Senior Network Engineer - Cisco, SD-WAN & Cloud

Minority Professional Network, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients seeks an experienced Network Engineer to provide expert-level troubleshooting, create network standards, document environments, and translate business requirements into technical designs. The role validates new solutions via proofs of concept and pilots.

Responsibilities include planning and documenting network projects, maintaining standards, backup/version control, and providing senior-level support for routing, switching, WIFI, and firewalls across multi-site environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a Network Engineering role in enterprise environment with geographically dispersed locations.
• 8+ years of specific experience with Cisco Meraki switch/WIFI, Palo Alto NGFW, Infoblox DDI, Cisco ASA, ISR, ASR, Catalyst/Nexus switches, SDWAN and SASE.
• Mature understanding of EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPN, Ethernet, DSL, DMVPN, QoS, COS, SNMP, VoIP, VLANS, Subnetting, Supernetting, Trunking, Virtual Networking, IPS, WLAN, WAN acceleration, URL filtering, NetFlow, network monitoring systems, cloud service providers such as MS Azure and OCI.
• Extensive experience with supporting and troubleshooting global networks which includes multi-site, high-availability, load-balanced infrastructure solutions (active/active).
• Cisco CCNP or related industry certification required

Responsibilities

• Researches new technology advancements and conduct evaluations focused on optimizing and improving network configuration, performance, capacity, availability, and operational reliability.
• Plans, designs, implements and documents all network related projects
• Defines and maintains technology standards
• Establishes and maintains backup and version-control of network configurations
• Troubleshoots network designs and make recommendations for system fixes and enhancements
• Mkoes recommendations for leveraging network installations and reducing operational costs
• Partners with cross-functional peers from both infrastructure and application teams
• Manages hardware/software vendors, service providers and 3rd party partners
• Lead network related work for Mergers and Acquisitions
• Provides final tier of support for all networking issues including routing, switching, WIFI, and firewall.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Networking

Vendor management

Team collaboration

Documentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or related

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Palo Alto NGFW

Infoblox DDI

Cisco ASA/ISR/ASR

Catalyst/Nexus switches

SD-WAN/SASE

Job description

Darling Ingredients seeks an experienced Network Engineer to provide expert-level troubleshooting, create network standards, document environments, and translate business requirements into technical designs. The role validates new solutions via proofs of concept and pilots.

Responsibilities include planning and documenting network projects, maintaining standards, backup/version control, and providing senior-level support for routing, switching, WIFI, and firewalls across multi-site environments.