Senior Network Engineer - Madison, Wisconsin
At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.
We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose:
Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.
About the role and what you'll be doing:
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of enterprise and data center wide voice and data network solutions that align with the architecture and business models to achieve optimal solutions for Ensono and its customers. The Network Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining network solutions to include Network, Security/Threat, and Voice solutions; developing and maintaining network documentation; developing and maintaining network standards and guidelines; manage network and security capacity planning; interacting and consulting with Ensono ENSG customers to collect required solution information; coordinating solutions with Ensono ENSG customers; and providing support for engineering design and implementation issues.
We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities
- This role is for a Senior Network Engineer who will be part of the Global Network Operations team. Supports all Network environments for Ensono clients
- Provide L3 Operations support for investigation, troubleshooting and resolving network communications and operations issues impacting client, backbone access, or performance
- Design, engineer, and implement complex network solutions in a variety of disciplines, security postures, access control, and infrastructure
- Responsible for Incident Management, Request Fulfillment, Change Management, Event Management, and Problem Management for all client environments
- Perform a consultative role to both internal and external customers and at all levels of the organization
- Understanding of large-scale network capacity management and modeling.
- Proactively monitor client network performance to assess and making recommendations for improvement
- Drive and implement network solutions-based architectures to increase efficiencies
- Proactively contribute to documentation, automation and processes improvement
- Provide strategic technical direction on highly complex network projects or activities involving the selection and recommendation of design approach and systems technology
- Performs client and market research to define and qualify strategy and direction.
- Research and develop innovative solutions around existing network solutions and future technologies. Creates product road maps and writes user stories and requirements
- Regularly lead self and others and/or established as Product SME and/or established as specialist
- Ability to manage multiple projects and ability to plan Network roadmap
- Analyzes current and future information technology industry trends to determine the potential impact on business or network systems architecture
All About You
- Passionate about Networking and experience in a fast-paced, highly technical Network Operations environment
- Strong verbal and written communications skills, and excellent customer support capabilities
- Self-motivated demonstrating strong organizational and listening skills; and very detail oriented with the ability to carry out assigned tasks with minimal supervision
- Ability to consistently act in a professional manner and communicate with all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
- Methodical problem resolving skills and mastery of developing high level and detailed network designs
- Design, engineer and implementation of Software Defined Networking
- Demonstrated ability to continuously adapt to new technologies and trends and learn new skills quickly
- Excellent English speaking and writing
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role and overall 6+ years of work experience within Network space.
- Network engineering, design, and architecture expertise with exposure to two or more of the following areas: LAN/WAN, firewalls, wireless, security, VOIP, QoS, and encryption technologies while adhering to standard design methodologies and best practices
- Mastery of TCP/IP protocol communications, addressing & subnetting
- Firewall experience: Palo Alto, Fortigate, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA
- Extensive knowledge of Cisco's product portfolio; routers, switches, wireless, ACS and ISE
- Extensive knowledge of Network diagnostics, protocols, and disciplines, EIGRP, BGP, eBGP, SNMP, VPN, SSH, and MPLS technologies.
- Experience with DNS architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting including forward/reverse lookups, zone management, and DNS security
- Hands-on experience with Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM) solutions including grid management, configuration, and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) for data center networking, including fabric deployment, policy configuration, endpoint groups, contracts, and troubleshooting
- Experience with Aruba wireless technologies including Aruba Central, wireless controllers, access points, and ClearPass for network access control
Preferred
- Advanced, Knowledge of routing and switching protocols
- Experience with SDN technologies such as VMWare NSX
- Experience and working knowledge of scripting/automation tools such as python, Ansible etc. will be a huge plus and will make you standout
- Experience with load balancing technologies such as F5, Netscaler, A10
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Cisco certifications such as CCNP or CCDP, CCIE, or CCDE desired
- Experience supporting CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) environments and familiarity with healthcare compliance requirements including HIPAA, MARS-E, and CMS ARS (Acceptable Risk Safeguards)
- Experience participating in security audits and providing documentation and evidence of network controls, configurations, and compliance in regulated environments
Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.
We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.
Some of our benefits include:
- Unlimited Paid Days Off
- Three health plan options
- 401k with company match
- Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
- Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
- Paid childbearing and paternal leave
- Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
- Sabbatical leave
- Wellness program
- Flexible work schedule
As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $113,000 to $135,000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.
Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP's pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP's website.
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