Lead Network Engineer

Posted 108ds ago

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Lead Network Engineer managing complex network infrastructure solutions for Ferguson. Collaborating with IT Department while leveraging 7+ years of technical expertise in Network Engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaboratively design/manage all WAN/LAN, WLAN, VPN, and Network Infrastructure
  • Work in tandem with other engineers, the NOC, SOC, incident responders, and technology infrastructure and development team members
  • Advance troubleshooting of all network infrastructure
  • Proactively research, analyze and recommend new technologies to meet changing business needs
  • Improve the infrastructure's uptime, performance and reliability
  • Establish and implement standards and policies for all network infrastructure
  • Accountable for optimizing network performance for scalability, reliability and usability
  • Develop and maintain documentation related to design/changes in network infrastructure
  • Configure, troubleshoot and scale load balancing platforms
  • Design network configuration settings for internal and external systems
  • Lead team on escalated major incidents technical infrastructure issues to satisfactory resolution
  • Coordinate installation, repair, or maintenance of network hardware equipment
  • Ensure compliance with IT Security and Governance processes
  • Identify and implement technical and service improvements

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience in Data Center, SDWAN, Cloud, Wireless, Load-Balancer, Routing, Firewall, Monitoring technologies
  • Associate’s degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Technical background in Network Engineering including Cisco (Nexus/Catalyst), Meraki, Palo, SDWAN technologies (Versa/Cisco/Silverpeak)
  • Highly technical and analytical expertise in technology design, implementation, and delivery
  • Experience in network engineering, large scale design, datacenter (hosted and cloud), and local LAN technologies
  • Must be self-motivated, proactive, creative, and efficient in identifying issues, understanding, and proposing solutions
  • Solid understanding of network protocols
  • Experienced with Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls
  • Technical Certifications are preferred; CCIE, CCNP, or CISSP are desirable
  • Project Coordination Skills
  • Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and document work with minimal direction from Manager and deliver within critical dates
  • Ability to travel up to 5% as needed.

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off
  • Life insurance
  • Mental health coverage
  • Gender affirming and family building benefits
  • Paid parental leave
  • Associate discounts
  • Community involvement opportunities