IT Network Engineer

Why ProTrans International:

ProTrans International is committed to providing innovative logistics solutions that meet or exceed our customer's needs and expectations.

Our Network Engineer:

The Network Engineer, or Network Systems Engineer, is responsible for creating IT networks for businesses. Their duties include using their IT knowledge to develop company networks, coordinating with company leadership to identify network needs and providing assistance to employees and other individuals on how to use the network effectively.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining computer networks including VPNs, routers, switches, firewalls, network related SaaS, VoIP, and other physical hardware/software.
• Installing and configuring network equipment.
• Creating firewalls and updating virus protection software and data security systems to keep data and communications protected.
• Adapt to changing business needs, provide accurate and consistent data, implementing organizational data sharing while maintaining affordable costs.
• Envision solutions to complex problems and be able to explain and demonstrate them to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Regularly evaluate hardware, and software – EOL/EOS, Maintenance, Patching, Contracts, etc.
• Monitor the organization privacy and security.
• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
• Offer guidance in network infrastructure.
• Architect secure and robust solutions with redundancy & disaster recovery in mind.
• Identify problems and recommend solutions using evidence-based, data driven analysis.
• Produce estimates and lead the execution of approved work streams and tasks.
• Troubleshooting, resolving, and communicating networking issues to other employees and management
• Implementing disaster recovery procedures
• Maintaining current knowledge and understanding of security and networking best practices to offer the best solutions and protection to company systems

Your Work DNA:

• Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message, listening actively to others.
• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the (internal or external) customer's perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed. Effectively managing one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Business Savvy: Demonstrates a keen understanding of basic business operations and the organizational levers (systems, processes, departments, functions) that drive profitable growth; draws from personal experience to quickly evaluate business plans and processes to identify data or recommendations that need further investigation.
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills: Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; leveraging expert knowledge to accomplish results.
• Technology Savvy: Leveraging one's practical knowledge and understanding of recent technology tools, solutions, and trends to improve work results, solve work problems, and take advantage of new business opportunities.

Education and Experience:

• Expert Knowledge and comprehensive understanding of network services and networks.
• Expert Knowledge and production experience in designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and administering network & security infrastructure.
• In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of networking systems such as LAN, WAN, firewalls, routers, and switches.
• Strong understanding of IGMP, SD-WAN, BGP
• Ability to analyze and evaluate networks, identify issues, and provide solutions to ensure networks are operating efficiently.
• Knowledge on monitoring and improving infrastructure performance.
• Able to produce Entity-Relationship Diagrams
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) to properly articulate complicated networking reports to management and other IT partners.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously from design to implementation.
• Up to 30% travel
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5 – 7 years of qualified work experience required; Cisco CCNP a plus.