Job Description:
Network Management Consultant
Pacific Life is investing in its global network and security to support its digital transformation journey. As such, we are searching for a Network consultant to join a small team to help us transform our network and to protect our customers and brand.
As a Network Management Consultant, you will be required to design, implement, maintain, and support our growing network infrastructure. This person will also collaborate with our corporate security team to design and build security controls to protect our environment. The successful candidate will have served in a similar role in a Fortune 500 environment and will have significant experience in supporting global networks.
If you're experienced in building network security controls, you're a great fit for this role. Technical capabilities aside, if you're a mission-driven self-starter who's comfortable with ambiguity, and who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative culture, you're a perfect fit for Pacific Life.
Here, we believe you should be given the time, space, and trust to do your best work - your way. As part of our transition toward a more digitally oriented, inclusive and employee-focused company, we're opening this role to candidates near Newport Beach, CA; Omaha NE or Lynchburg, VA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Implement products, platforms, software, hardware, or appliance-based solutions related to network and network security.
Solve unique or complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
Interface with management and vendors to develop and implement new solutions to meet business requirements.
Multi-site datacenter design, migrations and buildouts with disaster recovery planning and implementation.
Multi-site WAN/MAN/SDWAN design, implementation and support.
Design, implementation and support of cloud environment connected to the enterprise network (direct, VPN)
Design and manage the rollout of various network infrastructures with necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization
Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations
Maintain network security across the global enterprise; analyze networks for security threats. Monitor organization's networks for security breaches and investigates violations when they occur.
Use network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization reporting
Develops technical documentation describing the deployment, configuration, and management of network infrastructure.
Participates in IT security audits. Responds to existing audits and ensures required controls are implemented as required.
Builds strong relationships outside of IT to understand business needs. Communicates complex details in a way that people can understand. Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the products, empathizing with and understanding user needs.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
Must have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
Extensive experience of Cisco ACI and buildout/migration of the multi-site datacenters.
Candidate must have advanced technical skills and experience with the following L2 and L3 protocols and technologies such as ACI, IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Be familiar with Cisco IOS, IOS-XE and NXOS.
Candidate must be familiar with various platforms - NetScaler, Riverbed, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus). Knowledge of Juniper and HPE routing/switching equipment is a plus.
Must have an understanding of open-source and other tools to assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis.
Must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail
Minimum - Cisco CCIE R&S or Datacenter certification. AWS certified solutions architect certifications is a plus.
Flexible schedule, including the ability to work nights and weekends
B.S/MS in Engineering and/or Computer Science or equivalent experience
At Pacific Life, the work we do matters. That's why you'll find those who work passionately each day to drive our company forward enjoy job security, flexible scheduling and great opportunities for career growth. If you're seeking a thriving career doing the type of meaningful work that's all too rare at a Fortune 300 Company, you're the perfect cultural fit for our team.
How We Help You Succeed:
We're fostering a culture of shared values across our company by providing generous compensation and comprehensive benefits that allow our employees to find fulfillment and security in personal life and career alike. These include:
Competitive Salary and Benefits
Work-Life Balance & Flexible Scheduling
Medical, dental, and vision as part our commitment to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees
Two retirement savings plans: 401k savings plan with company match and Company Retirement Contribution (company-paid)
Generous PTO and holiday pay
Warm Colleagues & Inspiring Culture
EEO Statement:
Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.