[Hiring] IT Senior Network Engineer @Georgia Farm Bureau

Role Description

• Expert level support of firewall configuration and maintenance, experience with Cisco equipment preferred.
• Expert level skills of configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting Cisco Networking equipment (Routers, Nexus and access switches), Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Computers, Servers and peripherals.
• Expert level knowledge with 802.1q VLANs and working within industry best practices.
• Working knowledge of Security policies and principles with implementation experience.
• Experience building and maintaining fiber optic networks.
• Experience maintaining an enterprise-level infrastructure, including fiber optics.
• Working experience implementing network traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, state full inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication and authorization technology.
• Hands on technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, WebVPN, AnyConnect, DMVPN, etc.).
• Position has responsibility for a component of IT security for their functional area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required: preferably in Information Technology or computer science.
• Eight plus years’ work experience in information technology field: preferably in network field; Master’s degree may substitute for some work experience.
• Outstanding Knowledge of Core Networking functions (Routing, Switching, OSI Model).
• Certifications: Cisco CCNA, CCNA Security and/or CCNP (preferred).
• Must have and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license and maintain a driving record that complies with the Underwriting guides for the Mutual Insurance Company.
• Extensive knowledge of the Operating System used on desktops and laptops is required.
• Advanced skill in the Microsoft Office Suite of applications is required, including Visio.

Requirements

• Respond to network administration, operations, and maintenance problems while off duty, on an on-call basis.
• Understanding of 802.11G/N in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies.
• Ability to engineer, build, and test networks for optimum reliability.
• General understanding of VoIP equipment and operation, POE technologies.
• Able to work with a VoIP provider to deploy and support.
• Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications/protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances.
• Configuring network services using open source technologies on Linux servers.
• Comfortable documenting and explaining network topologies.
• Understand and diagram existing network.
• Diagram, plan and explain future upgrades.
• VMware Enterprise administration understanding.
• Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources.
• Strong oral, written, communications, and presentation skills.

Benefits

• Willingness to mentor more junior staff members and support personnel.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Experience in a fast-paced support environment in networks as a member of a 24x7x365 network and/or security operations team.
• Must be able to concentrate for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Working in confined spaces such as attics and crawl spaces as needed.