Senior Network Engineer - cloud

Kelly Services; Irondale (AL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance

401(k)

Vacation, sick, and holiday pay

Tuition reimbursement

Bereavement leave

Adoption assistance plan

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and troubleshoot data communications systems for company locations across the United States, with a team in Birmingham, Alabama. This permanent position offers a strong salary and comprehensive benefits package.

You will lead network architecture planning, provide 3rd level support, and collaborate with IT teams, vendors and NOC to maintain a robust enterprise network and cloud connectivity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in planning, implementing, and maintaining critical environments.
• Experience with enterprise networking hardware (Cisco, Arista, Fortinet, etc.).
• Strong written & verbal communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide network architecture planning, design and implementation – highly prefer cloud expertise.
• Provide 3rd level network support & problem resolution.
• Interact with other corporate teams for enterprise level projects.
• Maintain WAN/LAN proactive 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.
• Professional interaction with NOC, Operations, vendors and support teams to maintain a stable network environment.
• Security conscious network design.

Skills

WAN/LAN design

Routing & Switching

SD-WAN/VPN

Cloud networking

Network security

Network monitoring

Documentation

Vendor liaison

Technical writing

Education

College degree preferred

Job description

$98000 - $130000

As the Senior Network Engineer, you would work with a team in Birmingham to design, implement, and troubleshoot data communications systems for all company locations across the states. The team provides integration and consulting services to all internal departments and systems.Term - Permanent Position

Required Skills & Experience

• 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:

• Wide-area networking technologies, protocols, and related hardware (Cisco, Arista, Fortinet, etc.)

• High-end L2/L3 routing and switching – spine and leaf (prefer Arista or Cisco)

• SD-WAN/VPN/Basic Firewall (Prefer Fortinet)

• Data Center, Cloud, Branch and Internet connectivity – Complex BGP routing

• Extensive experience with Ethernet switching, packet analysis, and large-scale LAN and WAN deployments.

• Enterprise network management tools – PRTG, Fortinet Suite, Arista Cloud Vision, etc.

• Experience with network disaster recovery implementations – including cloud

• Strong written & verbal communications skills

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide network architecture planning, design and implementation – highly prefer cloud expertise

• Provide 3rd level network support & problem resolution

• Interact with other corporate teams for enterprise level projects

• Maintain WAN/LAN proactive 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

About the Benefits

• The offer - benefits package includes but is not limited to options for Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, Basic Life and AD&D insurance, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay, bereavement leave, adoption assistance plan.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.