Senior Network Engineer
Company: Infinity Consulting Solutions
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
Senior Network Engineer Hybrid in Washington, DC $100-110k
base
Summary: The Senior Network Engineer's role is to develop,
maintain, troubleshoot and optimize functional and secure networks
and network connections to ensure high levels of availability and
security of the supported systems and business applications. The
Senior Network Engineer will play a key role in the design, build,
and ongoing support of the firm's functional networks (LAN, WLAN,
WAN), and configuration and installation of software, servers,
firewalls, routers and other network devices to support the secure
operation and expansion of the firm's networking infrastructure.
Monitoring and optimizing network performance, integrity and
security as well as resolution of network support and performance
issues of the firm's cloud and local networking infrastructure are
also within scope for this role. This individual requires an
extensive background and indepth technical knowledge of
communication protocols (e.g., TCP/IP) and routing protocols (BGP,
OSPF) and solid background in network administration and
architecture. Familiarity with access control models and network
security required, along with experience with network diagnostic,
monitoring and analysis tools (e.g., SolarWinds). A solid
understanding of network operating systems (Cisco IOS) and some
knowledge of coding for scripting to support networking for
Microsoft Active Directory (AD), Azure Directory Federation Service
ADFS, Windows Server Datacenter and Enterprise also needed. In
addition, desired individual will possess experience to support
networking elements of VMware Virtual Center (VCenter) management
platform.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
- College degree strongly preferred, ideally with focus in
computer science, engineering, or related fields.
- CCNP or industry equivalent certification.
- Industry-related experience as a Senior Network Engineer or
Network Administrator.
- Working technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform
operating systems.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in planning and executing
networking for Microsoft Active Directory expansions and domain
integrations.
- Strong knowledge of local area network administration.
- Hands-on software and hardware troubleshooting experience.
- Demonstrated experience with large AD Forest Management and
hybrid ADFS deployments and implementations.
- Demonstrated experience SD-WAN, Application Centric
Architecture, FibreChannel / FCOE integration, firewall policy and
HA configuration, remote access VPN.
- Ability to troubleshoot in complex Active Directory and
Active/Azure Federation Service environments and quickly identify
root cause problems.
- Experience working with Microsoft Identity technologies
including Active Directory, Windows File Services, and Group
Policies.
- Expert knowledge in administering Active Directory (AD) and
Group Policy Object (GPOs).
- Knowledge of Microsoft Defender Security and Identity
Management Suite (MDE, MDI and MDAV). Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate with systems administration, business application,
and database administration functions to implement networking to
support desktop and server systems that utilize industry best
practices to meet Firm objectives.
- Synthesize networking needs for Firm's Microsoft Active
Directory and Federation Service and optimization networking plans
for the Firm's on premise and cloud-integrated domain and identity
environments.
- Support capacity planning and system optimization support for
the AD and ADFS environments to allow domain expansion and
growth.
- Provide advanced networking technical support for the Microsoft
Windows Server enterprise server environments - Tier 3 technical
support for all Windows servers and systems in a 24x7
environment.
- Plan and support networking-related Windows Server and VMware
system maintenance updates and networking patches on all enterprise
servers and systems.
- Deploy networking hardware, firewalls, and support deployment
of encryption systems, and all host security systems.
- Provide advanced networking technical support for Microsoft
Active Directory and Azure Directory Federation Service domain
services.
- Manage network operating systems and end-user software.
- Manage networking aspects of communications (email) and
connection solutions, including workstation connectivity, local
area networks, company Web site, intranet, and Internet
applications.
- Ensure the network integrity and security of enterprise data on
host computers, multiple databases, and during data transfer in
accordance to business needs and industry best-practices regarding
privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
- Manage networking aspects of end user accounts, permissions,
access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with
best-practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory
compliance.
- Perform network and security audits.
- Perform and test routine network system backups and
restores.
- Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and resolve
network hardware and software problems on networking gear, servers,
input/output fleet, and workstations.
- Support application development teams throughout project
lifecycles.
- Analyze network, system, server, application, and input/output
device performance.
- Recommend, schedule, and perform software and hardware
improvements, upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and/or
purchases.
- Conduct research on emerging products, services, protocols, and
standards in support of systems, software procurement, and
development efforts.
- Create required reports in response to business user
needs.
- Support the development, document, and maintain policies,
procedures, and associated training plans for system administration
and appropriate use.
Keywords: Infinity Consulting Solutions, Washington DC , Senior Network Engineer, Engineering , Washington, DC
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