Senior Network Engineer/Architect Position Available In Fulton, Georgia

Job Description:

Senior Network Engineer/Architect Job The ideal candidate for this Senior Network Engineer job will havesolid network design experience. This Senior role will be THESenior Technical person on the team. They are using JuniperFirewalls, routers and VPN, but they are constantly assessing theirenvironment so need someone that is open to change and would becomfortable when they move to more of a cisco environment. So Ciscoproduct experience is highly desired along with:

• Understand scalability, architecture but ok with being a hands onengineering
• Leadership skills/ Mentorship to more junior team members
• Will lead some projects on occasion so any type of ProjectManagement experience is great-even if on a very small scale (1-2people)
• No Data Center technologies- separate group handles everythingData Center related so Load Balancer experience isn’t required
• Security background would be good to have (PCI Compliance issomething they are going through now)
• Communication skills are going to be very important, as well asambition.
• Career potential to go into management or technical expert typeof role whichever they would prefer
• Scalability is important
• 50/50 Split between Architecture vs. Engineering at first butwill move more down the architecture path
• Any IPS and IDS experience would be great to have
• Split Tunneling, Ongoing Configuration The APG IT Senior Network Engineer role provides thought andtechnology leadership across a variety of network platforms.

Therole will focus on architecture and design of high quality networksolutions. You will be responsible for ensuring that the overall solutiondesign meets business requirements, conforms to industry bestpractices, and is a cost effective solution. Work closely withmanagement and project stakeholders across the organization. Hasthe ability to work collaboratively and effectively with all levelsof management and staff within the organization. Responsible for creating clear and maintainable designs,configuration templates, and reviewing the implementation plans ofteam members. Expected to ensure long-term strategic solutions are effectivelyarchitected, and implemented. High degree of interaction withonsite/offsite vendor architects and engineers.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Network Architecture

• Maintaining a current understanding of industry best-practicearchitecture and considerations
• Participating in enterprise-wide design and architecturediscussions as a trusted expert
• Development and maintenance of long-term architecture for networksystems
• Identification of network metrics that can be tracked andoptimized over a systems lifecycle
• Validation that solution designs conform to referencearchitecture
• Providing APG a competitive advantage with high performingtechnology solutions Network Engineering
• Development and maintenance of service design and configurationtemplates
• Creation of implementation and support documentation for externalteams
• Taking engineering-level ownership of full system lifecycle(Proof-of-Concept, Design, Validation, Quality Assurance, andOptimization)
• Ensuring solution designs are value-oriented
• Continually providing input towards system and processimprovements Leadership
• Reviewing technical designs and configuration templates for otherteam members
• Prioritizing technical solution needs
• Providing technology, solution and design training Program/Project Management Responsible for directing work efforts to achieve thefollowing:
• Determines network solutions to meet pre-defined businessrequirements, functional designs, and architectural designdocuments for diverse population of unique end users
• Develops conceptual architecture, flowcharts, diagrams toillustrate sequence of steps required for technicalimplementations
• Participates in project team meetings and provides estimates fornetwork task completion
• Manages & prioritizes team’s workload to meet specified duedates
• Provides status on assigned tasks Network Management Delivers reliable and quality infrastructure into the productionenvironment, while meeting the following objectives:
• Ensuring streamlined network software releases on a predeterminedagreed to schedule
• Providing operational support and oversight for networkmonitoring toolsets
• Providing technical leadership, clarity and direction for on-siteresources and vendor teams
• Auditing deployed systems to ensure compliance with technicalstandards

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years leading complex network software and hardwareimplementation solutions
• 7+ years of experience with network or systems engineering
• 5+ years of experience with VPN technologies (site-to-site,DMVPN, Pulse/Anyconnect)
• 5+ years of experience with using IP routing protocols, includingOSPF and BGP
• 5+ years of experience with using LAN switching technologies
• 5+ years of experience with network security (incl. firewalls,IPS, content filtering, encryption) Awareness of the following components would be beneficial:
• Datacenter and infrastructure operations
• Load balancing, software-defined networking, Network AccessControl (NAC)
• Experience with PCI and PII compliance

Educational Requirements:

• BS degree in computer related field or equivalent workexperience
• Vendor certifications a plus (CCNP/JNCIP, CCIE/JNCIEPreferred)
• Information security certifications – Nice to have