Lead Network Engineer

Under the supervision of the VP of Network Services, the Network Engineer-Admin is responsible to:
• While work closely with leadership, manage network administrative duties to ensure efficient and reliable network operations through delivery of vendor support and services contracts.
• Establish and maintain vendor services in a fiscally responsible and consistent manner.
• Contribute to the engineering, testing, and deployment of multiple projects and initiatives.
• Perform duties of a network engineer related to systems administration, change management, and support.
• Participate in the planning, implementation, maintenance, and operations of the company’s cloud and on-premises network infrastructure and services.
• Provide network and firewall systems operational support, incident response, and troubleshooting.

Essential Job Functions:


* Annual budget planning and reporting, vendor account management and service coordination, contribute to contract negotiations process, track, and manage recurring support renewals, seek cost savings opportunities, submit and track procurement requisitions, track receiving, and vendor invoice processing.


* Development and present technology analytics, documentation, and presentation materials.


* Champion collaborative initiatives across teams to deliver on bilaterally committed initiatives.


* Troubleshoot complex network issues in LAN/WAN and public cloud network infrastructures.


* Support multiple application and system owners to identify bottlenecks and other network performance issues; this includes an ability to understand, identify, and escalate chronic issues causing inefficient operations and impact.


* Establish and maintain network infrastructure configurations to established standards and guidelines to ensure optimal monitoring, performance, and network security posture.


* Position requires an ability to work independently in meeting recurring job duties, in addition to working collectively with team members as required.


* Lead collaboration with other team members and other teams to ensure technology solution and staff are in line with customer expectations and overall technology vision and goals.


* Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.


* Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes Oxley


* Evaluate industry trends, standards, and new technologies to proactively recommend and implement changes.


* Manage vendor support and account relationships.


* Provide backup coverage for more senior management, occasionally as needed.


* Mentor junior staff in skill development.


* At least 3+ years of experience in network administration, implementation, and support.


* Experience managing vendor and service provider relationships while managing recurring costs to budget.


* Display a knowledge of TCP/IP and predominant ...