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Fort Bend County · 9 hours ago

Network Engineer - Information Technology

Richmond, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$40.47/hr - $50.59/hr

5+ years exp

Fort Bend County is ranked as one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, emphasizing a diverse and inclusive workplace. They are seeking a Network Engineer to design and maintain their local and wide area network infrastructure, provide advanced diagnostics and support, and implement security measures while ensuring efficient vendor service management.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Participates in the design of Fort Bend County’s local, wide area and wireless hardware and software network infrastructure, support both data and voice over IP traffic. Perform or oversee network installations. Maintain, proactively monitor and document all county networks, VLANs and routing configurations using advanced Cisco, equipment, network operating systems and networking protocols

Performs advanced diagnostics, identifies, analyzes, and initiates resolutions as third level support of all LAN/WAN in support of both local and remote network connectivity devices

Recommends and implements LAN/WAN policies and standards to ensure adherence to approved security and disaster recovery procedures

Work with outside vendor services to ensure that support contracts are adhered to and services are provided in an efficient and timely manner

Administer proactive network security measures through the use of advanced Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances and other advanced Enterprise level equipment as appropriate

Research and recommend technology in support of long-range network capacity planning to assist IT management in planning for future needs in hardware, software and service acquisition to maintain acceptable service levels for customers

On call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to respond to network related problems and outages

Participates in activities and duties related to emergency management during a local state of disaster as directed by appropriate county managers

Qualification

Cisco switches managementCisco routers managementCisco firewalls managementAdvanced network securityCisco Certified Network AssociateCisco Certified Design AssociateVerbal communicationWritten communicationInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science related field. (High School/GED and four years of relevant professional experience may be substituted for the Bachelor's Degree

5 years hands-on experience configuring and managing Cisco switches, routers and firewalls

Advanced Network knowledge of Cisco technology, protocols and security systems in a converged network environment which encompasses local, wide area, wireless and voip applications

Strong verbal and written communications skills; interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively with the public, vendors, other employees, and elected officials

Availability to be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to respond to network related problems and outages