As a Sr. Network Engineer at Melaleuca, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure. You will play a key role on a team of network engineers, provide technical expertise, and ensure the stability and scalability of our network. This position is responsible for high-level network planning, design, configuration, and optimization. This role also provides training to the other engineers on new technologies being implemented.
What you'll do
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Involved in planning, implementing, and supporting network projects, identifying risks, documenting and communicating migration plans to improve our infrastructure
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Provide guidance and direction related to globally diverse traditional and software-defined networking strategies, interconnectivity and best practices
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Work with business stakeholders to define requirements and system goals and identify and resolve business systems issues
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Provide support of existing networks, including configuration of Cisco routers, switches, wireless, remote access, WAN devices and services
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Recommend and implement new technologies to support business needs and improvements through education of peers and business leaders
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Create and maintain accurate and current technical documentation and configurations for all aspects of our global network
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Monitor global network for outages and performance issues, and make tuning adjustments based on results
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Perform preventative maintenance services on all devices within area of responsibility including network hardware/software update scheduling, installing, and testing
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Coordinate with carriers for circuit turn-ups, sizing, procurement, outages and migrations
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Be available for on-call rotation and possible travel when needed
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Manage all tasks and projects, and ensure that all items are tracked in the ticketing system and being handled in a manner that meets or exceeds established OLAs and SLAs
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Promote teamwork within the team and foster cooperation with other groups and departments
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Maintain current knowledge of emerging trends in the network technology market
Please note: This is a remote/work-from-home position, but employees must reside in or relocate to either Idaho or Utah. The position is not open to remote employees living in other states-
Experience with Cisco Next Gen Firewalls and Firewall Management Center FTD 7.X preferred
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6+ years of hands-on networking and troubleshooting experience in a multiprotocol environment
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5+ years’ experience maintaining current router and switch technology, and routing protocols (e.g., BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, etc.)
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4+ years’ experience supporting and testing LANs, VLANs, WLANs, VPNs, NAT devices and DHCP services
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3+ years’ experience with network security products and protocols (e.g., IPS/IDS, IPSEC VPN)
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CCNP preferred
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Experience with network monitoring, logging, and management platforms (e.g., Solarwinds, Splunk, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, etc.)
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Experience with Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, ISR, ASR
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Experience with Meraki wireless
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Demonstrated leadership ability
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Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy
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Ability to analyze problems and create solutions·
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Must work independently and professionally
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills·
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Ability to work under stress and work overtime as needed