Overview**Candidates must be located in Kansas City Metro Area**
TheCloudNetwork Engineer hasthe overalladministrative responsibility forthe corporatefacility operations including network communication, network security, backupmethodology, business continuity, etc.Helps toengineer technical solutions to meet corporate systems infrastructure needs and audit/compliance requirements,maintainvendor relationships, and perform equipment installation, testing,and ongoing maintenance.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on network administration support, network maintenance,and operations support
- Diagnoseand correct network systems issues
- Work within and adhere to symplr network design and security, testing,and documentation standards, including Change Control documentation
- Work closely with Senior management, System Engineers, Database teams, and IT Project Management to collect and analyze systems infrastructure project requirements;develop detailed project specifications
- Assist System Engineers to complete network and security infrastructure project initiatives
- Provide systems and services to support corporate software solutions
- Implement, upgrade, monitor, and maintain key systems including but not limited to the following equipment and protocols:web security appliance, wireless controllers, switches, routers, hubs, servers, cables, racks, firewalls, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, latency, VoIP, QoS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, NHRP, ATM, MPLS, VPLS, etc.
- Design andadministerall corporate network security and business continuity processes
- Consult with external resources to obtain engineering proposals, pricing, etc.
- Provide software and hardware evaluation and recommendations for management review
- Write andmaintaindocumentation related to corporate facility operations, policies,and procedures
- Provide technicalassistanceby responding to inquiriesregardingerrors, problems, or questions with systems and services
- Handle problem recognition, research, isolation, resolution,and follow-up for complex problems escalated from Help Desk
- Analyze, install, and test upgrades of externally developed application programs including firmware updates, security releases, etc.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of relevant networking experience, and 2+ years hands-on AWS experience
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Strong time management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and multitask in a fastpaced environment
- Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- CCNA certification
- AWS certifications
- Experience with Fortinet and Cisco systems, as well as WAN optimization technologies
- Experience supporting audit and compliance requirements
- CCNP and/or CNE certifications
MinUSD $100,000.00/Yr.
MaxUSD $120,000.00/Yr.