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TriCom Technical Services · 4 days ago

Network Engineer

St Cloud, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

TriCom Technical Services is seeking a Network Engineer to minimize risk to clients' systems and data. The role involves ensuring the stability and performance of enterprise systems and network infrastructure while applying advanced knowledge in planning and developing infrastructure technologies.

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Responsibilities

Minimizing risk to clients’ systems and data

Ensuring the stability, integrity, performance, and sustainability of in-house enterprise systems/network infrastructure and all sister-company systems

Applying advanced knowledge, skill, experience, and best practices in planning, designing, and developing infrastructure technologies across the enterprise

Assisting with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of technologies

Working in an enterprise environment supporting over 300 switches, routers, and wireless access points

Configuring, troubleshooting, and supporting Cisco 3700/4500/6500/ASR series switches, Cisco routers, and Cisco WCS wireless controllers and access points

Working with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Using Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), packet/protocol analyzers, and network performance tools to find and resolve application and network performance issues

Providing maintenance and engineering support for Layer-2, supporting a global voice solution

Applying standard operating procedures (SOP) and control processes for the Network including monitoring to ensure compliance and consistency with the SOPs

Ensuring alignment of systems/network infrastructure goals to organization needs (technical analysis and alignment)

Assisting with capacity planning and performance-tuning enterprise-level systems/network infrastructures

Monitoring and troubleshooting network technologies to meet established service-level agreements and organizational goals

Maintaining and updating SOP documentation (files/manuals)

Reporting on key performance indicators to Upper Management

Providing application support experience with enterprise systems

Enterprise networking configuration and maintenance in a 24x7x365 SLA production environment

Applying data and security governance inside an enterprise

Conducting in-depth research into issues and technologies

Documenting current/future states during upgrades or system implementations

Qualification

Cisco NetworkingEnterprise LAN/WAN supportRouting protocolsCisco Enterprise technologies802.11 wireless technologyNetwork performance toolsCCNA/CCNP certificationTechnical CollegeBachelor’s degreeDocumentation skillsSoft skills

Required

Technical College or Bachelor's degree or equivalent

A minimum of 2 years of experience working with Cisco Networking (hardware, software, protocols, etc.), specifically on large-scale, enterprise LAN network deployments and operations

Experience with the following: Working in an enterprise environment supporting over 300 switches, routers, and wireless access points; Configuring, troubleshooting, and supporting Cisco 3700/4500/6500/ASR series switches, Cisco routers, and Cisco WCS wireless controllers and access points; Working with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP); Using Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), packet/protocol analyzers, and network performance tools to find and resolve application and network performance issues; Providing maintenance and engineering support for Layer-2, supporting a global voice solution; Applying standard operating procedures (SOP) and control processes for the Network including monitoring to ensure compliance and consistency with the SOPs; Ensuring alignment of systems/network infrastructure goals to organization needs (technical analysis and alignment); Assisting with capacity planning and performance-tuning enterprise-level systems/network infrastructures; Monitoring and troubleshooting network technologies to meet established service-level agreements and organizational goals; Maintaining and updating SOP documentation (files/manuals); Reporting on key performance indicators to Upper Management; Providing application support experience with enterprise systems; Enterprise networking configuration and maintenance in a 24x7x365 SLA production environment; Applying data and security governance inside an enterprise; Conducting in-depth research into issues and technologies; Documenting current/future states during upgrades or system implementations

Working knowledge and hands-on experience with routing protocols: BGP, EIRGP, MPLS, OSPF, IGRP 1 & 2

Skill executing at a high-level; hands-on technical knowledge of Cisco Enterprise Networking technologies including core switching, Nexus Fabric, ASA firewalls, Edge & Core Routing, managed wireless, vLANs, DMZs, intrusion detection/prevention and evasion technologies, network load balancing, etc. and/or expert knowledge of Core Server technologies including the complete virtualization layer platform (blade server systems, SAN storage, fiber channel networks, virtualization software, DR replication, high availability configurations, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to support complex, enterprise-level LAN/WAN networks

Hands-on experience with 802.11a/b/g/n wireless technology and installation

Working knowledge of how to install and maintain Cisco's Wi-Fi/802.11 systems

Ability to demonstrate familiarity with network management systems, reporting, and capacity planning

Working knowledge of fiber and copper media

Working knowledge and hands-on experience with Cisco Call Center Manager or Enterprise

Willingness and ability to travel infrequently including overnight travel