Job Description

The Senior Network Engineer role is based within the Americas Hosted Data Centre department in Somerset, NJ. The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for supporting and maintaining ION's regional and global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Deploy network infrastructure following established design standards
• Perform general maintenance on routers, switches and firewalls
• Troubleshoot issues in a complex Internet/Extranet environment
• Interact professionally with customers and vendors to determine design requirements
• Provide Level 1 through Level 4 network support
• Participate in on-call rotation
• Provide occasional 1st level server support such as racking and disc swaps
• Occasional travel to remote Fidessa Data Centres in the NJ Area
• International Travel to Canada, Mexico, Chile and Brazil (2 weeks a year)

Requirements

• 6+ years of network engineering experience in an enterprise environment
• Proficient configuring Juniper routers, switches and firewalls via command line interface
• Experience configuring with Cisco routers/switches and Arista switches
• Enterprise experience with firewalls such as Checkpoint, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto
• In-Depth knowledge of routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, PIM, RIP
• In-Depth knowledge of Layer2 protocols: STP, 802.1q, VPC, LACP
• Knowledge of traffic engineering and QoS
• Proficient with configuring and troubleshooting VPNs
• Proficient with network packet capture and analysis
• Proficient with creating network diagrams with MS Visio
• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP
• Experience working with Network Monitoring Systems e.g. PRTG, Nagios
• Clear, accurate and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail
• Good time management and planning skills
• Organized and able to use initiative to prioritize work and adapt to changing workload priorities
• Takes ownership of delegated tasks and sees things through to completion
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated
• Calmness under pressure and ability to remain focused on service
• Ability to create and maintain strong working relationships
• Must have an automobile and be able to drive to New Jersey data centers

Benefits

• No benefits