Principal Network Engineer

Remote

Full Time

Experienced

Rightworks offers the only intelligent cloud purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals. Backed by award-winning around-the-clock support, our fully managed IT and applications ensure customers have secure, reliable, on-demand access to their technology. We provide a curated software ecosystem that simplifies the complexity of running an accounting firm or small business, supported by a community of thought leaders, peer networks, and educational resources. Our success is made possible by leveraging decades of specialized experience in leading accounting firms and technology companies. Thousands of Firms and SMBs count on us to run their business every day.

We have a great team, we’re growing fast, and have a winning culture based on innovation, teamwork, and mutual respect.

Job Overview

The Rightworks team is looking for a Principal Network Engineer. This person plans and delivers on network engineering design and implementation plans to meet Rightworks’ data communication needs in its data centers. This person supports the network services for both on premises and cloud-based implementations. This is a great opportunity to work in a team environment where you will be part of the engineering group that supports our corporate enterprise infrastructure.

Travel to Data Center sites is required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate effectively with other IT disciplines (e.g., Storage, Platform, Application) to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems
Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
Help drive network enhancements from concept to final implementation and support
Participate in disaster recovery development, exercises, and actual events
Collaborate with staff to support quality and maintainable systems
Contribute directly to the technical work of one or more projects
Participate in on call rotation and assist in resolving issues outside normal business hours
Maintain systems and documentation as needed for audits and compliance
Strong desire to keep technical skills current and remain abreast of emerging technologies

Requirements

7-8 years hands-on experience with designing, implementing, operating and troubleshooting IP networks in an enterprise/datacenter environment
Good knowledge and hands-on experience with Firewalls. Experience with Fortinet a plus
Good knowledge and hands-on experience with load balancing technologies and solutions
In-depth understanding of networking to include routing, switching, network monitoring and management. Experience with Cisco IOS and NXOS preferred
Good knowledge and hands on experience designing implementing and managing wireless infrastructure
Good knowledge and hands on experience working with and analyzing packet captures with the use of Wireshark
Good knowledge and hands-on experience in one of the following automation techniques: Powershell, Python, Rest APIs, and other related technologies
Good understanding of Windows server technologies including Active Directory, IIS, Failover Clustering, Hyper-V, etc. Linux experience a plus
Good knowledge and hands-on experience managing network services DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, VPN, etc.
Good knowledge and hands on experience complying with and enforcing industry security best practices
Good experience using Cloud services and technologies. Azure certifications a plus
Proactive, independent problem-solver who likes to be challenged, continuously learning
Ability to work and communicate effectively with remote teams
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, written and verbal communication skills
Ability to lift 50 pounds

Benefits

To provide best-in-class solutions, we need a best-in-class team. We offer competitive salaries to recruit the best talent. We provide company paid short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance and a generous 401K match. We offer highly affordable medical, dental, vision coverage, and many other valuable benefits. We offer a generous PTO bank, and numerous paid holidays, affording you the time to be there for what is important in your life. We encourage giving back to our communities by providing volunteer paid time off.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer!

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the employer.

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