Network Engineer III

Genuine Parts Company; Alabama; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company in Irondale, AL is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, implement, and troubleshoot enterprise data communications for our locations. The role focuses on monitoring networks, supporting 3rd level resolution, and planning architecture to keep critical systems available.

You will collaborate with NOC, vendor teams, and internal customers, manage WAN/LAN capacity, maintain documentation and DR procedures, and participate in change control and security-conscious

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; college degree preferred.
• 5+ years building and maintaining critical network environments.
• 5–7 years experience in WAN/LAN, data center, and enterprise networking (Cisco, Arista, Fortinet).
• Experience with SD-WAN, VPN, and basic firewall concepts.
• Strong Ethernet switching, large-scale LAN/WAN deployments.
• Experience with enterprise network management tools (PRTG, Fortinet Suite, Arista Cloud Vision).
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Network monitoring & reporting
• Provide 3rd level network support & problem resolution
• Provide network architecture planning, design and implementation
• Interact with other corporate teams for enterprise level projects
• Provide WAN/LAN communication capacity management
• Maintain WAN/LAN documentation and business recovery procedures
• Change management, software updates and configuration management
• Evaluate & recommend networking hardware and software – data center and branch
• Operate and maintain the network management platforms
• Professionally interact with NOC, Operations, vendors and support teams to maintain stable network environment
• Security conscious network design
• Minimal travel
• Prefer daily on-site at Irondale, AL datacenter but will entertain remote for superior candidate

Skills

Network monitoring

3rd line support

Network architecture

WAN/LAN planning

Documentation

Change management

Vendors coordination

Security-minded design

Travel flexibility

Education

High school diploma

College degree preferred

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Fortinet

SD-WAN

VPN

BGP

PRTG

Job description

Primary Purpose:

Design, implement, and troubleshoot data communications systems for all locations. Provide integration and consulting services to all internal departments and systems.

You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Network monitoring & reporting


• Provide 3rd level network support & problem resolution


• Provide network architecture planning, design and implementation


• Interact with other corporate teams for enterprise level projects


• Provide WAN/LAN communication capacity management


• Maintain WAN/LAN documentation and business recovery procedures


• Change management, software updates and configuration management


• Evaluate & recommend networking hardware and software – data center and branch


• Operate and maintain the network management platforms


• Professionally interact with NOC, Operations, vendors and support teams to maintain stable network environment


• Security conscious network design


• Minimal travel


• Prefer daily on-site at Irondale, AL datacenter but will entertain remote for superior candidate

Job Specifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required – college degree preferred


• Minimum of 5 years experience in planning, implementing, and maintaining critical environments


• 5 – 7 years networking experience similar to:
  
  
  
  • o Wide-area networking technologies, protocols, and related hardware (Cisco, Arista, Fortinet, etc.)
  
  
  • o High-end L2/L3 routing and switching – spine and leaf (prefer Arista or Cisco)
  
  
  • o SD-WAN/VPN/Basic Firewall (Prefer Fortinet)
  
  
  • o Data Center, Cloud, Branch and Internet connectivity – Complex BGP routing
  
  
  • o Extensive experience with Ethernet switching, packet analysis, and large-scale LAN and WAN deployments.
  
  
  • o Enterprise network management tools – PRTG, Fortinet Suite, Arista Cloud Vision, etc
  
  
  
  


• Experience with network disaster recovery implementations


• Strong written & verbal communications skills


• Top-level performer with desire to be part of a high-functioning Engineering team

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