SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for Support, Maintenance and building the NEMS Enterprise Network Infrastructure upholding HIPAA security compliance.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
 

• Manage Software Driven infrastructure at Scale and with Code configurations
• Analyzing, designing, troubleshooting, implementing, maintaining, and managing network functions per organization requirements and needs.
• Secure all network connections following HIPAA and industry best practice.
• Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade/ patch networking equipment including layer 2 and 3 switches, wireless infrastructures, routers, firewall, and VPN.
• Manage and monitor all WAN and LAN traffic to run optimally and securely. This includes phone system/ VoIP, video conferencing system, real time application usage, mobile devices (BYOD) and other data transfers.
• Troubleshoot any network connectivity and performance issues; regularly analyzing system logs and network traffic and providing root cause analysis.
• Evaluate, test, and propose network enhancements.
• Design, Develop and maintain detailed documentation for installation and configuration of network infrastructure.
• Interfaces with System Administrator, Database Administrator, and IT Architect on various projects including testing backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity plan.
• Perform Software upgrades, patching and security risk posture services
• Continue to build processes and automation with continuous improvements to deployment of infrastructure services
• Create and maintain technical documentation of the infrastructure and processes
• Lead, and Coach/Mentor other level 1 and level 2 team members on various projects and Steady State operations especially for Critical / High outages / Service disruption
• Support and Resolve day to day issues/requests/tickets for various criticality with urgent/non-urgent determination
• Participate in rotating on-call services
• Perform, maintain, and test all system backups and restore.
• Perform root cause analysis and risk mitigation steps with corrective actions
• Responsible for uptime, performance, reliability, scalability, security, and high availability of critical infrastructure.
• Performs other job duties as required by manager/supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the field of Computer Science or similar field or 5 years of relevant work experience preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years progressively responsible in Network Administration or comparable IT environment
• 5+ years experience working in corporate IT infrastructure including but not limited to WAN, LAN, wireless, data centers and VPN technology
• 2+ years of experience working on SD-WAN configurations
• 5+ years experience with VMWare virtualization infrastructure
• 5+ years experience in disaster recovery (DR) systems and methods
• Network Architecture experience managing multiple on-prem data centers, 20+ sites, remote access, and 1000+ devices
• Hands-on experience with Layer 3 and above networking protocols, such as TCP/UDP load balancing, SSL/TLS termination, and HTTP/HTTPS traffic management.
• Working knowledge of Internet protocols such as LDAP, DNS, SMTP etc.
• Proven knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls
• Proven knowledge of CISCO products – Servers, WebEx, CSM, Call Manager, UCCX, Phone systems etc.
• Experience in healthcare applications such as Epic Systems, Claims Systems
• CCNP certification is a plus
• CISC