Network Engineer jobs in Illinois

The Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, configuring, and deploying a broad range of critical multi-platform IT infrastructure, involving networking, storage, backup/recovery, security and virtualization technologies.  They will be responsible for providing operational support and ongoing improvement of our IT infrastructure inclusive of related incident/ problem management implementation of changes, monitoring, and patch/vulnerability management. The position includes serving as a technical subject matter expert to other functional teams, and will lead the technical solution delivery of infrastructure related projects/improvements.  

 WHAT YOU'LL DO: 

• Partner with application developers, and other technical peers to create scalable multi-platform infrastructure solutions with understanding of functional dependencies and business impact.
• Coordinate and execute projects associated with the design, installation, configuration and deployment of multi-platform systems (cloud and on-premise), virtualization, firewall/VPN, backup/recovery, storage, and wifi technologies.
• Contribute to and support disaster recovery activities and planning, inclusive of testing and documenting recovery scripts and procedures.
• Develop and administer backup systems to recover data.
• Maintain servers’ OS updates and current patches.
• Maintain network security in accordance with established protocols.
• Perform daily provisioning configuration changes. 
• Monitor data center operations and identify potential issues, provide operational guidance and take actions to correct issues.
• Participate in and represent IT Operations in the Change Management process.
• Participate in network capacity measurement and planning, assist with detailed technical planning for future initiatives.
• Resolve incidents escalated from the Service Desk.
• Provide evaluation of new systems technologies.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems involving servers, network infrastructure, storage, switches, backup/recovery and disaster recovery.
• Adding, removing and changing server infrastructure as necessary to meet the demands of the business. 
• Maintain security and monitoring tools to provide first line of security configurations and proactive security expertise for our network.
• Learn new IT platform technologies and features as needed to meet changing business requirements.
• Assist other team members with hardware upgrades, configuration changes, and maintenance as needed.
• Participate in rotating on-call after hour/weekend operations support coverage

 WHO YOU ARE: 

• Demonstrated engineering experience with virtualization (e.g VMware), backup/recovery/business continuity, patch/vulnerability management, and cloud-based platform management technologies and operational duties in a production setting. 
• Good understanding of storage network environments to include topology as well as performance characteristics.
• Experience with core system administration (e.g. patch management, OS layer, security, backup, restore, monitoring, and maintenance).
• Experience with enterprise networks (WAN/LAN), VLAN, and public cloud networks.
• Familiarity with firewalls, Exchange/0365 administration, VDI, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, AWS, or Azure platforms is a plus.  
• Familiarity with cloud-based network configurations and workloads is a plus. 
• Proficient in MS Power Point or Visio to transform technical information into concise and clear presentations.
• Experience in technical solution delivery for small to medium size initiatives.
• Experience with IT Change Management tools and Help Desk processes, ITIL a plus.
• Strong time and priority management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Able to interface at various levels of corporate positions and management.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: 

• Work History Requirements:
  • Requires minimum 3 - 5 years of progressive network engineering experience 
  • Prior experience in the definition, design, development, delivery, and support of the IT Infrastructure of a large scale business with emphasis on networking, storage, and security.  
• Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in a related field

 WHAT WE OFFER:  

• Competitive compensation 
• Medical, dental, & vision coverage
• Hybrid Work Schedule  
• Generous PTO policy 
• Summer/Flex Hours all year round 
• Learning & Development Opportunities 
• Progressive Wellness Program 
• 401k matching program 
• Generous Profit Sharing contribution 
• FUN work environment with many company sponsored events  

WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES SAY: 

“Teamwork and collaboration are key factors to success at NETWORK. The learning is constant, every single day is different than the previous day and you are always exposed to new challenges. The entire NETWORK team strives to be the best for each other and our many customers.” 

– Current NETWORK Employee    

Our PEOPLE and CULTURE are the most important ingredient for our success at NETWORK. That’s because constant feedback is in our DNA and HOW you do it is as important as WHAT you do. 

NETWORK is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce.