Senior Network Engineer

New Era Technology is a global technology solutions provider with 4,500+ employees and offices around the world. New Era offers Cloud, Managed, Professional, and Security services, and delivers Collaboration, Data Networking, Digital Transformation, and Physical & Life Safety solutions to more than 14,500 customers worldwide.

We are looking for team members to contribute to and deliver our mission: “To deliver and support technology solutions that securely connect people, places, and information.” New Era Technology is a community of like-minded, like-hearted people who share the same vision and values.

Work alongside the finest team of highly skilled and industry-certified professionals who are encouraged to drive change and think outside of the box. As a team member, you will receive competitive benefits, industry training, and certifications.  New Era Technology empowers businesses to embrace the future workplace. As customers shift their perspectives on where and how work happens, we are there to meet them with flexible, resilient, and productive solutions. New Era Technology provides a team-oriented culture, a positive environment filled with an incredible staff, and a genuine passion for providing the best service to our customers worldwide. We believe that investing in our employees is the key to professional growth, delivering exceptional experiences for our customers, and setting the standard for excellence in our field.

We offer a growth-orientated, high-tech environment for employees. Along with our many benefits, you can expect a corporate culture that promotes personal and professional development. Our customer-focused teams are built on our core values: Community, Integrity, Agile, and Committed.

 

SUMMARY:  You will be assigned to a managed services team within a large multinational client and be responsible for LAN-WAN projects associated with office builds, expansions and refreshes. On the networking side you will mainly work with Cisco equipment.  

 

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Deliver successful internal IT projects in a global managed service environment.
• Represent the client’s IT department during the implementation of intelligent network projects.
• Communicate and report effectively on project status to the client as well as internally.
• Staging, implementing, testing and hand off to Network Operations team of network infrastructure projects and technologies.
• Be creative pro-active and take initiative to optimize and improve the engineering team.
• Travel where necessary to support multiple client site builds and refresh projects.

 

COMPENTENCY:

• Hands on Layer 3 routing experience required
• Hands on Layer 2 switching experience required
• TCP/IP stack, BGP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols experience required
• Cisco IP Telephony skills highly desired
• Knowledge of QoS, MPLS, VoIP and Wireless LAN are required
• Experience with Cisco IOS XE/NXOS configuration and troubleshooting is a must
• Experience with Cisco and/or Aruba wireless is a must
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and PAN-OS highly desired
• Unix/Linux scripting or automation (shell, Python, Ansible) highly desired
• Security (ACLs, VPNs, 802.1x) experience desired
• Knowledge and experience with wireless predictive and testing tools

 

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science or equivalent desired.

 

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years hands on network engineering with Implementations or Operations experience with emphasis on enterprise LAN and WAN infrastructure
• CCNP level of certification or equivalent

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

English written and verbal.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

CCNP or equivalent

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

If required, ability to rack stack and patch routers or switches in an MDF / IDF environment.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

On site at customer office location Dublin Ireland

 

EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: 9am- 5pm

 

TRAVEL: 

Occasional domestic or international travel may be required.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:   To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.