SrNetwork engineer - national veterinary associates
National veterinary associates (nva™) is the largest private owner of freestanding veterinary hospitals, pet resorts and specialty pet hospitals in the united states, canada, australia new zealand, and newly singaporeEach general practice hospital, specialty hospital and pet resort operates under their own brandWith rapid annual growth through acquisition, nva needs people with the ability and knowledge to manage the operation today and tomorrow scale to support a much larger and complex organization.
A cornerstone of the nva culture is a servant leadership approach to our business, our hospitals, our pet resorts and our teamsWe find people who exemplify the same servant leadership approach are best suited for nvaWe are a community dedicated to the love of animals and the people who love them.
National veterinary associates is looking to hire a network engineer to join our growing business technology and operations teamThe network engineer is responsible for managing network infrastructure including wan, firewall, sdwan, ip telephony, and 802.11 wireless.
The team is in an exciting phase of implementing next generation technologies to support the business in the coming years, and the right candidate will be central in helping to scope and deploy these services to our hospital footprint.
Roles/responsibilities
Demonstrates outstanding customer service skills and empathy.
Design, deploy, monitor, and maintain the network infrastructure that supports the nva hospitals, resorts and support centers.
Document configuration of new and replacement hardware, addition of new services and platforms
Write kbs for the three levels of support staff in the service center for the solutions you deploy, enable visibility and action to improve incident resolution and reduce escalations
Create and maintain security rulesets across the environment
Assist the telecom team with data circuit provisioning and consultation on new deployments
Future planning, designing and strategy around sdwan and security
Support the security team with their initiatives and projects
Design, deployment, and troubleshooting of ip telephony voip solutions
Ability to perform some system administration in a microsoft windows environment
Desired skills
Driven to solve problems and make things better
Always thinks clearly in difficult situations and knows when to escalate and ask for help
Always works calmly in urgent or stressful situations and can de-escalate contentious situations (supporting hospitals where the end users could be in a panic/angry)
Highly self-motivated and directed.
Keen attention to detail.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Experience working in and contributing to a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Enterprise, multi-site (wan), branch office environment
Understanding of cloud technologies
Strong understanding of route/switch fundamentals, dmvpn experience a plus
Experience creating application based firewall rulesets
Router configuration and troubleshooting including high availability and wan failover
Ip telephony / unified communications experience in a multi-site, multi-vendor environment
7+ years direct technical experience.
Ccna (r+s, collaboration), ccna (security), ccnp (r&s, collaboration), ccnp (security), or equivalent experience
Palo alto certifications and experience preferred
Nva is an equal opportunity employerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic informationThis role is not eligible for visa sponsorshipHiring is contingent on candidate verifying their eligibility to work in the united states and passing a complete background check and drug screen.
This role is not open to receiving agency candidates and any contingent submissions will not be honored.
