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Job Title:                Senior Network Engineer

Department:         IT

FLSA Status:        Exempt

Reports To:           Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure and Operations

Prepared Date:      8/07/2024

Reviewed Date:    8/07/2024

SUMMARY

A Senior Network Administrator manages the organization’s IT network infrastructure. Responsibilities include ensuring network performance, availability, and security. Key tasks involve configuring and maintaining network hardware such as routers, switches, and firewalls. They also handle communication protocols, security policies, and user access

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot the organization’s network infrastructure (including devices from Cisco, Palo Alto, and Meraki).
• Monitor network performance, analyze traffic, and provide capacity planning solutions.
• Interface with vendor support services during outages or system performance issues.
• Manage security and ensure compliance through vulnerability scans and patch management

• Maintain firewall rules and VPN tunnels
• Performs troubleshooting and assists others as required. As such, leads problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations.
• Ensures high availability and acceptable levels of performance of mission critical network environment.
• Partner with IT Security in the design, development, maintaining and enforcing procedures are followed to maintain security and protect network environment
• Provides security engineering input and support through the use of firewalls, IDS/IPS, various proxy gateway and other network security devices to provide in–depth protection from cyber security threats
• Oversee communication between servers within Hibbett I City Gear’s different area (Store Support Center, the warehouse, etc.)
• Stays current with technological developments in networking technology and recommends ways for Hibbett to take advantage of new technology
• Ensuring confidentiality, availability and integrity of network hardware and software components that provide fault tolerance, load balancing and security of data utilizing network techniques.        
• Participates in project meetings and acts as the senior Network SME to all facets of the business and IT.
• Follows and upholds the change management process to protect network from unauthorized or untested changes from occurring which can bring down or destabilize the network infrastructure. 
• Protect the company’s assets and financial information by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of internal control procedures and informing management and/or appropriate officials of potential fraud risk.
• This position will require the individual to be on a on-call  schedule.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No supervisory responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 7 -10+ years of experience
• Current CCNP, CCNA, MCSE, and CompTIA Network+
• certification required
• Strong working knowledge of the following
  • Routing and Switching, Security, Wireless, Data Center
  • Cisco Network Routers – Cisco IOS
  • Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
  • Network cabling – Punch downs, cross connects, and patch panels
  • Wireless Access Points
  • Wireless Access Controllers
  • VOIP Management and configuration
  • Cisco LAN architecture includes Ethernet, STP, VTP, VLANs, QoS, etc.

• Must be familiar with most of the following

• Managing and configuring a zero-trust environment
• Managing and configuring/maintain network monitoring software
• WAN accelerators
• IDS/IPS
• SD-WAN

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of generally accepted IT principles.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to type, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

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