Network Engineer

Bank; Paradise (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan with match

Life insurance

HSA & FSA options

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Bank of Bird-in-Hand is seeking a Network Engineer to ensure reliable, secure operation of our wired, wireless, and WAN infrastructure across multiple sites, including data centers and branch offices. You will configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Fortinet firewalls, Aruba switches, and VPN services while maintaining accurate diagrams and documentation.

The role requires hands-on experience with network design, security controls, and disaster recovery planning, with opportunities to collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum five (5) years of hands-on experience supporting enterprise network infrastructure in a multi-site environment.
• Experience administering next generation firewalls, including policies, site-to-site and remote-access VPNs, routing, firmware maintenance, troubleshooting, and security services.
• Experience configuring and supporting switches and wireless access points, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, spanning tree, PoE, SSIDs, authentication, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4 subnetting, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, switching, routing, and network diagnostic tools.

Responsibilities

• Configure, administer, monitor, and maintain LAN/WAN/wireless/internet/VPN infrastructure across multiple locations.
• Administer next generation firewalls and security services, including policies, NAT, VPN tunnels, firmware, backups, logging, and monitoring.
• Configure and support switches and wireless APs, VLANs, link aggregation, spanning tree, PoE, SSIDs, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Monitor network availability, performance, and capacity; investigate alerts and trends; implement corrective actions.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues including routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and carrier-related problems.
• Serve as escalation resource for incidents and participate in major incident response and root cause analysis.
• Implement network designs, security controls, and baselines in partnership with Architects and Security teams.
• Plan upgrades, migrations, maintenance, and change control with testing and rollback planning.
• Coordinate with carriers, MSPs, vendors; resolve service issues and implement changes.
• Maintain network diagrams, IP assignments, circuit records, inventories, and recovery docs.
• Support network segmentation, secure connectivity, and access controls for business systems and third-party services.
• Review firewall rules, configurations, firmware levels, and resiliency; document findings and remediation.
• Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity exercises validating dependencies and recovery paths.
• Provide technical support for projects, share knowledge, and participate in on-call rotations and after-hours maintenance.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

Documentation

On-call support

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / IS

Tools

Fortinet firewalls

Aruba switches

VPN

DNS/DHCP

Job description

Bank of Bird-in-Hand is built on integrity, excellence, and teamwork. If you identify with these values and are looking for a career where you can put them into practice, consider applying to one of our open positions. When you join the Bank of Bird-in-Hand team, you’ll be appreciated and celebrated for who you are every day.

Why Work at Bank of Bird-in-Hand?

At Bank of Bird-in-Hand, we are our community – committed to the acceptance of our customers and employees. We celebrate inclusion and focus on making those in our community feel valued, respected, and welcomed into our family.

Our employees’ successes are our success and we celebrate them as we continue to grow and develop their skills for the future.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Company Paid Life
• Company Paid STD & LTD
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Birthday PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Company Events and Picnics

• Tuition Reimbursement for Continuing Education
• Internal Career Opportunities
• Leadership Training

Community Involvement

• Support of local non-profit organizations
• Present at Local Parades & Events

Location: Paradise, PA

Job Id:491

# of Openings:1

Bank of Bird-in-Hand is actively seeking a Network Engineer to join our team in Paradise. This role is responsible for the reliable, secure, and efficient operation of the Bank’s wired, wireless, and wide area network infrastructure. This hands-on role configures, maintains, monitors, and troubleshoots network technologies across the data center, branch offices, administrative locations, and mobile banking environments. The position supports Fortinet firewalls and security services, Aruba switching and wireless platforms, internet and private network connectivity, VPN services, routing, segmentation, and related monitoring tools.

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a community bank and make an impact in the local area!

Responsibilities:

• Configure, administer, monitor, and maintain the Bank’s local area, wide area, wireless, internet, and virtual private network infrastructure across data center, branch, administrative, and mobile locations.
• Administer next generation firewalls and related security services, including access policies, NAT, routing, VPN tunnels, firmware updates, configuration backups, logging, and availability monitoring.
• Configure and support switches and wireless access points, including VLANs, link aggregation, spanning tree, PoE, secure wireless networks, and device lifecycle maintenance.
• Monitor network availability, utilization, performance, and capacity; investigate alerts and trends and implement corrective actions before they affect business operations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network connectivity, latency, packet loss, routing, switching, wireless, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and carrier-related issues.
• Serve as an escalation resource for network incidents and participate in major incident response, service restoration, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Implement approved network designs, standards, security controls, and configuration baselines in partnership with the Systems Architect, Information Security, and other engineering resources.
• Plan and execute network installations, upgrades, replacements, migrations, and maintenance activities with appropriate testing, change control, rollback planning, and post-implementation validation.
• Coordinate with telecommunications carriers, managed service providers, equipment vendors, and technology partners to resolve service issues and deliver network changes.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations, IP address assignments, circuit records, device inventories, support procedures, and recovery documentation.
• Support network segmentation, secure connectivity, and access controls for business systems, third-party services, voice, wireless, and other technology platforms.
• Perform periodic reviews of firewall rules, device configurations, firmware levels, support status, capacity, and network resiliency; document findings and complete assigned remediation activities.
• Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity exercises by validating network dependencies, alternate connectivity, recovery procedures, and communications paths.
• Provide technical support for projects and operational initiatives, share knowledge with IT staff, and participate in an on-call rotation and scheduled after‑hours maintenance as required.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline; equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum five (5) years of hands‑on experience supporting enterprise network infrastructure in a multi‑site environment.
• Practical experience administering next generation firewalls, including policies, site-to-site and remote-access VPNs, routing, firmware maintenance, troubleshooting, and security services.
• Practical experience configuring and supporting switches and wireless access points, including VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, spanning tree, PoE, SSIDs, authentication, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4 subnetting, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, switching, routing, and common network diagnostic tools.
• Experience supporting WAN and internet connectivity, carrier circuits, branch networks, network monitoring, configuration backup, performance analysis, and incident troubleshooting.
• Ability to create and maintain accurate network diagrams, device inventories, configuration standards, implementation plans, and support procedures.
• Experience in financial and/or banking sector, and familiarity with core systems, such as Jack Henry, is strongly desired.

Here at Bank of Bird-in-Hand, we have a comprehensive benefit package for those who qualify. Below are the range of benefits we offer to meet the needs of our employees:

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 4% Match
• Company Paid Life, STD, and LTD
• Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Paid Time Off (PTO), Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and Birthday PTO
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Events and Picnics

Equal Opportunity Employer

The employment policy of Bank of Bird-in-Hand is to provide equal opportunity to all persons. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military, and/or veteran status, or any other Federal or State legally protected classes.

Our people make the difference—and it shows. Being named a Central Penn Business Journal Best Places to Work in PA and an American Banker Best Bank to Work For reflects the culture we’ve built: one grounded in care, collaboration, and opportunities for our employees to grow and succeed.

I came to Bank of Bird-in-Hand because I wanted to get back into community banking and work with a company where my values aligned with the bank.

Fay L.

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