IT - Network Engineer - Full-time / Part-time

Overview:

At Home (NYSE: HOME) is the leading home decor superstore that dedicates more space per store to home decor than any other player in the industry. We are focused on providing the broadest assortment of products for any room, in any style, for any budget. We utilize our space advantage to out-assort our competition, offering over 50,000 SKUs throughout our stores. Our differentiated merchandising strategy allows us to identify on-trend products and then value engineer those products to provide desirable aesthetics at attractive price points for our customers. Over 70% of our products are unbranded, private label or specifically designed for us. We believe that our broad and comprehensive offering and compelling value proposition combine to create a leading destination for home decor with the opportunity to continue taking market share in a large, fragmented and growing market.

General Scope:

• Serve as a tier 3 engineer and team lead for a wide variety of Cisco and other network technologies.
• Must be a senior IT professional who is polished, articulate and presentable with exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to manage an enterprise switched network.
• Experience with security, IDSIPS and web proxies.
• Understand Active Directory, network account integration and Cisco ACS.
• Experience managing and deploying networking technologies (LAN/WAN and wireless).
• Industry savvy, with the ability to quickly understand and converse with fluency to provide solutions for both immediate and long term business needs
Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architecting network solutions for new site or projects.
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting firewall, router and switch problems.
• Install, maintain and upgrade equipment and its associated infrastructure.
• Upgrading Cisco IOS, VOIP and proxies softwar
• Provides network and host based security, incident response, firewall and VPN management and administration
• Remain current on emerging technologies
• Manage projects and maintenance tasks working with the Track-IT ticketing system assets
• Monitors Network for usage anticipate and identify problems suggest solutions
• Implement the necessary controls and procedures to protect information systems
• Perform other tasks as requested by the IT Director

JOB SKILLS, ABILITIES

• General understanding of VoIP equipment and operation including Cisco Call Manager
• Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and MS AD) and possess an understanding of how to support these applications /protocols when access through VPN and Firewall appliances
• Understanding and implementation of network traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, stateful inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication and authorization technology
• Hands on experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL, VPN. WebVPN, Anyconnect, DMVPN etc.)
• Willingness to mentor more junior staff members
• Identifies, researches, and resolves technical problems.
• Documents, tracks and monitors the problem to ensure a timely resolution.
• Experience in a fast paced support environment in a Corporate Office as a member of a 24x7x365 network operations team
• Expert-level skills with Windows and Mac OS
• VMware enterprise administration experience a plus
• Ability to learn quickly new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources

Qualifications:

BA or BS in a technical field or a relevant combination of education and experience

Appropriate Cisco Certifications

5 years minimum experience working in a senior Network Engineer role

Intermediate to expert understanding of firewall configurations and maintenance, experience with Palo Alto equipment preferred

Intermediate to expert with configuration, installation, troubleshooting and supporting

• Palo Alto – Deployment and setup
• Solarwinds – Deployment and Setup
• SOX and PCI Requirements
• Aruba Wireless Networks
• AS400 – iSeries network environments
• Retail Store network configurations (PCI)
• BGP Networks
• Data Center Network Best Practices

Documenting and explaining network topologies

• Understanding and diagram existing network
• Diagram, explain and plan for future upgrades and enhancements
• Experience deploying and maintaining an enterprise campus and remote Wi-Fi network securely

Understanding and implementing VLAN and ACL best practices for compliance

• PCI requirements

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