Network Engineer I

Network Engineer I Location Hybrid remote in Rock Island, IL :

As a Network Engineer at Modern Woodmen, you would be responsible for the full life cycle of our network infrastructure. This would include actively participating in the daily operational activities and support of the Network Services team, which includes providing proactive maintenance and performing independent complex troubleshooting.

What would you do?

• Design, install and configure complete network infrastructures.
• Maintain servers and systems for optimized performance.
• Support, administer, optimize, and secure server and network technologies.
• Write scripts and automate processes where possible.
• Ensure that operational aspects are covered in relation to system backup and recovery processes and procedures.
• Document and create policies and procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and efficient administration of systems.
• Monitor and tune system hardware and software to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot operational and performance issues.
• Participate in capacity planning for the network and network services to maintain adequate performance levels for Modern Woodmen.
• Mentor, coach and train less experienced members of the team and user communities.
• Provide Help Desk support for network infrastructure and server related incidents.
• Participate in occasional night and weekend work as required to implement changes during designated change windows.
• Participate in live site support and incident resolution that may include on-call rotation (24x7).
• Create and maintain relationships with software, hardware, and third-party vendors.
• Monitor and maintain software licensing and maintenance agreements.
• Research emerging technologies and maintain up-to-date knowledge on vendors and their product lines.
• Contribute to the development of goals, policies, and procedures for the Network Services team.
• Assist Network Services Supervisor with annual planning and budgeting.

What do we expect from you?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or a combination of education and experience.
• Experience related to job title.
• Self-starter with excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Extremely detail orientated for all responsibilities.
• Display work behaviors of high integrity and honesty.
• Able to take direction and follow established processes and procedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate a high level of problem solving and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of the following technologies preferred:
  • Network infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, security, and server administration.
  • Cisco/Arista: routing, switching, and wireless.
  • Meraki: MX, MS, and MR.
  • Firewalls: Palo Alto (network), VMware NSX (distributed), Windows Defender (host).
  • Load Balancers: F5, NSX, and Azure.
  • VMWare technologies: vSphere, NSX, Cloud Foundation, and Aria Operations.
  • Microsoft technologies: Active Directory, PowerShell, O365, and Azure.
  • Backup & Storage technologies: Pure, NetApp, and Rubrik.
  • VoIP technologies: Microsoft Teams and E911.
  • APIs, scripting languages, configuration management, automation, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.

Additional information about this opportunity:

• Annual salary range for this position will be $80,000 to $100,000 based on experience.
• This is a hybrid position (3 days in office/2 days work from home (WFH) per week), located at Modern Woodmen's home office in Rock Island, IL. Must be able to work in the office 5 days per week for initial job training. Some WFH days during training would be allowed on a case-by-case basis.
• This is a full-time position: 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day), Monday-Friday, with flexible start time between 7:00AM-9:00AM.

• Full-time benefits include:

• Company-paid retirement plan
• Matching 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Prescription drug Insurance. We pay 100% of employee health insurance premium and 50% of employee dependents' premiums.
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time.
• 11 Paid holidays
• Voluntary benefits: Vision, Flexible Savings Accounts, Accident Insurance

Modern Woodmen is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to maintain a culture of respect and are committed to diversity and inclusion for all employees .