Senior Network Engineer

Job Description:

· Provide support for current and future enterprise systems

· Adherence to the administration of SMC Global IT security policies, procedures, best practices and established standards

· Participate in and optimize IT infrastructure implementations, forecasting and maintenance

· Implement and maintain network hardware based on the IT initiatives and required upgrade project with SMC

· Provide management with ways to improve administration, monitoring, reporting and standard operating procedures

· Design, plan, install. review and evaluate wired and wireless network infrastructure

· Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with all departments to optimize communications and exchange of pertinent information

· Troubleshoot network systems including any reported routing or switching problems and recommend improvements required to enhance performance

· Coordinate, implement or maintain router and switch hardware and configurations within the enterprise

· Manage current infrastructure equipment inventory levels to keep equipment up to date with current IOS levels and required Enterprise functionalities

· Provide network monitoring services utilizing various network management tools

· Coordinate with vendors and customers to minimize and/or plan downtime

· Follow Global IT change management and configuration management processes

· Maintain a current level of technical knowledge and/or certification on enterprise routing and switching technologies

· Provide tactical and strategic input for overall network planning and related projects to include utilization of technology for cost savings or enhanced productivity in SMC

· Work with customers to assist with network capacity and high availability requirements

· Ensure accuracy of the information in DNS and IP databases

Job Requirements:

· Associate degree or work experience with industry leading certifications

· Preferably at least 5 years of relevant experience working in a large enterprise network environment including a multi-protocol network, problem resolutions, extensive knowledge of the OSI model, familiarity with industry leading network hardware, network management services, proactive monitoring and performance reporting

· Experience with various network monitoring tools and methodologies

· Mastery of advanced networking technologies and solutions including but not limited to BGP, extensible LAN, virtual route forwarding, virtual device contexts, policy-based routing, ether-channel, QoS, traffic-shaping, load balancing, VPN tunnels, WAN Optimization, SDWAN, firewalls, subnetting, VLANs, STP, Spine and Leaf architecture, packet captures, etc.

· Strong working knowledge of structured cabling systems, network facilities, electrical requirements, UPS, etc.

· Ability to travel abroad

· Candidates with Japanese language skills are welcome to apply as the role may involve interaction with Japanese speaking clients, partners or colleagues