Network Engineer  

• Perform local, remote, and inter-networking design, implementation, and documentation.
• Utilize and integrate network components such as bridges, routers, and remote asynchronous links.
• Monitor the performance of the network platform and making technical recommendations on improvements if necessary.
• Identify business leads, interface with sales, and provide input into technical proposal development.
• Coordinate and take lead of assigned projects in all technical and communication aspects.
• Provide technical networking support to customers and peers.
• Support the implementation and ongoing operations of network access control devices to include firewalls, web proxies, and SSL VPN devices.
• Work collaboratively across a variety of business units to implement new technology.
• Build and configure solutions in the development, test, and production environment, including documenting the security infrastructure and design.
• Manage problems, maintain vendor relationships, and assist operation with vendor escalation and issue resolution.
• Facilitate device refresh of network security devices with a focus on capacity, manageability, and security of new and existing security infrastructure.
• Design, deploy, and support enterprise class devices.
• Troubleshoot issues including network protocol and log analysis, raw data captures, and the correlation of disparate events spanning multiple devices and platforms.
• Enterprise network architecture, design, and support including network hardware, network protocols, and data flows.

Skills, Licenses, Knowledge, Education, and Training requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
• CCNA or CCNP Certifications or its equivalent.
• 3-4 years of experience in:
  • Network design, implementation, and documentation.
  • Implementation of network improvements.
• Experience with:
  • Switching, routing, Wi-Fi, and FW/VPN on Cisco platform.
  • Checkpoint firewalls.
• Able to:
  • Design and maintain Checkpoint Firewall-1/VPN-1 solutions (R65 and above).
  • Upgrade HW/SW gateways and management.
  • Work with IP appliance platforms.
  • Create VPN tunnels to customer networks.
• Knowledgeable of:
  • ‘Traditional mode’ configurations.
  • Encryption technologies, PKI, and firewall systems.
  • Networking in general, TCP-IP, routing protocols, etc.
• Beneficial knowledge of VoIP.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Strong planning and organizing skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent problem resolution skills.
• Attendance and schedule adherence are required.

Level of knowledge, skills, and authority.

• Employees at this level work under general supervision of a designated Supervisor.
• They are experienced generalists who are familiar with multiple product sets.
• They perform preliminary design and resolve moderately complex problems and serve as a resource to internal and external staff on issues related to their area of expertise.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.