Network Administrator

Network AdministratorThis position reports to the Security Risk Compliance Office Manager, Information Technology Office. The Senior Network Engineer is a key member of the Network Operations team. Incumbent will have advance knowledge and hands-on experience in deployment and management of routers, switches, and can proactively troubleshoot the organization’s complex Network Infrastructure. Experience with Cisco, Brocade, Ruckus, and SolarWinds is essential.ResponsibilitiesManagement of Layer 2 and 3 protocols including routers and switches. Focus on sustaining the necessary data throughput rate by monitoring network activity to mitigate performance problems.Proactively monitor and troubleshoot connectivity for the Network Infrastructure including campus, roadside, backbone, LAN, Walk-in Centers, partner networks and third-party connectivity.Review network architecture and design including failover capabilities and recommend changes to optimize performance and reliability.Ensure that network segmentations are adequately designed to protect sensitive environments including PCI, Financial, and customer data.Leverage SolarWinds to create dashboards to proactively monitor entire Network Infrastructure and proactively troubleshoot performance, connectivity including management reporting dashboards.Ensure that all network infrastructure routers, switches, firewalls are shipping log to SIEM by reviewing SIEM logs.Proactively monitor and deploy patches and updates to all network infrastructure routers, switches, and other supporting equipment.Participate and support Network and Security Operations team in designing Cloud architecture. This includes capacity, failover, stability, and security design.Maintain accurate inventory controls supporting network infrastructure.Develop and maintain network infrastructure diagrams and depict any changes along with associated documentation including change control approvals.Assist the SRCO team with investigation, triage forensic analysis, and evidence preservation regarding cybersecurity events.Assist with threat intelligence and hunting by leveraging in place security tools.Ensure compliance with established standards, polices, configuration guidelines established by SRCO and Industry best practices such as NIST.Four (4) year degree or equivalent experienceMust have 5 to 7 years of hands-on experience with:Layer 2/3 routing protocols including troubleshooting complex issuesDeployment and management of routers, switches troubleshooting.