Senior Network Engineer

Company: Fisher Investments
Location: Plano
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Network Operations is a team of focused data transport professionals committed to the rapid and reliable delivery of Fisher's business information. Our scope is global, with on-prem and cloud interconnectivity being at the center of our role. -- The Opportunity: -- We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our dynamic Enterprise IT department. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our complex network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and scalability. You will design aspects of large-scale projects and engineer, test, document, and deploy network infrastructure solutions. You will manage technical aspects of assigned projects, including planning and resolving issues. The Senior Engineer works independently to provide technical solutions to solve complex challenges for both IT-facing and business-facing customers. You will also ensure the successful implementation of technology projects by working with Solutions Architecture, Operations, information security, and other departments. You will report to the Network Engineering Team Leader. -- The Day-to-Day:

• Design, deploy, and manage secure and scalable Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
• Configure and troubleshoot network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points
• Analyse new products and make recommendations for implementation
• Implement and maintain robust network security measures to protect against cyber threats
• Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and proactively recommend and implement solutions to improve network efficiency
• Automate routine network tasks to improve efficiency and free up time for strategic initiatives
• Document network configurations and procedures for future reference and knowledge transfer
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues that are escalated from lower support tiers
• Stay up-to-date on latest network technologies and security best practices Your Qualifications:
  • 7+ years' experience in Network Engineering
  • Fluency in Cisco routing and switching technologies
  • Experience with WAN, Campus, Data Center, Wireless, and networks at an enterprise scale
  • Experience with Cisco SD-WAN technologies Viptela and Meraki
  • Experience with firewalls and VPN devices
  • Solid knowledge of infrastructure systems including compute, OS, hypervisor, network, storage, database and security
  • Experience with load balancers
  • 3+ years of experience building, deploying and managing public cloud IaaS and PaaS services
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, or PowerShell
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) toolsets including (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
  • Fluency in complex BGP Routing, Diverse Cloud networking (AWS, Azure), cloud-hosted voice providers like Genesys Why Fisher Investments: -- We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:
    • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
    • A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
    • 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays--
    • Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance and back-up child, adult, and elder care
    • $10,000 fertility, hormonal health and family-forming benefit
    • Opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change. Based on tenure and performance eligibility, you will have the opportunity to work from home up to 75 days per year FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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