Network Engineer
Job Location: 1310 Martin Luther King Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701. Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policy. Position requires 5% domestic travel.
Salary Range: $69,049.40 - $79,049.40
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under general direction, the Network Engineer will possess an in-depth understanding of networking hardware and software, and have hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto firewalls, Load Balancers, Meraki Wireless, and Network Automation. Incumbent will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and availability. Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability, tuning and optimizing the network as necessary. Conduct regular network performance tests and prepare reports on network performance and incident response. Troubleshoot network issues and outages, developing strategies to prevent them in the future. Provide tactical design direction and make recommendations in developing solution roadmaps. Collaborate with solution architecture and solution delivery to build new products and improve existing products. Operationalize solutions through documentation, automation of common tasks, and maturing processes. Use network automation tools to streamline and enhance processes. Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and by defining and monitoring access. Research and consult with resources and industry experts to ensure the effectiveness provided solutions. Extensively utilize knowledge of network infrastructure, routing and routed protocols, and standards. Recommend solutions based upon analysis of network performance.