Senior Network Engineer Job Description
Senior network engineer
provides technical guidance and subject matter expertise for network transport technologies including, but not limited to: BAN/LAN/WAN, VoIP, VTC, WAN Acceleration, VLAN, DMZ, Cisco IOS, WLAN, MPLS, QOS, NAT, IPv4, IPv6.
Senior Network Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Design, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot local area networks using a variety of network equipment, software and protocols including layer2/3 switches, spanning tree, fiber, CAT5/6 cable, VLANs, Multicast and network access lists
Plan, design, implement, monitor and maintain the enterprise networks
Define, evaluate and approve design and/or configuration changes
Install, configure, and support networking and security equipment from a wide range of industry leading vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, HP
Interface with multiple IT departments as the expert networking resource to assess, recommend, project plan and implement network solutions in support of business initiatives
Proactively monitor and report on overall network service performance and take action to correct deficiencies in monitoring and controlling the quality of individual network services
Provide highest level escalation expertise for network operations trouble resolution
Maintaining and supporting enterprise SaaS platform, running Cisco routers, switches and firewall
Supporting 600+ servers running Windows, Linux and VMWare
Analyzing systems and data to make recommendations for greater network performance
Senior Network Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Network Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCNP, CCIE, CCNA, F5, ITIL, CCDP, CCISP, SP, JNCIP, AWS
Education for Senior Network Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior network engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical, Education, Information Technology, Information Systems, Networking, Design, Telecommunications, Business
Skills for Senior Network Engineer
Desired skills for senior network engineer include:
OSPF
BGP
MPLS
EIGRP
TCP/IP
DNS
Protocols
QoS
Firewalls
IPv6
Desired experience for senior network engineer includes:
CCNP certification is required whilst actively pursuing CCIE level status
Experience/knowledge of Cisco Nexus Data Center switching hardware and software - 7K/5K/2K FEX’s on NxOS
Experience with VPN/tunneling technologies such as DMVPN, VTI, IPsec and SSL client VPN’s
Demonstrated strong troubleshooting skills in a multi-vendor environment
Hands-on experience with Arista switches is a plus
Ability to listen and solve problems
Senior Network Engineer Examples
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Senior Network Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a senior network engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior network engineer
- Engineer network-related solutions for project and operational needs
- Develop network design, perform installations of new / re-purposed network equipment, configuration of network equipment and testing
- Provide ongoing Level 3 operational support to assist in the diagnosis and resolution of network problems
- Research and recommend innovative and where possible automated approaches for network administrative tasks
- This position will require occasional after-hours, weekend and holiday work
- Provide technical engineering support, technical and administrative direction for personnel responsible for network design including the review of work products for correctness, adherence to the design concept, and specific user requirements and standards
- Make recommendations for major network designs from detailed analyses
- Participate in conducting solution and technology assessments
- Assist in preparing milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations on network design and analysis progress to colleagues, subordinates, and stakeholders
- Designing, LAN, WAN and VoIP infrastructures
Qualifications for senior network engineer
- Knowledge and work experience with video deployments
- Possess system level and network level troubleshooting
- Comprehensive knowledge of L2/L3 technologies-VLANs/VLAN tagging, VTP, Spanning Tree, Etherchannel, portchannel
- Juniper experience - a strong plus
- Experience with physical layer technologies-Gig/10G Ethernet, CAT5/6 cabling, Fiber
- BS in engineering field - Computer Science, Computer Engineering or comparable experience
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of senior network engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior network engineer
- Leads the development and implementation of processes and tools to proactively monitor all network infrastructure services to ensure adequate capacity planning, performance, and high availability
- Assists regional campus IT staff in the installation of networking services at new locations
- Assists regional campus IT staff in implementation of best practices and designs
- Develops, updates, and audits network infrastructure documentation, including network diagrams
- Analyzes project needs/requirements and recommends systems to enhance network redundancy, resiliency, and security
- Develops, maintains and communicates project plans and status updates
- Trains and mentors to develop members of the team and other DeVry technical resources, as necessary
- Provides technical project management for infrastructure projects
- Communicates with vendors to obtain system configurations, quoting, and support
- Manages resolution of help desk tickets
