Sr. Network Engineer
The range for this role is $101,000 to $146,000. Actual base pay will be determined based on a successful candidate's work location, skills / abilities, experience, and education. This role includes opportunity to receive an annual bonus target of 15% of annual eligible earnings. Actual bonus amounts are determined by length of time in role, individual performance, and organizational performance.
Interested candidates must be willing and able to work onsite minimum 4 times per week in either our Melbourne, FL or Orlando, FL office.
At Christian Care Ministry we believe that Christians can, and should, share in one another's burdens. Through the use of Medi-Share, a healthcare sharing ministry for Christians, we cultivate that belief.
Everyone at Christian Care Ministry is in agreement with our Statement of Faith, which outlines our core beliefs. Although we aren't perfect people, we are serving our perfect God to the best of our ability.
The Job
Provides day-to-day hands-on support to the network infrastructure, servers, virtualized environment, applications, and mobile devices. Responsibilities include : support of LAN / WAN operations between multiple sites and local site break / fix; software / hardware upgrades; patch management and application installs; user support / training. Interfaces directly with internal customers and various departments, troubleshooting user issues to resolution. Requires extensive, sometimes 24-7 customer interaction, and timely responsiveness to issues and questions. May direct the responsibilities and help prioritize the duties of the Tier I level Help Desk support team.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Establishes networking environment by designing network configuration, directing system installation, and defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards
- Maintains a Cisco-centric network environment
- Configures and installs various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
- Monitors, troubleshoots, and escalates issues particularly WAN / LAN connections - to the appropriate vendor
- Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimization
- Secures network system by establishing and enforcing policies, defining and monitoring access
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
- Maintains organization's current VMWare environment
- Maintains, monitors, and tests for disaster recovery
- Executes annual testing of disaster recovery
- Serves as lead technical advisor on disaster recovery planning and testing
- Reports on network operational status
- Contributes to the exercise and expression of Christian Care Ministry's Christian beliefs
- All other duties as assigned
Essential Skills & Abilities
Knowledge of troubleshooting network procedures and best practicesExperience with network challenges associated with systems integration, including COTS integration, capacity analysis, and system architecture designHas demonstrated experience in the use of network analysis toolsExperience with data center networking and networking technologiesExperience managing internal or client-facing projects to completion and troubleshooting clients' technical issuesDetail-oriented, task-driven, with excellent communication skillsExcellent network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skillsStrong verbal and written communication skillsAbility to engage users in a professional manner and present technical concepts plainly to semi-technical customersDesires to learn new technologies and apply them to customer use casesMust be willing and able to work during and after-hours maintenance windows, which could include weekend and weekday after-hours workMust be willing to work with other engineers and collaborate effectively with themMust have experience with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and strong Command-Line Interface (CLI) skillsKnowledge of VXLAN and overlay networks.Willingness to work with alternative vendors outside of Cisco productsStrong Cisco skills are requiredCore Competencies / Demonstrable Behaviors
Manages ambiguityOperating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.CollaboratesBuilding partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.Decision qualityMaking good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.Plans and alignsPlanning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.Optimizes work processesKnowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.Education and / or Experience
Bachelor's degree in an Information Technology-related field with 1-3 years' experience OR 5-7 years' experience in an IT environment for non-degreed applicants requiredActive CCNA requiredCCNP / CCIE strongly preferredSupervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilitiesIncentives & Benefits
We work hard to serve our Medi-Share Members, but know we can only do that if we invest in our employees professionally, financially, physically, socially, and spiritually. We purposefully invest in our employees so that our employees can invest in others.
For full-time employees working 30 hours or more, some of our benefits include, but are not limited to :
100% paid Medical for employees / 99% for familyGenerous employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contributionsEmployer-paid Life Insurance (3x salary) and Long-term Disability Insurance6 weeks of paid parental leave (for both mom and dad)Dental - two plans to choose fromVisionShort-term DisabilityAccident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity401(k) up to 4% match on ROTH or Traditional contributionsGenerous paid-time off and 11 paid holidaysWellness plan including Financial, Occupational, Mental / Spiritual, and Physical health incentives up to $50 / moEmployee Assistance Program including no cost, in-person mental health visits and employee discountsMonetary Anniversary Awards ProgramMonetary Birthday Awards