Network Engineer - Remote

About Ferguson

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers' complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Network Engineer to join the IT Network Engineering team, within the Ferguson IT organization.

Key requirements for this role are Cisco, SD-WAN, and Meraki experience. The Network Engineer is responsible for providing day-to-day high level engineering support for the organization's network infrastructure, hosting approximately 1,400 locations. Responsible for supporting tactical and strategic operation of LAN/WAN/WLAN/SD-WAN, Meraki and VPN communications, including data traffic, data security, and problem resolution.

Location: This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively design/manage all WAN/LAN, WLAN, VPN, and Network Infrastructure.
• Work in tandem with other engineers and architects, the Network Operations Center (NOC), Security Operations Center (SOC), incident responders, technology infrastructure and development team members.
• Troubleshoot all network infrastructure.
• Proactively research, analyze and recommend new technologies to meet changing business needs.
• Improve the infrastructure's uptime, performance and reliability.
• Establish and implement standards and policies for all network infrastructure.
• Optimize network performance for scalability, reliability and usability.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to design/changes in network infrastructure.
• Configure, troubleshoot and scale load balancing platforms, with a focus on F5-based/specific environments.
• Design network configuration settings for internal and external systems, including modification of DHCP, VPN, SD-WAN and VLANs.
• Modify both core and edge routers and switch configurations as needed.
• Support team on escalated major incidents technical infrastructure issues and follow through to satisfactory resolution.
• Coordinate installation, repair or maintenance of network hardware equipment.
• Partner with IT Service Delivery, NOC and Operations Managers to maintain hardware and software inventory.
• Own Disaster Recovery planning, development and implementation for network infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with IT Security and Governance processes, such as Change control, SOX and PCI.
• Identify and implement technical and service improvements.
• Ensure technology documents/certificates are evaluated, updated and processed.
• Ensure networks and associated software applications are operational; ensure hardware and software is patched and/or updated.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 3+ years of experience or more of Data Center, SDWAN, Cloud, Wireless, Load-Balancer, Routing, Firewall, Monitoring technologies.
• Associate's degree in computer science, information assurance, MIS, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Technical background in Network Engineering including Cisco (Nexus/Catalyst), Meraki, Palo, SDWAN technologies (Versa/Cisco/Silverpeak) and general Information Security knowledge.
• Highly technical and analytical expertise, with a proven deep background (preferred 7+ years' IT experience) in technology design, implementation, and delivery.
• Experience in network engineering, including large scale design, datacenter (hosted and cloud), and local LAN technologies.
• Solid understanding of network protocols.
• Experienced with Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Excellent written, oral, instructional, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Technical Certifications are preferred; CCIE, CCNP, or CISSP are desirable.

Project Coordination Skills

• Excellent ability to organize, prioritize, and document work with minimal direction.
• Lead, mentor and empower individuals and team members.
• Ability to travel up to 5% as needed.
• Establish operational plans and implement strategic goals.
• Solve complex problems without defined procedures.
• Highly proficient communication skills and ability to effectively present to senior and executive leadership.

Benefits

At Ferguson, we care for each other. We value our well-being just as much as our hard work. We are committed to a holistic approach towards benefits plans and programs that support the mental, physical and financial well-being of our associates. Our competitive offering includes health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, mental health coverage, gender affirming and family building benefits, paid parental leave, associate discounts, and more.

Pay Range

The estimated pay range for this position is $5,444.76 - $9,537.00 monthly. This role is Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible. The specific rate will depend on a candidate's qualifications and prior experience.

Ferguson Enterprises, LLC. is an equal employment employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.