Network Engineer @ Painted Post, NY

E
* Pro Consulting offers contingent Staff Augmentation of IT professionals, Permanent Recruiting, and Temp-to-Hire. Our expertise in financial services, Insurance, Telecom, Manufacturing, Technology, Media and Entertainment, Pharmaceutical, Health Care, and service industries ensures customized services to meet specific needs.

We have been retained to provide recruiting assistance for a Direct hire by a world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization.

E
* Pro, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

This is a Network Engineer Role, Non-Exempt.

Provide technical leadership for projects requiring network implementation or upgrade. Design and implement LAN, WAN, and Wireless networks within the Corning infrastructure.

• Design, configure, and deploy network (LAN/WAN/Wireless LAN) infrastructure across Corning sites.
• Define, document, and enforce templates and standards for deployment and support of network infrastructure.
• Produce network design and configuration documentation, and perform knowledge transfer to the Network Engineering team and to the Network Operations team.
• Implement and troubleshoot lightweight and autonomous wireless networks.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot firewalls to isolate non-compliant devices on the network.
• Work with the team to complete complex switch and router installations.
• Develop comprehensive implementation and test plans following change management guidelines.
• Respond to customer requirements and ensure that customer needs are being met by IT.
• Perform packet capture and analysis to baseline network performance and/or troubleshoot performance issues.
• Assist with cross-functional project and operational issues that are complex or difficult to resolve. Determine root cause and develop resolution.

• 5+ years of experience in LAN and Wireless LAN troubleshooting and design.
• Strong experience in WAN and Internet required.
• 5+ years IT experience working across multiple technology areas, with at least 1 year working as a senior engineer or similar technology role.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and in virtual teams.
• Recognized as a technology SME (subject matter expert) in prior position.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient knowledge of switches, routers, firewalls, and all associated protocols.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Process and detail-oriented.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Visio.

• Large Enterprise Environment network design and support experience.
• Experience with Load Balancers (F5 and Rad Ware) a plus.
• Experience with Palo Alto and Juniper firewalls a plus.

• Technical curiosity and interest in technology.
• Self-starter and takes ownership for deliverables and deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective customer relationship skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

• BS in Computer Science /Systems Management/IT Related field.
• Core routing and switching design, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware.
• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches.
• Spanning-tree, VLANs, Port Channels, Load balancing, SPAN, NAT, ACL.
• Cisco wireless communication design and configuration:
  Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, ISE, and WAPs.
• Tools & Management:
  Wireshark, Cisco Prime, Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.