Sr. Network Engineer - Salt lake City, UT #113158

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PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

The Sr Network Engineer develops plans, designs, resource requirements and cost estimates for construction, maintenance projects and support involving enterprise high availability data center networks and multi-platform domestic and international data network connectivity. These efforts support large, customer-facing electric and gas utility and realty services, including Internet and mail hosting services and all corporate IT services at data centers, electric and gas transmission and distribution facilities and electric generation facilities. Plan and coordinate cross-functional or cross-company work, change management and resource availability. Monitors systems operations and adjusts operational plans accordingly. Act as a lead and/or technical resource to network engineer 1 and 2.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex data network plans for enterprise network upgrades and expansions. 
• Design and implementation of complex data systems, network configurations and network architecture, including hardware and software technology, site locations, business continuity, disaster recovery, and integration of technologies. 
• Provide network engineering expert resources in the disciplines of core routing, core switching, network security, network diagnostics and application load balancing. 
• Assess and resolve the most complex data network problems and incidents. 
• Review analyses and technical feasibility to develop data network deployment strategies. 
• Assess and review data network growth forecasts to ensure that business needs are translated into network capacity requirements.
• Lead and support efforts to resolve data network problems and incidents through root cause analysis and study of potential network deficits. 
• Provide leadership and mentorship to other department engineers and employees. 
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of additional related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree. A minimum of two years additional directly related technical experience is required.) 
• Five years of experience with data networking or general telecommunications experience. Technical skills including programming, installation, configuration, and data base management. 
• Expert level analysis and design skills involving the ability to gather data on systems issues, define alternative approaches, assess business impact, recommend cost effective solutions, and develop and implement those solutions. 
• Demonstrate expert proficiency in two or more of the following technologies and advanced skills and knowledge in the balance: Core routing - routing protocols and route redistribution using OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and RIP, network technologies including MPLS, VRFs, QoS, IPv6 and NAT Core switching - advanced data center switching using 10Gig, EtherChannel, FCoE, virtual port channels, virtual device contexts and power redundancy Network security - internet DMZ design support including advanced firewall experience and experience with tier one service provider networks, network ACLs and network authentication based on user and machine certificates and Radius Network diagnostics - expert protocol/packet analyzer Sniffer/SNORT experience, expert Netflow and performance analysis experience Application load balancing - expert application load balancing experience for performance optimization and highly available environments Miscellaneous - reverse proxy and proxy cache experience, design and support remote access systems, advanced knowledge of utility energy management and plant control network desirable, design and support BYOD solutions, advanced Cisco certification or demonstrate equivalent knowledge Advanced knowledge of current technologies, tools, applications, and vendors. 
• Effective oral and written communication skills. 
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently. 

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation. We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. 

Additional Information

Req Id: 113158 
Company Code: PacifiCorp
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY     
Department: PacifiCorp Corporate 
Schedule: FT 
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $119,400 - $140,400  
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15.00% of salary.  

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US 

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or

any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.