Network Engineer

Beacon Technologies; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The District Attorney IT Program (DAIT) seeks a Network Engineer II to design, implement, and secure statewide enterprise networks for Wisconsin’s DA offices. This mostly remote role requires occasional onsite work across the state and a valid Wisconsin driver's license.

Responsibilities include planning, deploying, and maintaining LAN/WAN fabrics, VPNs, firewalls, and cloud networking, while documenting architectures and improving reliability, security, and performance in a regulated

Qualifications

• 11+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Experience designing, deploying, securing, supporting, and monitoring on-premises and cloud-based networks.
• Strong experience with LAN/WAN technologies, including routing, switching, VLANs, QoS, NAT, static and dynamic routing, and VPNs.
• Experience configuring and supporting routers, switches, firewalls, VPN concentrators, and secure remote access solutions.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, ACLs, routing protocols, network authentication, and data encryption.
• Experience monitoring network health, latency, throughput, capacity, and availability while analyzing trends to improve reliability and performance.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills involving complex network and infrastructure issues.
• Experience documenting enterprise network architecture, standards, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Experience working in environments that require regulatory compliance.
• Experience with vulnerability management, remediation, and network assessments.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams using Agile or similar project methodologies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and secure enterprise LAN, WAN, VPN, firewall, and cloud networks.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, systems, security, and application development teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable network services.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, security configurations, and operational documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders to develop projects, their scopes, timelines, and management.
• Plan and execute statewide network update initiatives, including hardware lifecycle replacements and infrastructure upgrades.
• Configure, optimize, secure, and support routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, network authentication services, and cloud networking solutions.
• Standardize and automate network administration through scripting and configuration management tools.
• Monitor network availability, utilization, latency, throughput, and security while identifying trends and recommending improvements.
• Maintain network vulnerability monitoring and remediate vulnerabilities according to security and operational requirements.
• Perform onsite installation, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle replacement of network equipment throughout Wisconsin.
• Analyze existing infrastructure and recommend enhancements that improve security, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Maintain network infrastructure compliance with security policies and applicable regulatory requirements through auditing, testing, and implementation of security controls.
• Participate in planned after-hours maintenance activities and emergency support when required.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

LAN/WAN design

Routing & Switching

TCP/IP

VLANs

VPNs

Network security

Cloud networking

Scripting

Regulatory compliance

Agile

Tools

Routers/ Switches/ Firewalls

Cisco IOS

VPN concentrators

Job description

The District Attorney IT Program (DAIT) is recruiting a Network Engineer II to play a key role in the modernization, security, and support of DAIT’s statewide network infrastructure. This is an opportunity to design, implement, secure, and maintain enterprise networking solutions that support District Attorney offices throughout Wisconsin. This position is primarily remote but requires onsite work in the State. Candidates must reside in Wisconsin and possess a valid driver's license.

Full-time

Requirements

• 11+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, implementing, securing, and supporting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Experience designing, deploying, securing, supporting, and monitoring on-premises and cloud-based networks.
• Strong experience with LAN/WAN technologies, including routing, switching, VLANs, QoS, NAT, static and dynamic routing, and VPNs.
• Experience configuring and supporting routers, switches, firewalls, VPN concentrators, and secure remote access solutions.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, ACLs, routing protocols, network authentication, and data encryption.
• Experience monitoring network health, latency, throughput, capacity, and availability while analyzing trends to improve reliability and performance.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills involving complex network and infrastructure issues.
• Experience documenting enterprise network architecture, standards, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Experience working in environments that require regulatory compliance.
• Experience with vulnerability management, remediation, and network assessments.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams using Agile or similar project methodologies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and customer service skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with networking in cloud and hybrid infrastructures.
• Experience with role-based and policy-based access controls.
• Experience with network automation using scripting technologies.
• Experience planning and executing multi-site infrastructure upgrades.
• Experience developing Statements of Work (SOWs), project scopes, and collaborating with vendors.
• Experience presenting technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Planning:
  • Design, implement, maintain, and secure enterprise LAN, WAN, VPN, firewall, and cloud networks.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, systems, security, and application development teams to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable network services.
  • Create and maintain network diagrams, security configurations, and operational documentation.
  • Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders to develop projects, their scopes, timelines, and management.
• Execution and Installation:
  • Plan and execute statewide network update initiatives, including hardware lifecycle replacements and infrastructure upgrades.
• Operations and Support:
  • Configure, optimize, secure, and support routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, network authentication services, and cloud networking solutions.
  • Standardize and automate network administration through scripting and configuration management tools.
  • Monitor network availability, utilization, latency, throughput, and security while identifying trends and recommending improvements.
  • Maintain network vulnerability monitoring and remediate vulnerabilities according to security and operational requirements.
  • Perform onsite installation, troubleshooting, optimization, and lifecycle replacement of network equipment throughout Wisconsin.
  • Analyze existing infrastructure and recommend enhancements that improve security, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
  • Maintain network infrastructure compliance with security policies and applicable regulatory requirements through auditing, testing, and implementation of security controls.
  • Participate in planned after-hours maintenance activities and emergency support when required.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.