Associate Network Engineer

Associate Network Engineer

Job Purpose and Impact

• The Associate Professional, Network Engineering job implements, maintains and participates in designing network infrastructure to provide reliable and secure communication across the organization. With limited supervision, this job partners to configure and handle network devices such as routers, switches and firewalls, performs regular maintenance and upgrades, monitors network performance, troubleshoots moderately complex issues, and provides suggestion to optimize and automate systems for efficiency and scalability. This job also supports security measures to protect against threats and maintain compliance with industry standards

Key Accountabilities

• NETWORK SOLUTIONS: Implements and partners to design network solutions to meet organizational needs, including creating network diagrams and blueprints.
• NETWORK DEVICES CONFIGURATION: Sets up and configures various moderately complex network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, virtual private networks and software defined networking to maintain optimal performance and security.
• TROUBLESHOOTING & DIAGNOSTICS: Performs moderately complex troubleshooting and diagnostics to resolve network issues, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining network reliability.
• NETWORK MAINTENANCE: Conducts routine maintenance and updates on network systems, including applying patches, service packs and security configurations.
• PERFORMANCE MONITORING & OPTIMIZATION: Monitors network performance and applies various tools to maintain system availability and reliability, and suggests necessary adjustments to optimize performance.
• SECURITY MEASURES: Sustains network security by implementing appropriate measures such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems and encryption technologies.
• DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: Implements and partners to develop disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in case of network failures.
• NETWORK AUTOMATION: Implements and partners to develop automation and tools to streamline network operations, including configuration management, device provisioning and software updates.

Qualifications

Minimum of 1 years of Network Security Engineering experience in enterprise environment (Firewall, VPN, Proxy) having good understanding of SSE & SASE solution. The person should have solid experience on CheckPoint Firewall / Cisco ISE / Forescout / MicrosoftSoft NPS with ability to design, implementation, operation, and troubleshooting skills. 

• Other minimum qualifications may apply. 

   

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Experience Level

Mid Level