Description
General Summary of Job Responsibilities
The Senior Network Engineer plays a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network infrastructure. This role includes hands-on configuration of networking hardware, troubleshooting advanced issues, and ensuring availability and performance across LAN/WAN environments. The Senior Network Engineer collaborates with IT and security teams to ensure network solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Participate in planning and execution of disaster recovery strategies.
- Conduct network performance tuning, capacity planning, and fault analysis.
- Document configurations, network diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide escalation support for complex issues.
- Evaluate and deploy new network tools and technologies to improve operations.
- Provide input to network strategy and roadmaps.
- Design and implement network solutions to meet business and technical requirements.
- Configure and manage routing and switching protocols, firewalls, VPNs, and wireless systems.
- Other duties as assigned or may be necessary
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Demonstrates excellent teamwork and embodies the virtues of being humble, hungry, and people smart Professional Standard Professional Standard
- Deep knowledge of routing, switching, and security protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IPSec).
- Proficiency with enterprise networking platforms.
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Demonstrates initiative and leadership in technical problem solving.
Education/Experience
- Bachelor's degree in related field and 2+ years of experience with firewalls, VPNs, wireless, VoIP, and network monitoring tools. 4+years of hands-on experience in IT or Network Administration.
- [OR] Associate's degree in related field and 4+ years of experience with firewalls, VPNs, wireless, VoIP, and network monitoring tools. 6+years of hands-on experience in IT or Network Administration.
- [OR] high school diploma and 6+ years of experience with firewalls, VPNs, wireless, VoIP, and network monitoring tools. 8+years of hands-on experience in IT or Network Administration.
Contact
Consumers Energy
1 Energy Plz
Jackson
Michigan United States
www.consumersenergy.com
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