Senior Network Engineer

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

The Sr. Network Engineer participates in all aspects of design, analysis, implementation and support of network platforms, software or other solutions to ensure the enterprise network complies with company and user requirements. Additionally, this individual will work with the management team to identify gaps in knowledge/experience within the team to ensure optimal network operations in support of business continuity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for architecture design, security, integration and management of network systems

• Provide ongoing daily support and optimization of enterprise data network systems

• Proficiency in multivendor networking environments in configuration of SD-WAN, firewalls, IPS/IDS systems, VPN, Routers, Wireless, and Switches (Cisco, Arista, Aruba, etc.)

• Proactively identify needs for improvements, capacity changes and upgrades. Plan and implement upgrades and patches

• Maintain proper change management documentation for all hardware and software modifications

• Collaborate with IT team, IT management, and Business Unit leaders to define and manage the IT Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for enterprise platforms and systems

• Troubleshoot, analyze and resolve faults in the operational network for ongoing day-to-day activities and serve as an escalation SME during outages

• Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve faults in the enterprise network for day-to-day activities and serve as an escalation point during enterprise outages

• Support network compliance and risk management activities

• Proactively collect, analyze, and report on network health and other statistics

• Evaluates and recommend new and emerging technologies in the networking domain

• Collaborate with IT management and IT purchasing team in support of negotiation and management of carrier services, software, and hardware maintenance contracts

• Work with IT team and IT management to evaluate and plan for hardware/software replacement and growth

• Serve as a technical lead/mentor for junior network engineers as part of team-based activities

• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation within IT networking team

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• BS degree in computer related field and 8 years network and operating system experience, or AA degree in computer science and 10 years of experience in Network design, test and maintenance or equivalent related experience (2 years' experience = 1 full year college studies)

• Experience with access control list (ACLs), VLANs, DNS, IPAM, Port Security, Traffic Shaping, Priority Queuing, Class of Service (CoS), Quality of Service (QoS), IP routing, SD-WAN, load-balancing, etc.

• Solid understanding of Layer 2 and 3 Protocols including Spanning Tree, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

• Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting using PRTG, Wireshark, or similar products

• Experience with Security Information Event Manager (SIEM) and/or other tools used in network cyber security efforts like network vulnerability analysis or Netflow analysis

• Experience supporting hybrid cloud network infrastructure (on-premises, AWS-G, and Azure Gov)

• Applicant must have experience with the design, provisioning and troubleshooting of WAN/LAN/WLAN and Security technologies

• Extensive knowledge and experience with IPV4 and IPV6

• Extensive knowledge and experience with Cisco or Arista Routing and Switching

• Extensive knowledge and experience with implementing and supporting 802.1X, PKI, SNMP, RADIUS, SYSLOG, TACACS, etc.

• Extensive knowledge and experience with Cisco Routers (ASR and ISR)

• Extensive knowledge and experience with Firewall and Security related technologies (Palo Alto preferred)

• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills

• Ability to interface well with CAE users and customers at all levels

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

• Ability to work weekends and evening hours as needed

• Ability to work under pressure and deliver results

• Able to generate and teach detailed procedures to IT Network staff

Preferred Skills

• CCNP or Arista ACE L5 required

• Experience with Arista SD-WAN

• Experience with Cisco hardware and software (ASA, ACS or ISE, Prime, UCS)

• Experience with Infoblox IPAM

• Experience with Arista CloudVision Platform

• Experience with Palo Alto Networks hardware and software (NGFWs, Panorama, Site-to-Site VPN, Client VPN)

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required.

• The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear, in person, in meetings and by telephone.

• Manual dexterity to operate computers or other standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.

• Able to support rack mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground)

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at hrops@caemilusa.com

Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com.