Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Georgia Farm Bureau is seeking an IT Senior Network Engineer to support and maintain enterprise networking and security infrastructure. The role is responsible for firewall, Cisco networking, wireless, VPN, fiber optic, network services, VoIP, VMware, troubleshooting, documentation, upgrades, and IT security, including mentoring junior staff and providing on-call support.
Responsibilities
- Expert level support of firewall configuration and maintenance, experience with Cisco equipment preferred
- Expert level skills of configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting Cisco Networking equipment (Routers, Nexus and access switches), Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Computers, Servers and peripherals
- Expert level knowledge with 802.1q VLANs and working within industry best practices
- Working knowledge of Security policies and principles with implementation experience
- Experience building and maintaining fiber optic networks
- Experience maintaining an enterprise-level infrastructure, including fiber optics
- Working experience implementing network traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, state full inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication and authorization technology
- Hands on technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, WebVPN, AnyConnect, DMVPN, etc.)
- Position has responsibility for a component of IT security for their functional area
- Respond to network administration, operations, and maintenance problems while off duty, on an on-call basis
- Understanding of 802.11G/N in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies
- Ability to engineer, build, and test networks for optimum reliability
- General understanding of VoIP equipment and operation, POE technologies
- Able to work with a VoIP provider to deploy and support
- Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications / protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances
- Configuring network services using open source technologies on Linux servers
- Comfortable documenting and explaining network topologies
- Understand and diagram existing network
- Diagram, plan and explain future upgrades
- VMware Enterprise administration understanding
- Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources
- Strong oral, written, communications, and presentation skills
- Willingness to mentor more junior staff members and support personnel
Skills
- Expert level support of firewall configuration and maintenance
- Expert level skills of configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting Cisco Networking equipment (Routers, Nexus and access switches), Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Computers, Servers and peripherals
- Expert level knowledge with 802.1q VLANs and working within industry best practices
- Working knowledge of Security policies and principles with implementation experience
- Experience building and maintaining fiber optic networks
- Experience maintaining an enterprise-level infrastructure, including fiber optics
- Working experience implementing network traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, state full inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication and authorization technology
- Hands on technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, WebVPN, AnyConnect, DMVPN, etc.)
- Understanding of 802.11G/N in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies
- Ability to engineer, build, and test networks for optimum reliability
- General understanding of VoIP equipment and operation, POE technologies
- Able to work with a VoIP provider to deploy and support
- Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications / protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances
- Configuring network services using open source technologies on Linux servers
- Comfortable documenting and explaining network topologies
- Understand and diagram existing network
- Diagram, plan and explain future upgrades
- VMware Enterprise administration understanding
- Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources
- Strong oral, written, communications, and presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree is required
- Eight plus years' work experience in information technology field
- Master's degree may substitute for some work experience
- Outstanding Knowledge of Core Networking functions (Routing, Switching, OSI Model)
- Extensive knowledge of the Operating System used on desktops and laptops is required
- Advanced skill in the Microsoft Office Suite of applications in required, including Visio
- Willingness to mentor more junior staff members and support personnel
- Experience in a fast paced support environment in networks as a member of a 24x7x365 network and/or security operations team
- Experience with Cisco equipment
- Preferably in Information Technology or computer science
- Preferably in network field
- Certifications: Cisco CCNA, CCNA Security and/or CCNP (preferred)
Benefits
- Full-Time employment
- Remote work (#LI-Remote)
- Mentoring more junior staff members and support personnel
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