Qualifications for senior network engineer
- Proficient in IP and subnet/CIDR management and associated IPAM technologies
- Self-Starter that requires minimal supervision and can provide oversight and coaching to other junior engineers for any assigned projects or tasks
- Significant Cisco Catalyst and Cisco Nexus experience required
- Firewall experience required
- Ability to conduct operational network warfare product assessment and code review processes
- Strong working knowledge of routing and switching technologies
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Senior Network Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a senior network engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior network engineer
- Design, deploy and maintain complex network solutions to meet basic or advanced business requirements, and/or improve overall performance
- Design and deploy LANs, WANs, and wireless networks, including routers, switches, UPSs, and other hardware
- Develop, implement and maintain documentation for policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, configuration, usage, network mapping, and disaster recovery
- Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation within industry recognized standards of performance, quality and effectiveness, while fulfilling business objectives and processes
- Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed, remediating the issues professionally and concisely
- Show proficiency with the use of packet capture and protocol analysis tools and techniques
- Co-developing configuration and change management policies to provide a method of approval and success of changes made to networks
- Mentor and/or provide guidance to junior members of the team
- Design and implement new technologies and provide technical leadership to the department
- Assist in development of cloud strategy, including Microsoft O365 and Azure
Qualifications for senior network engineer
- Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, switches
- Experience with Microsoft Visio or similar tool for creating physical and logical network diagrams
- A minimum of 5 years of Networking experience, including at least 3 years spent planning, designing and implementing new network designs the recommendation of required connection equipment and voice and data connectivity
- Ability to provide support to include but limited to
- Knowledge of networking technologies such as Cisco IOS, VPN solutions and Cisco ASA
- Working knowledge of Network Switch and VPN DOD STIGs
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior network engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior network engineer
- Work with manufacturers, VAR’s and internal sourcing teams to scope out specifics of purchases, ensuring best price and vendor support during the procurement process
- Work with data center staff to get equipment racked, patched and powered per design requirements
- Work with production support engineers and vendors on major network outages or particularly obscure network issues to determine root cause and develop resolution
- Take inventory existing network technologies
- Develop a strategy for future design, test, certify, and release the hardware and software that is selected for the program
- Work with various network architecture ITO teams to obtain designs that will meet requirements and is operationally sustainable
- Provide leadership for the development of ACI
- Create, develop and assist in the installation of new network solutions
- Design, implement and test new network technologies, security mechanisms and systems in the context of the networking infrastructure
- Provides expert technology leadership and support to IT operations and project initiatives
Qualifications for senior network engineer
- Solid Knowledge across network technologies
- Solid Knowledge of IT technologies
- Requires knowledge of office tools
- Core Switching and Routing – Cisco inc. NEXUS
- Load Balancer’s – F5 and other Vendor product
- Firewall /Security – Cisco, Checkpoint, Palo Alto
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Senior Network Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior network engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior network engineer
- Analyze project needs/requirements and recommend systems to enhance network redundancy, resiliency, and security
- Develop, maintain and communicate project plans and status updates
- Train and mentor members of the team and other DeVry technical resources, as necessary
- Provide technical project management for infrastructure projects
- Communicate with vendors to obtain system configurations, quoting, and support
- Manage the resolution of help desk tickets
- Occasionally travel to a variety of DeVry locations
- Report weekly on work activity to the Manager of Network and Telephony
- Work closely with Help Desk staff to implement call scripts and provide training of 1st tier support resources
- Analyze business requirements to architect scalable, highly-available network solutions
Qualifications for senior network engineer
- Perform configuration, upgrades
- 5+ years of experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco network routers, switches and firewalls for medium and large size locations and enterprises
- CCNP certification required
- Working knowledge of Web Security Systems, Two Factor Authentication, SMTP Gateway servers, Cisco ASA and Juniper SSL VPN
- Ability to support Site-to-Site VPN, Client VPN connectivity, Aruba and Cisco Enterprise Wi-Fi solutions
- Working knowledge of Application Load Balancers