Principal Network Engineer

 POSITION SUMMARY:

The Principal Network Engineer position involves planning, designing, installing, configurations, troubleshooting and supporting enterprise security, storage, voice and data networks. Works predominantly with Cisco and Dell equipment, and other vendors as required.  Serves as a project leader on various technical initiatives as required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in planning and preparing budgets and forecasts for IT projects and vendor contracts.
• Responsible for provisioning, deployment, configuration, and administration of many different pieces of network and security-related hardware and software. These include firewalls, routers, switches, security appliances, various network-monitoring tools, and virtual private networks (VPNs).
• Responsible for configuring, maintaining and monitoring storage systems
• Responsible for ensuring the network voice and data environment is functioning properly
• Responsible for mentoring team members as appropriate
• Participates within the IT team to resolve Help Desk tickets 
• Develop, document and maintain standard operating procedures and production configurations
• Perform routine maintenance and upgrades of IT infrastructure
• Act as technical liaison between clients, customers and vendors to resolve issues
• Stay current with emerging technologies and advancements within existing technologies
• Occasional night-time and weekend work
• Participate in departmental on-call rotation
• Assist with disaster recovery operations
• Troubleshoot and provide technical support via telephone and remote access
• Additional specific duties may vary depending upon departmental requirements

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or related field preferred
• Minimum 8 years’ experience with Cisco, switching, routing and VOIP
• Minimum 5 years working in an enterprise data center setting
• Cisco CCNA (or higher) certification preferred
• Strong understanding of security architecture and network topology.
• Firewall experience (next generation firewall experience preferred) 
• Deep understanding and proven experience with networking standards such as DNS, DHCP, SMTP, HTTP and FTP.
• Experience with Windows technologies (Server platforms, Desktop platforms, Exchange Environments, Active Directory, IIS, Windows Clustering, Virtualization and Collaboration tools) preferred
• Enterprise storage experience (iSCSI/FC SAN) required
• VMWare (ESX) experience required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong networking fundamentals, innovative and analytical background 
• Logical problem solving and demonstrated ability to organize and move project tasks forward in an orderly and structured fashion
• Ability to diagnose and provide solutions to complex issues in a timely manner
• Demonstrate knowledge of various WAN/LAN technologies and protocols
• Expert understanding of data center operations and high availability/redundancy planning. Disaster recovery/Business continuity planning experience desired.
• Experience in designing, deploying and maintaining security appliances such as firewalls, web proxies, mail gateways etc.
• Expert knowledge of installing, troubleshooting, repairing and supporting network, server, computer, phone systems and printer hardware
• Excellent oral, written communication and interpersonal skills 
• Effectively communicate issues/problems and results that impact timelines, accuracy and reliability of IS data
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and Windows applications/implementations
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected including the ability to multi-task and work productively in a demanding multi-location environment with changing priorities.
• Team player with the ability to work independently as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position requires the ability to communicate and exchange information, utilize equipment necessary to perform the job, and move about the office.

Ability to lift/move light to moderately heavy equipment is a must.

COMPENSATION SUMMARY

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $98,800 to $150,700. This salary range represents a general guideline as MSD considers other factors when presenting an offer of employment, such as scope and responsibilities of the position, external market factors, and the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, education and experience. Employees may qualify for a discretionary or non-discretionary bonus in addition to their base salary. These annual bonus