Network Engineer - New York

Innovative Driven is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to join the Information Services Department at one of our premier global law firm clients!

This is a full-time position with a schedule of Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm (flexibility to work outside of these hours is required. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in an evolving fast-paced environment. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package in addition to a competitive salary and a hybrid structure with three days onsite in the firm's New York City office and two days remote!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build and maintain network systems and infrastructure including LAN/WAN devices, firewalls, load balancers, unified communications, etc.
• Lead cloud integration, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure alignment.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex network and telephony issues and incident response.
• Establish and enforce network engineering standards, practices, and procedures.
• Ensure comprehensive network diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Provide technical guidance to the engineering team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated expertise in analyzing and solving complex infrastructure issues.
• Experience with evaluating and recommending multi-vendor solutions to solve a wide range of firm-wide network requirements.
• Strong experience with working with telecommunications vendors provisioning and troubleshooting circuit types.
• Experience with modern Enterprise and Data Center technologies.
• Experience with cloud networking.
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale, multi-site network architectures.
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and services.
• Expertise in LAN/WAN technologies.
• Experience with firewalls, load balancers, and application delivery controllers.
• Working knowledge of network sniffers and probes and packet analysis.
• Working knowledge of application delivery controllers and load balancers.
• Working knowledge of wireless technologies and performance optimizations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Relevant certifications are strongly preferred.
• Experience working with next generation firewalls, application delivery controllers/load balancers.
• Experience working with enterprise wireless controllers/lightweight access points.
• Experience implementing and deploying 802.1X and NAC solutions.
• Experience serving as technical lead on infrastructure related project teams.
• Experience with multi-factor authentication systems.
• Excellent documentation skills using tools such as Visio and Word.