Job Title:

Senior Network Administrator (Data Center)

Type of Position:

DIRECT HIRE

Candidate Requirements:

This role is open only to US Citizens and Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Other work authorizations (including but not limited to H1B, F1-OPT, F1-CPT, or TN visas) are not permitted for this position. This role is NOT open to corp2corp (C2C) or C2H (corp2hire) - no exceptions. Offer may be contingent on successfully completing standard pre-employment screenings, which may include a drug test (including cannabis) and a background check.

Job Location:

Lansing, MI (hybrid role).

Compensation:

We are generally seeking $100K/yr to $130K/yr depending on experience (but there may be some additional flexibility for well qualified candidates).

Benefits:

Available (and very competitive).

Job Description:

HRU Technical Resources has partnered with a publicly owned utility providing electricity, natural gas, water, and energy services to the greater Lansing, MI area. We’re seeking to hire a Senior Network Administrator to complement specific strengths and weaknesses in the existing team. We are looking for candidates who have extensive knowledge and experience in data centers (as this role will be focused on our data centers in the Lansing, MI area). This includes demonstrated senior-level capability in NX-OS, ACI, OSPF, BGP, Palo Alto Firewalls, and S2S. Knowledge and experience with MDS and UCS are an advantage. The role is responsible for planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all local and wide area network connections, network devices, associated software, and communication links. This person will also troubleshoot network performance issues, as well as analyze network traffic and provide redundancy, quality of service, and capacity planning solutions. We would love to have you be a part of our dynamic and growing team!

Essential Functions:

• Able to complete most level 3 tickets related to network administration and the data center, including basic route/switch and ACI configuration without assistance.
• Able to independently complete all level 2 support tickets related to network administration without assistance.
• Able to handle all level 3 tickets under the guidance of more senior network administrators or vendor technical support.
• Able to participate in the on-call rotation with as needed assistance from system administrators or more senior network administrators.
• Competently execute nearly all on-call tasks with limited assistance from more senior system administrators.
• Technically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for the organization in at least one core technology and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching.
• Competent with VTP, ISL, 802.10, STP, RSTP, vPC, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and ACI Datacenters.
• Competent with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.
• Actively monitors the health of network resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years.
• Able to self-manage small discrete technical projects including limited requirements to delegate tasks to others or obtain assistance to others without management involvement.
• Independently author standards documents for use within the department.
• Create complete drafts of documents for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise.
• Lead planning and execution of upgrades, patching, and long-term strategy for the network technologies you are assigned as a primary owner.
• Provide mentoring and training to less senior system administrators in both technical and professional areas.
• Actively engaged helping both peers and junior personnel raise the bar on their performance.
• Research and determine new technologies to be deployed to meet evolving needs of the organization.
• Competent with the majority of the core technologies in use at the organization.
• Self-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management.
• Executes a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process.
• Demonstrates a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• CCIE required or equivalent experience. (Note that for equivalent experience, candidates must provide a letter outlining work experience covering each point tested in the certification.)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management, Computer Science or similar.
• 8 to 10 years of experience as a Network Administrator / Engineer. We may consider more or less experience depending on all the factors (eg: specific experience, certifications, etc).
• Certification in one or more technologies: Cisco routing and switching, MPLS and other Internet/Telephony technologies, Cisco Unified Call Manager, Cisco ACI, ISE and/or Radius Firepower, VOIP telephony, specifically Cisco Call Manager, VPN and Tunnel setup and management, DNS, DHCP, other standard networking technologies, Cloud networking including AWS and Azure, Competent with both CLI and GUI configuration of Cisco 9k,7k,6k,5k,3k,2k devices
• Knowledge designing and implementing VLANs.
• Clearly able to navigate charged political or interpersonal situations to calm the waters and focus on remediation of technical challenges.
• Ability to work effectively with vendor technical support such as TAC, ability to work in a team environment.
• Able to produce clear, professional written and verbal communication that clearly and concisely communicates technical content in a manner appropriate for the intended audience.
• Ability to retrieve data from computerized, typed, and written sources.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally or in writing project recommendations with internal teams and external agencies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Work Environment / Other Info:

• This will be a 1st (day) shift role (standard typical work hours). That said, candidates must be able to come on-site as needed (EG: major outages or upgrades). On-call rotation required; some weekend work possible if outages occur.
• This is a hybrid role, generally 1-2 days in office, 3-4 days working from home. This can vary however depending on operational needs.
• Offer may be contingent on passing a background check and drug screen.
• EOE (including Disability/Veterans)

How to Apply for This Job:

To apply for this position, please follow these steps: Apply for this job with your current resume. We’ll get back to you the same day with some feedback on your application. Next you’ll be invited to an online screening conversation so we can go over the job requirements together and you can ask questions. After this stage we’ll give you more feedback on your application and select the candidates to move forward in the process. Typically steps 1 to 4 takes less than 24 hours.

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