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Gasoc

Network Engineer (Levels I-V)

Gasoc, Tucker, Georgia, us, 30085

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Georgia System Operations is a progressive organization offering opportunities for engineers, technicians, project managers, and more. We’ve been honored with Best Place to Work in Georgia.

Our people-over-profit culture and competitive compensation and benefits packages prove we’re dedicated to retaining the best candidates.

We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a strong retirement program, career development, and flexible work schedules. We’re focused on wellness and being a supportive member of the community.

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Network Engineering Full Time $96600 - $168800 per year Tucker, Georgia, United States

Description The Network Engineer implements robust solutions supporting GSOC's core networks that support the Internet, MPLS core, and networks that support the Electrical Membership Cooperatives in the state of Georgia. The engineer is responsible for troubleshooting network routing solutions to meet business requirements.

Job Duties

Assist with implementing projects involving the design of new data/voice/optical/security networks and network modifications that take into account alternate routing, load balancing, prioritization, resiliency, and security; provisioning of new data, fiber, and optical circuits, circuit testing, equipment programming and documentation.

Provide backup support to operations and maintenance; assist in resolution of escalated problems in house and at remote sites; provide after-hours support to the on-call technician as required.

Provide performance measurement tests from network(s) to identify capacity constraints and assist in planning for future enhancements; including RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) response delay measurements, IP data performance, and network security penetration tests and assessments.

Contribute to design studies, equipment evaluations, and recommendations for new networking equipment, services, and technologies.

Provide engineering support for networking & security components, including Arista, Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto firewalls, VPN tunnels, optical equipment, and fiber networks.

Assist senior engineers by providing training to other department engineers on various technologies.

Manage projects involving the design of new networks and network modifications; develop proposals and secure approvals for networking projects; provisioning of new data, fiber, and optical circuits, circuit testing, equipment programming, and documentation.

Assist with the design and architecting of new telecommunications, data, voice, and fiber networks with all phases of the project in mind: designing, planning, integrating, implementation, testing, documenting, and training; design security networks that include firewall hardware, VPNs, intrusion detection appliances, and/or management systems.

Lead the design and architecting of new telecommunications, data, voice, and fiber networks with all phases of the project in mind; design security networks that include firewall hardware, VPNs, intrusion detection appliances, and/or management systems.

Lead strategic planning of all data, voice, optical, and fiber networks; lead recommendations for new networking equipment, services, and technologies.

Provide advanced level of troubleshooting expertise to other network engineers and network operations personnel.

Coordinate with GSOC, GTC, OPC, EMCs, and other stakeholders to ensure that network designs meet requirements and are functioning as intended; identify opportunities for improvement and ensure stakeholder satisfaction.

Required Qualifications Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, and/or Information Technology.

Experience

0-2 years' experience in a network engineer role within a large regionalized WAN environment.

Basic overall routing & switching skills.

3-4 years' experience in a network engineer role within a large regionalized WAN environment.

Knowledge in one or more of the following: BGP, iBGP, OSPF and eVPN a plus.

Knowledge in design and implementation of routing strategies for regionalized WAN access.

Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, and Arista EOS.

5-6 years' experience in a network engineer role within a large regionalized WAN environment.

Strong skills in one or more of the following: BGP, iBGP, OSPF and eVPN a plus.

Strong skills in design and implementation of routing strategies for regionalized WAN access.

Strong skills of Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, Firewall technologies and Arista EOS.

6 years' experience in a senior network engineer/architect role within a large regionalized WAN environment.

Expert knowledge in one or more of the following: BGP, iBGP, OSPF and eVPN.

Experience in design and implementation of routing strategies for regionalized WAN access.

Experience or good understanding of design and implementation of direct connections into Cloud providers AWS, Azure, SAP, etc.

Strong routing & switching skills.

Experience with Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, Firewall technologies and Arista EOS.

10 years' experience in a senior network engineer/architect role within a large regionalized WAN environment.

Expert knowledge in two or more of the following: BGP, iBGP, OSPF and eVPN.

5 years' experience in design and implementation of routing strategies for regionalized WAN access.

Experience with design and implementation of direct connections into Cloud providers AWS, Azure, SAP, etc.

Expert routing & switching skills.

5 years' experience with Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, Firewall technologies and Arista EOS.

Equivalent Experience

Engineer I: Associates degree with 3 years of networking experience.

Engineer II: Associates degree with 6 years of networking experience.

Engineer III: Associates degree with 9 years of networking experience.

Engineer IV: Associates degree with 12 years of networking experience with 5 of the years at an engineering technician or supervisor level.

Engineer V: Associates degree with 15 years of networking experience with 5 of the years at an architect level.

Licenses, Certifications and/or Registrations Driver's license. Must obtain and maintain Bulk Electric System Cyber Authorized Status as defined in GSOC's CIP Cyber Security Policy 301 and NERC Reliability Standard CIP 004 - Personnel Risk Assessment.

Specialized Skills Computer, MS Office, Word, Access, Power Point, Excel, Visio, effective organizational and verbal/written communication abilities, active listening, critical thinking, and active learning. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of basic routing skills. Candidate must be self-motivated, team oriented and must possess strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of OSPF and BGP.

Experience with Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, and Arista EOS.

Experience in design and implementation of routing strategies for regionalized WAN access.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Active network routing certifications are a plus.

Knowledge of SDWAN solutions.

Experience with B2B VPN and External Access a plus.

Knowledge of datacenter networking fabric topologies and common architectures deployed, both Layer 2 and Layer 3 based.

Knowledge of micro-segmented environments.

Knowledge of Python programming.

Advanced knowledge in SDWAN solutions.

Understand datacenter networking fabric topologies and common architectures deployed, both Layer 2 and Layer 3 based.

Familiarity or experience with architecting and operating micro-segmented environments.

Familiarity or experience with network automation or programming with Python.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Demonstrated leadership of large complex projects.

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