IT Programmer Jobs in Idaho

INTRODUCTION

As a Sr. Network Engineer at Melaleuca, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure. You will play a key role on a team of network engineers, provide technical expertise, and ensure the stability and scalability of our network. This position is responsible for high-level network planning, design, configuration, and optimization. This role also provides training to the other engineers on new technologies being implemented.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Involved in planning, implementing, and supporting network projects, identifying risks, documenting and communicating migration plans to improve our infrastructure
• Provide guidance and direction related to globally diverse traditional and software-defined networking strategies, interconnectivity and best practices
• Work with business stakeholders to define requirements and system goals and identify and resolve business systems issues
• Provide support of existing networks, including configuration of Cisco routers, switches, wireless, remote access, WAN devices and services
• Recommend and implement new technologies to support business needs and improvements through education of peers and business leaders
• Create and maintain accurate and current technical documentation and configurations for all aspects of our global network
• Monitor global network for outages and performance issues, and make tuning adjustments based on results
• Perform preventative maintenance services on all devices within area of responsibility including network hardware/software update scheduling, installing, and testing
• Coordinate with carriers for circuit turn-ups, sizing, procurement, outages and migrations
• Be available for on-call rotation and possible travel when needed
• Manage all tasks and projects, and ensure that all items are tracked in the ticketing system and being handled in a manner that meets or exceeds established OLAs and SLAs
• Promote teamwork within the team and foster cooperation with other groups and departments
• Maintain current knowledge of emerging trends in the network technology market

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• This role is remote but individuals must live in or be open to relocate to ID, UT
• Experience with Cisco Next Gen Firewalls and Firewall Management Center FTD 7.X preferred
• 6+ years of hands-on networking and troubleshooting experience in a multiprotocol environment
• 5+ years’ experience maintaining current router and switch technology, and routing protocols (e.g., BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, etc.)
• 4+ years’ experience supporting and testing LANs, VLANs, WLANs, VPNs, NAT devices and DHCP services
• 3+ years’ experience with network security products and protocols (e.g., IPS/IDS, IPSEC VPN)
• CCNP preferred
• Experience with network monitoring, logging, and management platforms (e.g., Solarwinds, Splunk, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, etc.)
• Experience with Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, ISR, ASR
• Experience with Meraki wireless
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy
• Ability to analyze problems and create solutions
• Must work independently and professionally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under stress and work overtime as needed