Network Engineer

Overview

Senior IT Technical Recruiter at New Age Technologies. This is a direct hire for a Sr.
Network Engineer onsite in Louisville, KY

Must currently live in the Louisville area
. Do not apply if not currently living in the Louisville area.

No corp to Corp, H1B Visa and no sponsorship - must have proper work authorization. No outside vendors. Do not reach out.

Must have Aruba and Clearpass.

You will be responsible for the planning, designing, building, and supporting a 24x7 LAN/WAN IP infrastructure including routing, switching, wireless, network security, and load balancing which supports multiple locations. You will develop, document, and implement best practices and standards and provide technical leadership on multiple projects. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience with Cisco SDWAN or MPLS, wireless network administration, and will serve as a SME in routing/switching.

Work Requirements

• Plan, design, and optimize high-level LAN, WAN, and WLAN solutions.
• Develops strategies and direction for network solutions using current and emerging technologies
• Develop strategies to create a highly scalable and resilient network environment
• Perform network infrastructure readiness assessments
• Perform analysis & trending of utilization and growth providing a proactive design based on the demands of the business
• Translate business requirements into network and telephony process designs
• Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network's infrastructure design, integration, and operations
• Approve and modify design and architecture to ensure compliance
• Develops implementation plans for all LAN, WAN and external network connections - including organizing vendors and users, network drawings and schedules.
• Develops design and implementation plans for digital transformation
• Provide knowledge transfer and detailed design/operational documentation to clients
• Participate in the development of the enterprise unified communications strategy
• Ensure timely resolution of all tickets
• Other related duties as assigned.
• Participate in the current incident, problem, and change control processes
• Enable and drive continuous improvement through the IT Service Center & Managed Service partners
• Develop and oversee the adherence to maintenance and performance standards of data, wireless, voice or video network hardware, and systems
• Troubleshoot highly complex network and hardware problems
• Asset Management
• Build, maintain, and audit all LAN, WAN, and WLAN network related documentation as it relates to configuration, processes, service records, asset inventories, topologies, administration manuals, job instructions, support contacts, etc
• PCI-DSS compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related technical field (i.e. Computer Science, Engineering). Experience may be considered in lieu of education
• Aruba Networking, switches, routers, wireless- 4 years
• Aruba Clearpass NAC - 2 years
• Cisco knowledge with network design, VoIP, hands-on implementation and configuration of routers, hubs, switches, controllers, access points, and structured cabling in med-large enterprise LAN/WAN /WLAN environments.
• CCNA and CCNP (preferred)
• Palo Alto Firewall – 2 years
• Experience with BGP and HSRP - 3 years
• experience with VSS
• experience with captive portal, Radius, Nomdaix, NAC control
• Ability to troubleshoot VoIP in both wired and wireless environments.
• Experience with 66 block analogy phone cabling and troubleshooting
• Experience with and knowledge of various WAN protocols.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting Microsoft 365 products
• Experience with server or workstation hardware, operating systems, and software.
• Understanding of cabling and cabling termination.
• Thorough understanding of firewalls and network security to include NAT/traffic rules, layer 7, layer 3 and port forwarding.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting routers, firewalls, switches and other networking devices.
• Experience using various packet capture methods for both wired and wireless links.
• Experience with VMware and V-sphere – 3 years
• Experience with hosted unified communications platforms desired but not required.
• Datto and or Remote Management platforms
• CCNP Wireless a plus
• Expert Knowledge on Aruba network devices
• Expert knowledge on Cisco network devices
• Experience working with low voltage cable wiring and terminations (preferred)
• Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization
• Ability to quickly learn new systems / processes
• Desire to learn
• Powershell Experience a Plus
• Strong problem-solving skills
• AWS and Azure experience a plus
• Hospitality Technology a plus

Must pass background and drug screen