Who is a Senior Network Engineer?
A Senior Network Engineer is an individual who is responsible for overseeing the workflow involved to maintain an organization’s enterprise network. They design and execute the organization’s network infrastructure while resolving advanced support issues. They are also responsible for the management of junior network engineering employees.
What does a Senior Network Engineer do?
A Senior Network Engineer creates and designs computer networks for a company and with a promise that they will work properly. The network created by them must be balanced enough to work well and regulate data flow easily. They are mostly held accountable for any issues in the network and he/she has the duty to find a solution for the same with his/her problem-solving skills.
Job brief
Our company is on the lookout to hire an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our engineering team. In order to be successful in this job, you should possess extensive working experience with enterprise networks, along with high-level managerial skills, and excellent project management skills.
If you can ensure that the network team of the company performs as a cohesive unit, while maintaining the growing performance and stability of the network, this position could be the right fit for you.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Installing, configuration, and troubleshooting of the network architecture
- Monitoring and diagnosing issues with performance in the network architecture
- Design and implementation of business solutions while using network equipment
- Create and update documentation for the system and curate network diagrams
- Deal with network support issues
- Present network status reports periodically
- Conduct network performance tests daily and report issues to the CTO
Key requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science or related field
- 4+ years of previous work experience as a Network Engineer
- Experience in managing teams
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in network operating systems like IOS, JUNOS, Cisco
- Basic knowledge of hardware networks
- Basic coding proficiency; example: Python, Java, C++
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills
