Lead Network Engineer

Plymouth Rock Assurance • Boston, Massachusetts, United States • 4w ago

Company Description

Plymouth Rock is looking for energetic, driven entry-level candidates to work in their Claims Department. The primary responsibility of this role is to handle property and casualty claims. Working in our downtown Boston location (across the street from South Station), Claims Representatives investigate, evaluate and create a disposition of the first and third party auto property damage claims.

Plymouth Rock offers competitive salaries and top notch benefits including dental and vision insurance as well as a 401k company match. We have a Boston Sports Club in our building and also offer extensive training to start help jumpstart your career.

Job Description

The Sr. Network Engineer will be supporting
a Cisco based network infrastructure with 11 office locations in the Northeast
with two Data Centers providing connectivity to over 750 physical and virtual
servers. We are specifically looking for someone with advanced experience:
implementing, programming, and troubleshooting network hardware/software
including: routers, switches, wireless access points, load balancers, network
monitoring, remote access, VPN’s, and firewalls. Our current WAN environment
incorporates the use of routing protocols OSPF and BGP over Ethernet Private
Line (EPL), Dedicated, and Broadband Internet carrier services.

Job Responsibilities:

Maintain a complex wired and wireless network
infrastructure supporting distributed business applications as well as
E-Commerce, VoIP, and video
Design, maintain, and manage an enterprise-wide
network infrastructure hierarchy
Develop and document system standards for
computer and network devices
Create and update documentation of the networking
environment including inventory of equipment as well as documentation of vendor
activities
Develop implementation plans, test plans, and
project timelines for various network projects
Maintain knowledge of network environment in
conjunction with business applications and systems
Actively monitor LAN/WAN network traffic and
capacity maximizing available software reporting tools
Proactively evaluate network performance and
utilization trends
Troubleshoot and analyze network communication
failures and congestion
Help resolve production problems in a
large-scale environment impacted by a network issue
Escalate network carrier issues as necessary
Generate vendor quotes for network hardware,
software, and support contracts
Ensure the development and use of an effective
preventive maintenance program suitable to meet the operation objective of
"99.9% availability"
Respond to all system problems on a 7 by 24
basis and take part in on-call rotation
Attend seminars and training to maintain
proficiency with latest network technologies
Perform other job-related duties as assigned
including helping telephony team with
Avaya Communications Manager voice support

Qualifications

BS/MS (CS/EE preferred), Advanced Degree a plus
Minimum
Cisco Certification CCNP
Demonstrated experience with multiple Cisco network
product suites including: ISR routers (4451, 38XX, & 28XX), ASR router
1001; Nexus 9XXX switches and Catalyst switches (65XX, 45XX, 35XX & 29XX);
and ASA 55XX firewalls
Familiarity with Cisco Wireless Controllers and
Access Points
5 plus years of design and implementation
experience of routing and switching with Cisco hardware/software including
L1/L2/L3 design principles
Experience working with OSPF routing protocol
5 plus years of hands-on networking experience
in a mission-critical production environment of 750+ servers using Microsoft
Windows and Linux based technologies
Knowledge and understanding of RADIUS
Server/Authentication
Experience with Cisco and Juniper firewalls
desired, including hardware and software upgrades, migrations, rule additions,
NATs, routing, and troubleshooting.
Knowledge of load balancing technologies
including installation, software upgrades, building VIP’s, error handling, and
L4 concepts. Experience with Netscaler desired and Radware App Director
experience a plus
Design/troubleshooting of spanning tree, routing
protocols, IP network address subnetting and NATs
Hands-on experience with enterprise-grade
network monitoring systems and knowledge of
Solarwinds platform a plus
Experience using WAN technologies, circuit
technologies like EPL, T1, and WAN routing protocols such as MPLS and BGP
Ability to perform packet level analysis with
network protocol analyzer software tools
Experience using Internet and networking
technologies such as DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SNMP, & NTP
Expertise with QoS network prioritization
desired
Strong communication skills – oral and
written