Network Engineer
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Start Date: 12/10/2024
- Job ID: 25-00666
- Posting Date: 1/3/2025
- Job Type: Direct Placement
What we're looking for...
$120,000-$140,000 based on education and experience level.
- Network Engineer with 5+ years of experience who will be part of the global Network service team, to design, implement and maintain a robust, reliable and secured network infrastructure service, to support Group business activities.
- Fluent in Mandarin is a big plus, but not required
- Design and deploy from site structure cabling to local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), into a standard ubiquitous global hybrid/cloud network service.
- Determine network service requirements and recommend architecture/solutions.
- Install, configure, and test networking equipment.
- Assess latest network technology's feasibility for adoption.
- Implement and maintain network security measures (Firewalls, IDS, VPN).
- Conduct regular network security audits and vulnerability assessments, identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities.
- Respond to security incidents, investigate, and mitigate network security breaches, and develop incident response plans.
- Monitor and analyze network performance, identify and improve bottlenecks.
- Resolve network issues to ensure high service availability.
- Optimize network performance with QoS, traffic shaping, and bandwidth management.
- Create and maintain detailed network documentation, including network diagrams, configuration records, and standard operating procedures.
- Generate regular reports on network performance, security incidents, and capacity planning.
- Structure network solution in a scalable service, delegate transactional / operational into automation and/or external augmentation services (e.g. NOC), to intensify pace of Group network solution evolution and optimization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure network infrastructure aligns with business requirements.
- Provide technical support and guidance to end-users and other IT teams, troubleshoot network-related issues.
- You treasure personal interactions as the key to a productive working environment, and that some calls just have to be made in international hours to build team-work.
- People go to you for not only your problem-solving process, but also in how dependable you are to help address their needs.
- You base your decisions on facts and data, and you enjoy coming up with solid business proposals with clear logic for decisions.
- You are passionate of the latest networking technologies and enjoy envisioning practical feasibilities in your work environment.
- You are meticulous in documentation; it is in your blood as a professional to ensure design deployments and architectures are well captured in drawings and procedures.
- Networking solutions: SD-WAN, on-premises LAN switch (Cisco, Fortinet), Wi-Fi, WAN (BGP, OSPF, SD-Wan), VLAN, global IP address management/planning, DNS/DHCP management, VPC, CDN
- Network Certification: CCNP
- Cloud Network certifications such as AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialist, Azure Networking Associate, or Google Cloud Professional Network Engineer
- Structure cabling know-how and coordination experiences
- Network monitoring, log aggregation/analysis solutions
- IT Service Management: ITILv4 foundation
- Network security solutions: cloud-based firewall, firewall/Palo Alto, ZTNA/SASE, URL Filtering, Remote VPN management, deployment experiences
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 5 years minimum of experience working as a Network Engineer (7+ preferred)
- Multinational / culture working environment will be a plus
$120,000-$140,000 based on education and experience level.
Posted by Matthew Lemay
Technical Recruiter
(800) 821-4644 x
Technical Recruiter
(800) 821-4644 x
