preferred.
• Equal Opportunity Employer