Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy and support WAN/LAN infrastructure including but not limited to routers,
    switches, firewalls, spam filters, load balancers, VPN, SAN and NAS devices.
  • Manages daily critical network functionality including by not limited to: Network
    performance, server performance, internet usage, mail usage, security violations,
    backups, server and desktop OS updates, virus protection, spam filtering, adware, and
    software licensing violations.
  • Install, support, maintain hardware and software infrastructure according to best practices
  • Provides network and host-based security, incident response, firewall and VPN
    management and administration.
  • Troubleshoot reported problems, perform root cause analysis, recommend, and execute
    preventative measures.
  • Adheres to change management procedures in defining, planning, and implementing
    change in such a way that ensures appropriate coordination with other teams, minimizes
    service disruption, and ensures adherence to Service Level Agreements.
  • Provides direction for standards and procedures for monitoring, capacity planning, tuning,
    maintenance, performance optimization, backups, and recovery; ensures infrastructure
    will meet capacity requirements to deliver projects on time.
  • Performs hardware and software installations as needed.
  • Design, deploy and implement network systems integrations for newly acquired offices
    company wide.
  • Remains current on emerging technologies via professional groups, trade magazines,
    internal or external training, independent research and study, and other avenues available.
  • Ensures complete communication to the IT Support Desk on the status of all problems
    assigned to him/her according to existing procedures.
  • Ability to provide on-call support twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Escalation contact for network, server and infrastructure related issues
  • Perform system audits & present results with action items to Network Operations Manager
  • Documentation of network, infrastructure, and telecommunication systems
  • All other tasks requested by management.

Experience:

  • 5 + years experience of Networking experience LAN/WAN/WLAN
  • 5 + years working with Windows systems.
  • Understanding and implementation of network traffic analysis, remote access methods &
    systems, state full inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication, authorization technology
  • Extensive experience with Fortinet EMS suite and Forticloud
  • Experience deploying Fortiextenders and access points.
  • Understanding and implementation of cloud-based environments.
  • Extensive experience with Fortinet and Cisco equipment
  • CCNA or NSE certifications a plus
  • Network optimization
Experience: Mid-Level
Job Type: Direct Hire
Job Location: Southfield

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