About the role
- Install, configure, and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and other network infrastructure devices.
- Configure and maintain secure remote connectivity using IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, Site-to-Site VPN, and GRE tunnels.
- Implement network redundancy, high availability, failover, and disaster recovery networking solutions.
- Configure and manage enterprise firewalls, Access Control Lists (ACLs), NAT, IDS/IPS, and network segmentation.
- Support the implementation of Zero Trust networking principles and enterprise cybersecurity best practices.
- Troubleshoot networking issues across LAN, WAN, Internet, VPN, MPLS, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Monitor network availability, utilization, latency, throughput, and overall performance to ensure maximum uptime and service reliability.
- Assist in integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud networking environments.
- Configure and maintain core network services including DNS, DHCP, NTP, SNMP, Syslog, RADIUS, TACACS+, and AAA.
- Perform network capacity planning, upgrades, patching, firmware updates, and infrastructure optimization.
- Monitor network infrastructure using enterprise monitoring and logging platforms.
- Analyze traffic patterns, identify bottlenecks, and recommend performance improvements.
- Maintain accurate network documentation, IP addressing plans, topology diagrams, rack layouts, configuration backups, and disaster recovery documentation.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and change management activities.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security policies, operational standards, and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, systems, and operations teams to support infrastructure projects and service improvements.
- Configure and support Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking technologies including VLANs, STP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP/HSRP, static routing, and inter-VLAN routing.
