| Job Description | This senior-level position supports the DOM DOIT computer networking responsibilities by managing firewalls, secure communications, network monitoring, and providing consulting and architecture services for network infrastructure. - The Senior Network Engineer will support the Department of Management (DOM) and Division of Information Technology (DOIT) by managing and optimizing the organization's enterprise networking environment.
- This senior-level role is critical in maintaining secure communications, network monitoring, and offering both consulting and architecture services for network infrastructure.
- The position involves operational support for routers, switches, and firewalls, along with assessing and improving network infrastructure across various executive branch agencies.
Key Responsibilities - Operational Support: Manage routers, switches, and firewalls to ensure security, performance, capacity, and availability of services.
- Network Configuration and Maintenance: Configure and maintain secure network infrastructure in accordance with security standards and best practices.
- Network Architecture: Provide network architecture support, including infrastructure assessments, creation of logical and conceptual network diagrams, monitoring, analysis, problem resolution, and changes.
- Network Security: Manage networks and systems to prevent unauthorized access while ensuring efficient transmission. Perform log management and monitoring.
- Firewall Management: Plan, schedule, and implement access through firewalls in line with security standards and best practices.
- Incident/Change Management: Adhere to defined incident/change management processes.
- Collaboration: Communicate regularly with other technical teams and business owners.
- Customer Support: Work with customers to develop testing and implementation schedules as needed.
- Documentation: Maintain and update technical documentation of the environment.
Required Skills and Experience - Network Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of network switching, routing, IP addressing, and Internet connectivity (10+ years).
- Technical Support: Senior-level technical support experience in a complex enterprise networking environment, including analytical and problem-solving skills (10+ years).
- IP Networking: Thorough working knowledge of IP networking (10+ years).
- Security and Firewall Administration: Experience with security and firewall administration, including data network implementation (10+ years).
- Advanced Diagnostics: Experience with advanced diagnostics equipment and tools, routing protocols, network management tools, remote access, Ethernet, and WAN technologies (7+ years).
- Specific Technologies: Experience with F5 and Visio (2+ years).
- Cloud Technologies: Experience with cloud networking, particularly AWS and Azure (1+ years).
Highly Desired Skills - Unix Scripting: Skills in Unix scripting languages such as Perl, Bash, TCL, and cURL.
- VMware: Experience with VMware implementation and administration.
Qualification Insights - Top Priorities: Emphasis on network architecture and firewall management.
- Key Technologies: Predominantly a Cisco environment with some Palo Alto gear and F5.
- Cloud Technologies: Ideal candidates will have skills in AWS and Azure cloud networking.
- Scripting and VMware: Not required but beneficial; can be learned on the job.
- Team Collaboration: Will work closely with the network team.
- Current Challenges: Maintaining system uptime, learning the environment, and potentially performing assessments and recommendations.
- Upcoming Projects: No specific major projects planned.
- Work Details: Some onsite work required. Standard hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with potential after-hours work likely.
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