Description: OtterBase has partnered with one of our clients, in search of a Network Engineer to join their team.  This position is a direct hire opportunity, working in a collaborative and exciting hybrid schedule in Metro Detroit. 


Responsibilities/skills:

• Ensures stability and reliability of wide area networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs/VLANs), wireless networks, virtual private networks (VPNs), telephone network (TeleCom) and storage area network (SAN), collectively our client’s networks, through performance and security monitoring and proactive hardware, firmware, and software updates, etc.
• Ensures effective and secure integration of networks with third-party interfaces, cloud-based software as a service (SaaS), etc. by designing, planning, configuring, and implementing secure interfaces, hardware, and software.
• Ensures optimal uptime for members, team members, and other stakeholders by systematically measuring; proactively testing; reporting against service level agreements (SLAs); analyzing the nature and patterns of issues requiring troubleshooting; and developing immediate and longer-term resolutions for servers, physical and virtual, our client's networks, third-party systems, and other related hardware and software.
• Creates and maintains documentation of network design and architecture framework using Microsoft Visio or similar programs.
• Serves as project lead, subject matter expert (SME), or project team member, as appropriate, for design engineering, implementations, migrations, testing, upgrades, etc.
• Develops network planning policies and procedures related to network systems, networking principles and practices, both in software and hardware infrastructures.
• Ensures an appropriately high level of network security by developing and gaining approval of documented new processes that further enhance security. Executes and/or ensures execution of existing information security related policies, practices (e.g., system backups), and security audits that are proactively planned and carried out internally, as well as in response to internal and external security audits, examination reviews, etc.
• Ensures the effectiveness of  business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans by researching, designing, implementing, reporting, and fully testing the technology, interfaces, processes, and procedures in order to best position for a highly responsive recovery.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Business Administration or related field the equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience; and
• 3 years of related experience including:
  • Network and IS security components, including Checkpoint Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, data encryption, and other industry-standard techniques and practices.
  • Managing and administering networks including system design, planning, configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting.
  • Configuring and supporting VMWare virtual server environments, SANs, telephony and telecom systems, Cisco switches and routers, wireless networking, and network data backup systems.