Network Engineer - TEKsystems

Description:

YETI is looking for a Network Engineer to support their IT infrastructure and corporate expansion based on the tremendous growth they're experiencing. This involves scalability, performance and security concerns. The Network Engineer plans, designs, and evaluates new and existing computer network systems and services, including local area networks, wide area networks, intranets, and the Internet, providing analytical, technical, and administrative support.

Right now they have a large initiative to deploy new Cisco Meraki Switches in their HQ and this will be a big focus for this person. They should have strong command line and Cisco configuration experience. They also need to have experience managing and configuring Palo Alto Firewalls. Candidates should have experience working with Aruba Clear Pass as well. They will be working with cross functional teams and need to be able to effectively communicate with vendors and executives.

Previous Engineers in this role have needed to get up to speed on a lot of the technology that they use, and have required extensive coaching to be effective in the role. They need someone that wont require much hand holding and who can hit the ground running as they will be starting during one of YETI's busiest times of the year, and they will be spread rather thin. YETI also looks for candidates that want to go above and beyond and value an ownership mentality. Candidates should be excited about the opportunity to make an impact to the overall business and regularly looking for areas they can act as a SME, own something, or make overall improvements.

Responsibilities:

Evaluate and assess "current state" of LAN/WAN environment and propose roadmap to handle future growth

Identify and implement networking 'best practices' to ensure optimal network performance, availability and scalability

Configure and troubleshoot existing network devices including Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Catalyst, VPN, and MPLS (Level 3)

Assess current network security posture and implement hardening solutions including firewalls, IDS/IPS, Identity and Access management.

Implements, maintains and troubleshoots the LAN/WAN Infrastructure including; physical cabling, switches, routers, firewalls, and Wi-Fi systems

Deploys and supports new software releases, system upgrades, and patches for the network infrastructure environment

Maintain knowledge of vendor products (Cisco, Meraki, Aruba, Palo Alto) and solutions that can enable the Network Engineering team to diagnose complex issues, build redundancy and resiliency along with assisting them with planning for the future capacity and technology growth of the network

Develops and maintains technical procedure documentation and network infrastructure diagrams and reviews projects / systems designs and plans for compliance with standards

Proactively work to reduce costs and improve productivity (continuous improvement) for Network Engineering and Support platforms

Perform troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations

Ensure the network architecture addresses high availability and performance of mission critical platforms and network resources with the guidance of Sr. Network Engineers

Identify opportunities and for improvement in efficiency and responsiveness. Make recommendations and champion implementations that gain efficiencies and improve effectiveness.

Understand the needs of various business functions and end users, and the priorities of information security and senior management and define solutions to support these

Assists as needed with any IT related projects as determined by IT Management

Respond to off-hour alerts, calls, e-mails or notifications to ensure operational efficiency and uptime

Design, implement and maintain a US based retail and global network infrastructure

Monitor and administer carrier diverse circuits utilizing BGP for fault tolerance

Qualifications and Attributes:

At least 4 years of experience specifically maintaining enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure – Wireless, Firewalls, Routers Switches, Controllers

At least 2 years of experience of Networking technologies including SD-WAN, MPLS, VRF, DMVPN, multicast, load balancing, switching and routing technologies

Knowledge and experience of Network security constructs and capabilities including Layer 3 and Layer 7 firewalls, IPS, VPN, and Proxy

Knowledge and experience of hosting technologies including: Hyper-converged infrastructure, Converged Infrastructure, VMware virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Windows Server OS

Knowledge and experience with supporting infrastructure service technologies including Active Directory, AzureAD, DNS, DHCP, NTP, file and printing services

Experience with developing scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and metrics collection

Experience with various tools such as Protocol Analyzer, SNMP, Netflow, IPAM, RADIUS, Insight IDR/Splunk, and load/stress testing

Expertise in Azure or other cloud providing technologies

Direct experience with Palo Alto, Aruba, and Meraki is a plus

Experience documenting network knowledge base and operational runbooks

Experience deploying SD-WAN infrastructure is a plus

Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols

Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems

Provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection

Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internet resources

Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions

Team player with the ability to work with all levels of staff within/outside of IT and outside the organization

A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment

Good analytical and problem-solving skills

• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: 
• Medical, dental & vision 
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available 
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) 
• Short and long-term disability 
• Health Spending Account (HSA) 
• Transportation benefits 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) 

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.