Lead Network Engineer - Remote US

Network Engineer Position at SitusAMC

SitusAMC is where the best and most passionate people come to transform our client's businesses and their own careers. Whether you're a real estate veteran, a passionate technologist, or looking to get your start, join us as we work together to realize opportunities for everyone, we proudly serve. At SitusAMC, we are looking to match your unique experience with one of our amazing careers, so that we can help you realize your potential and career growth within the Real Estate Industry. If you are someone who can be yourself, advocate for others, stay nimble, dream big, own every outcome, and think global but act local – come join our team! This position is responsible for the transformation, consolidation, and implementation of new and existing technology for the firm. This role will assist with numerous large and small-scale technical projects and will assist in the creation of strategic and long-term plans for the company.

This position requires extensive experience with network design, implementation and management. Experience includes but not limited to working with LAN, WAN, SDWAN, Cisco IOS, NX-OS, ASAs With Firepower, FTDs, ISR, MPLS, Dynamic Routing and Meraki MS, MX and MR equipment. This individual has a deep understanding of cloud networking with AWS VPC, NACLs, SG, Transit Gateways, Direct Connects and Multi-Region Peering connections. Deployment of load balancers, monitoring and configuration managers. Additionally, the position requires the ability to evaluate multi-vendor network technologies and interconnect them as one. The role also serves as an interface to the application development teams and IT operations team for troubleshooting issues they are unable to resolve.

Essential job functions:

• Oversees/tests/implements new network hardware and topologies under change management
• Provides recommendations and technology-based solutions to business requirements
• Research, plan, and deploy new systems or technology as needed.
• Performs expert level diagnostics assessments on fixing or improving network communications for corporate systems.
• Assist systems engineering team when required.
• Provides 2nd and 3rd level support to IT operations, troubleshoots problems, answers hardware and software questions, and provides technical assistance
• Creates documentation for new technology implementation, operational procedures, and topology
• Builds new connections to partner companies or new acquisitions based on requirement
• Conducts detailed analysis, defining standards on infrastructure design to optimize for future growth
• Works with ISP vendors for new site deployments and upgrades
• Work with cross functional teams providing education guidance and assistance on tools utilized in the organization.
• Maintains current knowledge of technology by attending appropriate educational training seminars or reading related documentation.
• Maintains a good working knowledge of all corporation owned hardware and software
• Document problem resolutions into the appropriate systems
• Deals effectively with people and clearly communicates verbally and in writing
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates work assignments and prioritizes workload
• Knowledge and understanding of ITIL
• Manages the network engineering and network operations team and provides support when necessary

Qualifications/requirements:

• 2-year degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience to complete assigned duties, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 8+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 2+ years in an AVP level role or external equivalent.
• 8 or more years' experience in network operations and design preferred.
• 3 or more years' experience with Windows operation systems preferred.
• 3 or more years' experience with Linux operating systems preferred.
• Current certifications preferred, CCNA R&S, CCPN, AWS solutions architect.
• Experience with project management.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and professional appearance.
• Strong understanding of general firewall, router and switching principals.
• Strong understanding of Cisco ASA firewalls, ISR routers, Nexus and catalyst switches, Meraki MX, MS and MR equipment.
• Experience with HSRP and dynamic routing protocols such as BGP, EIGRP, OSPF.
• Extensive knowledge of route based, and policy based IPsec VPN, remote access VPN tunnels.
• Working knowledge of monitoring tools such as SolarWinds NPM/NCM, PRTG.
• Knowledge working with Rancid, NPS servers, LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS, SCP, SNMP, SSH, DNS.
• Strong understanding of wireless, design/implementation/troubleshooting and 802.1x.
• Experience working with MPLS, QOS, zone based firewall.
• Experience working with Cisco umbrella, AnyConnect and WLAN controller.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud native services: deployment of VPCs subnets, route tables, transit gateway, IGW, NACLs, security groups, multi-region peering.
• Experience with multi-cloud, multi-vendor network connectivity using, VPNs, direct connects, MPLS and SDWAN.
• Experience with load balancer technologies and principals.
• Strong knowledge troubleshooting L2/L3 issues including voice, speed, and fragmentation.
• Knowledge interconnecting physical networking to virtualized environments such as VMWare.
• Basic knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work in both a team environment and individually.
• Ability to understand and comply with the relevant department and/or corporate policies, procedures and guidelines as they pertain to customer support.
• Knowledge of relevant commonly used concepts, best practices, and procedures.
• Strong analytical ability, good judgment, strategic and multidimensional thinker.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Must be able to physically to handle and set up technology equipment. Can require lifting to 50lbs.
• Flexibility to work shifts outside of normal working hours.
• Possible overnight travel, up to 25%.
• Requires the ability to be on call and support a 24/7/365 operations