Location: Lakewood, CO, US (considering local applications only)Schedule: Onsite 4 days per weekTarget Pay Range: $100k to $125k - Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market dataTarget Bonus on Base: 7%Ready to elevate your network engineering career? Join us as a Senior Network Engineer in Lakewood, CO! This role is pivotal in ensuring our global data network operates seamlessly, providing top-notch performance and availability.As a Senior Network Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, installing, maintaining, and supporting LAN, WAN, Cloud, and VoIP infrastructures. Your role will involve providing high-level technical support, creating and maintaining network documentation, and working on projects to upgrade communication equipment and procedures. Your expertise in multiprotocol routers, multilayer switches, and network security will be crucial. Additionally, you'll lead projects, mentor teams, and ensure smooth operations across all locations.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Direction: Provide recommendations on the strategic direction for network and telecommunications functions.Problem Resolution: Ensure problem identification, isolation, and resolution within service level objectives for routers, switches, SD WAN appliances, load balancers, firewalls, VPN, wireless, and associated network equipment.Network Design and Implementation: Design and implement network and telecommunication services for new business offices and upgrades to existing offices.Support and Training: Provide network/telecom support and training for end users, other ITS technical groups, and implementation teams.Vendor Management: Oversee activities of network/telecom vendors to ensure established service level agreements are met.Documentation and Monitoring: Ensure the creation and maintenance of technical and training documentation, monitor network and telecom infrastructure, and report on performance statistics.Research and Analysis: Perform analysis and research of new technologies/solutions and apply professional business and technical knowledge to identify options, analyze, design, install, maintain, and test information technology solutions specific to network/telecom requirements.Client Service: Provide quality client service, being proactive and responsive to client needs.On-Call Duties: Share on-call duties for the global network, sites, and services.Minimum Qualifications:Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.Experience: Minimum 7 years of in-depth experience with Cisco/Meraki routers and switches, wireless, SD WAN, firewalls, and load balancers.Skills: Proven experience in leading, mentoring, and developing a strong team of technically diverse personnel. In-depth knowledge of local, wide area, and cloud network concepts, designs, and implementations. Strong understanding of network security, issues, and risks, and the ability to implement hardware and software solutions to minimize risk. Ability to work in diverse teams with demonstrated troubleshooting skills.Preferred Certifications:Cisco certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE.Benefits:We offer competitive total reward packages, including compensation, benefits, and recognition programs. Our benefits include multiple group medical, dental, and vision plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance, disability coverages, and various voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance. We also offer a 401(k) plan with matching contributions and vacation and sick time programs for work-life balance. Our goal is to protect the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping them achieve personal goals and offering extra touches for convenience, security, and overall peace of mind.Additional Information:This position requires a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen. Applicants must have valid work authorization in the US and cannot require visa sponsorship now or in the future. We do not work with C2C or 3rd Party Vendors.Ready to make an impact? Apply now and join our team!All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. To the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
