Senior Network Engineer - Contract to Hire

Company Description

MCPc is a global endpoint management company focused on improving performance, security and sustainability for our clients. MCPc has a purpose, a strategy, and a set of values that animate everything we do.  We provide a wide range of services to our clients including Managed Security, Technology Logistics, IT Talent Solutions, IT Asset Management, and IT Asset Disposition. MCPc has consistently been recognized as one of the top companies in the area to work for and we are proud to have employee retention rates that far exceed the national average. MCPc has a strong commitment to Diversity and Inclusion as well as our Early Talent Program that offers opportunities for people of every education level. MCPc also has a strong commitment to giving back to the community through a variety of means including The Foundry, www.clevelandfoundry.org, which was created by our Founder/Chairman Michael Trebilcock.

Core Values

Principle

Understanding our client’s needs by applying the appropriate people, process, and technology to achieve the desired outcomes

Quality

Tailoring our services to each client’s individual circumstances by maintaining rigorous quality control that is accountable and predictable

Respect

We welcome the unique contributions of each member of the team by striving to communicate, listen and collaborate in everything we do.

Advancement

MCPc offers employees opportunities to enhance their skills and grow as people (career pathing for example).  

Innovation

MCPc Pioneers new approaches to technology management by measuring and quantifying the value of our services.

Community Commitment

We engage with organizations that address educational, cultural, and social needs.   We achieve this by enhancing career development, recreational and educational opportunities for the communities we serve. 

Benefits & Appreciation

• 401k matching and ROTH option
• Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision packages, and other benefit offerings
• Company sponsored events (picnics, cookouts, and volunteering opportunities)
• Company paid Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Career paths and advancement

Job Description

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining MCPC's dedicated client's complex network infrastructure to ensure low-latency, high-performance, and high-availability systems. This role is responsible for all aspects of their IT network including analyzing and troubleshooting system related issues, identifying, evaluating, and developing system solutions, and providing systems support. Your responsibilities will include, developing strategic and operational plans to introduce and deploy new network and data center infrastructure, ensuring security, availability, performance, quality, and responsiveness. You will hold a pivotal role in leading the initiative to transform and modernize the enterprise network and telephony environment to address the increasingly complex needs of resilience and cybersecurity. Reporting to the Division Director of Technical Services, this is a widely visible role, where you can bring your experience, vision, and creativity, to grow the team and technology solutions to meet the needs of the client. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ONSITE AT HIRAM OHIO LOCATION.

• Design and implement Network solutions:
  • Design, implement & deliver complex technical projects within a defined schedule covering LAN, WAN, WLAN, Wireless, SD-WAN, VPNs, NAC, and Zero Trust requirements.
  • Configure and install routers, switches, servers, and other network devices as needed.
  • Implement network engineering guidelines regarding performance, reliability, security, scalability by being able to complete installation, testing, and acceptance of network hardware and services.
  • Maintain local area networks including corporate office and manufacturing plant industrial networks, wide area network, and wireless network.
  • Provide technical and administrative environment monitoring throughout the enterprise, including networks and security, servers, virtualization, and critical services & applications
  • Manage the corporate telecommunications network infrastructure.
• Monitoring and performance optimization: 
  • Proactively monitor network performance and integrity. 
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to achieve optimal network efficiency and reliability. 
  • Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness.
• Troubleshooting and issue resolution: 
  • Rapidly diagnose and resolve network-related incidents and outages to minimize downtime and maintain uninterrupted business operations. 
  • Coordinate on-call responsibilities and responses to emergency production issues.
• Security:
  • Implement robust security measures to safeguard company IT infrastructure and protect against cyber threats and attacks
  • Create, oversee, and test security measures (e.g. access authentication and disaster recovery etc.)
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams:
  • Work closely with functions including engineering, operations, MES, application, system administrators, IT support, and other infrastructure team members to understand requirements and provide network solutions that align with business needs. 
  • Collaborate with the IT team to produce business-focused network solution design, development, and delivery.
• Network capacity planning:
  • Conduct regular capacity planning assessments to anticipate future requirements and ensure the network can scale to accommodate growing demands.
  • Suggest improvements to network performance, capacity and scalability with documented benefits.
• Stay updated with industry trends:
  • Keep abreast of the latest networking technologies, trends, and best practices, and evaluate their potential application to improve the client's infrastructure. 
  • Develop design documents and configuration/installation instructions for a wide variety of network equipment.
• Ability to respond to critical issues during off-hours and weekends as needed.
• Ability to travel up to 25% within the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related field from an accredited institution. 
• Minimum 7 Years of network engineering experience.
• Deep knowledge of network protocols, topologies, and architectures, with a focus on low-latency networks and proficiency in configuring and troubleshooting network devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls. 
• Strong technical knowledge, skills, and experience in multiple of the following areas:
  •  Cisco networking technologies (LAN / WAN / WLAN / VLAN)
  • Routing protocols such as BGP & OSPF.
  • Layer 3 designs, including VRRP, VRFs, and SDWAN
  • Layer 2 designs, including VLANs, MST and RSTP. 
  • ACL’s/Route maps/prefix lists, and objects
  • Wireless Control Systems, Access Points, and 802.1x, PKI, EAP, TLS technologies
  • VXLAN design, implementation, and support
  • Network storage technologies and file system management.
• Understanding of the implications of changes and events within your domain upon applications, and the business as a whole.
• Skilled and experienced with systems change control.
• Linux and Microsoft SQL Server experience.
• Strong analytical skills and have good written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, troubleshoot and problem solve beyond routine issues. 
• Strong teamwork approach to problem solving with the ability to make sound, independent decisions based on functional expertise and experience.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.