Senior Network Engineer; Infrastructure & Cloud

Position: Senior Network Engineer (Infrastructure & Cloud)
About Charles River Associates Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.

Position Overview The Information Technology (ITS) team at CRA is currently a Global team of 40 professionals dedicated to enhancing, maintaining, and developing the firm's technology infrastructure and security. The team is comprised of four functions:
Service Delivery & Telecom, Enterprise Application Solutions, Infrastructure, Networking and Cloud Services and Security. Information Technology staff are based in the Boston, Chicago, London, Munich, New York, Oakland, and Washington, DC offices.

We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join our small global networking team.  The successful candidate will bring in-depth, hands-on expertise in planning, designing, implementing, documenting, securing, and troubleshooting enterprise network systems across campus, data center, wireless, WAN, and cloud environments.  This position supports day-to-day operations and maintenance, advances security initiatives, and collaborates with IT colleagues and business stakeholders on a global scale.

Typical responsibilities include:

Design, install, configure, test, document, and maintain secure network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments;

Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex network, wireless, firewall, DNS, and connectivity issues;

Produce and maintain Microsoft Visio network diagrams, implementation plans, configuration standards, and as-built documentation;

Administer and use Nexus Dashboard, Catalyst Center, Infoblox, and other management platforms for visibility, configuration, assurance, and lifecycle activities;

Maintain accurate configuration records, inventories, circuit information, support documentation, and vendor contacts;

Plan and execute upgrades while minimizing service disruption and maintaining tested rollback procedures;

Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and training plans for network resource administration, appropriate use, and disaster recovery;

Ensure network hardware, software, firmware, and configurations are current, supportable, and secure;

Monitor and test network performance and provide meaningful performance statistics, reports, and recommendations;

Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to deliver projects and resolve incidents;

Coordinate across other teams within the IT department and across the firm; some travel to other CRA offices will be expected;

Some out-of-hours and weekend work will be required for scheduled upgrades and in response to unexpected outages.

Desired Qualifications Bachelor's degree (Master's desirable) in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline;4-6 years relevant work experience, preferably in a professional services environment;

Current Cisco certification at the CCNA level or a demonstrated track record of maintaining Cisco certifications at or above the CCNA level is required; CCNP preferred, relevant Microsoft Azure and AWS certifications highly desired;

Demonstrated knowledge of secure LAN/WAN, campus, data center, wireless, and cloud networking operations;

Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting networking in both Microsoft Azure and…