Populus Financial Group · 18 hours ago
Network Engineer I
Irving, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
2+ years expPopulus Financial Group is a company that values its employees and offers growth opportunities. The Network Engineer I is responsible for maintaining and managing ACE networks, performing upgrades, installations, troubleshooting, and ensuring network security.
E-CommerceFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Support and follow guidance from the Network Manager and Lead Engineer in managing and administrating the company’s LAN/WAN environment, including moves, adds, and changes
Assist in maintaining local access switches and patch panel wiring, with the ability to troubleshoot physical network connectivity issues
Configure, support, and troubleshoot FortiGate firewalls, F5 Big-IP load balancers, Cisco IOS and NX-OS switches, FortiNAC, while ensuring all changes are communicated in compliance with change control policies
Assist in creating design and configurations for LAN/WAN networks
Develop and maintain documentation of processes, network configurations, and systems, including details on locations and configurations for all assigned projects and assets
Inform IS Operations and Networking Team of planned and unplanned system outages in a manner consistent with established communication, escalation and change control policies
Provide professional support to customers and employees via email, telephone, and face-to-face interaction
Collaborate with vendors and carriers to troubleshoot and implement solutions for production related, while improving standard operating procedures
Operate and configure network monitoring and configuration management software to detect anomalies, perform fault detection, analyze performance metrics, and generate reports to meet service level requirements
Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation, including being available after hours and on weekends to assist with issues
Complete administrative duties as assigned (e.g. ticket updates, status reporting, labor reporting, corporate training)
Escalate to the manager if deadlines are at risk or if a project/task will not be completed as planned
Qualification
Required
Experience with ticketing and monitoring tools required
2+ years data network (LAN/WAN/WLAN) administration experience in a Cisco environment implementing, monitoring, and maintaining interconnected networks required
Experience with troubleshooting LAN/WAN/VPN connectivity
Proficient with Microsoft Visio to diagram network configurations
Ability to proactively monitor network environment and respond to emails during and after normal business hours, including weekends and holidays required
Take proactive ownership of networking related incidents and projects with minimal directions
Stays current on technology through collaboration with team members, reading, and other forms of self-improvement/learning methods
Preferred
Associate's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Network + and/or CCNA certification preferred
Experience with FortiClient, FortiAuthenticator and FortiEMS preferred
Experience with FortiGate Firewalls and F5 Big-IP preferred
Familiarity with Meraki Firewalls preferred
Benefits
Competitive 401K match
Generous paid time off package
Health Benefits
Company
Populus Financial Group
Populus Financial Group offers a range of financial products and services delivered through retail and digital channels.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (10)
2024 (4)
2023 (9)
2022 (13)
2021 (11)
2020 (12)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Susan Pressler
EVP/CFO
Jana VanAntwerp - Jackson
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
Recent News
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