[Remote] Junior Network Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flagler Technologies is a managed services provider supporting client IT environments. The company is seeking a Junior Network Engineer to support and maintain network infrastructure, troubleshoot issues, monitor performance, assist with network changes and upgrades, and collaborate with senior engineers, clients, and vendors.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshooting switching, routing, wireless, firewall, VPN, and connectivity issues
- Monitoring network health, performance, and availability
- Assisting with network changes, firmware upgrades, and scheduled maintenance
- Maintaining accurate technical documentation
- Collaborating with senior engineers, clients, and vendors
Skills
- For this role, you should have hands-on experience in network engineering, network administration, or a similar networking-focused position
- You should have a strong understanding of networking fundamentals and be comfortable troubleshooting real-world network issues
- Switching and routing fundamentals
- VLANs, STP, IPsec, HSRP/VRRP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11 wireless, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, and QoS
- OSI and TCP/IP models
- Enterprise switches, routers, wireless infrastructure, and firewalls
- Network troubleshooting involving connectivity, routing, switching, performance, and infrastructure issues
- Network monitoring, diagnostic, configuration management, and traffic analysis tools
- Network firmware and software upgrades
- Production network changes and maintenance activities
- Developing and following implementation, testing, validation, and rollback procedures
- Maintaining configuration backups and recovery procedures
- Creating and maintaining technical documentation, procedures, and network diagrams
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills are important, but communication is equally important
- You'll need to clearly document your work, communicate with clients and other engineers, manage multiple priorities, and know when an issue should be escalated
- You must also be comfortable working in an MSP environment where you may support multiple clients, network architectures, vendors, and management platforms rather than focusing on a single network environment
- This is primarily a daytime position, with normal troubleshooting, monitoring, planning, testing, documentation, and engineering responsibilities performed during regular business hours
- Because network maintenance and production changes frequently need to occur outside normal business hours, you will also be expected to regularly participate in scheduled evening, overnight, and/or weekend maintenance activities
- A Cisco CCNA or equivalent practical networking experience is strongly desired
- A CCNP or equivalent advanced networking experience is a plus
- Cisco Catalyst switching
- Cisco Meraki
- Aruba networking technologies
- SolarWinds
- Aruba Central
- Cisco Catalyst Center
- MSP or multi-client networking environments
- Enterprise, hospitality, or multi-site networks
- Large-scale firmware or network infrastructure upgrade projects
- Formal incident, problem, configuration, and change management processes
Benefits
- 3 Weeks of Paid Time Off (vacation and sick time accrued, subject to manager approval).
- Healthcare Options with 75% of your premium covered.
- Dental & Vision Services.
- Group Life Insurance.
- 401k with up to 4% matching and immediate vesting.
- Access to industry training and certification reimbursement to support your continued growth.
- Opportunities to train and cross-train across multiple networking technologies and vendor platforms.
- Participation in knowledge transfer with Senior Network Engineers.
- A defined path toward a Senior Network Engineer position as you demonstrate technical competency, reliability, ownership, strong client communication, and the ability to independently manage increasingly complex environments.
- A company computer and peripherals will be provided.
- A stipend for a personal cell phone and reliable internet connection.
- Remote or Hybrid work arrangement
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