Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BakerHostetler is a leading law firm recognized for delivering high-quality counsel to major clients across the nation. The Network Engineer role is responsible for the architecture, implementation, support, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the firm's LAN/WAN infrastructure, including servers, network security, remote access, and voice/data communications. This position provides Tier 3 end user support, maintains system standards and procedures, and designs and supports security and telephony systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide Tier 3 end user support for more than 1,800 users in 18 or more geographic locations
- Support of a Service Level Agreement which articulates uptime and performance commitments to the user community
- Establish and maintain system standards – documentation, configuration, and implementation
- Establish and maintain standard procedures - performance optimization, backup and recovery, growth planning
- Test and evaluate new hardware, software and upgrades as directed by management
- Oversee work performed by Network Specialists and Engineers in the areas switching and routing
- Act as technical contact for vendors regarding the Firm’s networked systems and applications
- Design, implement and support system security including Firewall and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
- Design, implement and support for telephony systems
- Design, implement and support for all user remote access methods
- Design, implement and support data backup and recovery methodology and processes
- Maintains proper documentation on all aspects of the Firm’s Infrastructure systems
- General understanding of the Firm’s software application systems
- Maintain up-to-date product knowledge of pertinent infrastructure software and hardware
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience; equivalent combination of education, training and experience may substitute for education requirement
- Specific technical skills required to perform the essential functions of the position
- Interpersonal communication skills necessary in order to maintain effective relationships with attorneys, clients and staff in person, by e-mail and telephone
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
- A demonstrated ability to creatively diagnose and solve complex problems involving hardware, software and end users
- A proven ability to lead and build consensus among peers and staff
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, documents, books, pen/pencil, paper, controls and manipulate a keyboard, and input data into a PC; and talk or hear
- The employee is frequently required to walk
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands to prepare correspondence and reports on a personal computer
- The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms
- And stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl
- Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment including a computer, copy and facsimile machines
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
Benefits
- A performance bonus program
- Group health, dental, and vision insurance
- Multiple plan options and various benefit levels
- Same-sex domestic partner coverage
- Pre-tax premiums
- Coverage begins on date of hire
- Group term life/AD&D and voluntary supplemental group universal life insurance
- Voluntary accident insurance – self and family
- Long-term care insurance
- Short-term disability benefits
- Long-term disability benefits
- Pre-tax benefit programs – dependent care, health care reimbursement and transit/qualified parking (in most cities)
- Retirement program – voluntary 401(k) plan
- Remote work arrangement
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