Systems Engineer – Network

Location: Beachwood, OH.

Summary Statement:

You will be working with a team of experts to develop, maintain and support Penske's cutting-edge network, storage, and server-based technologies.

What You Will Be Doing:

A System Engineer – Network’s main responsibility is to provide day-to-day support of the Company’s wide area and local area networks. They support, monitor, and maintain network hardware and WAN connectivity to ensure maximum operability. The System Engineer – Network is responsible to install and maintain remote locations networks. They manage and administrate the Company’s DNS, Cisco and Aruba devices to ensure proper connectivity. The incumbent monitors network stability and performance; bring nonperforming sites to the attention of management. They participate in DR testing and maintain detailed documentation of the primary and redundant network infrastructure. A System Engineer – Network will participate in multiple projects that have department or division-wide implications and impact. Such efforts will require cross-function involvement with IT groups and includes travel 5-10%. They are responsible for the creation of project plans, timelines, milestones, goals, and ownership. The position requires the ability to participate in afterhours tasks such as on-call responsibilities and organizational outage windows.

Major Responsibilities:

Technology:

• Management, maintenance, updating, and support of Company’s WAN.

• Identification and correction of location network connectivity issues

• Understanding and execution of TCP/IP skills and IP address subnetting

• Manage traffic in and out of network hardware (routers) to ensure maximum utilization

Project Management:

• Participate in the development and planning of projects.

• Identify and recommend solution to meet customer needs and implement chosen solution.

• Manage projects from identification of need to implementation and ongoing monitoring of system/solution performance.

Analytics:

• Involved in analyzing system/software performance and adjust network specifications based on any identified problems

• Analyze network connectivity to ensure that hardware is utilized at its highest capacity

• Perform network analysis and disaster recovery planning and testing for the Company’s WAN environment.

Customer Experience:

• Communicate with client groups on a regular basis to determine needs

• Work closely with customer’s leadership and project team during scope development and option analysis phase.

• Manage the projects and/or solutions to client group expectations

Qualifications:

• Associates degree required, advanced degrees preferred

• Cisco (CCIE/CCNP/CCDA/CCDP) – preferred

• 3-5 years of functional experience

• 1-2 years of project management (including mid-to-large scale projects, and managing multiple projects at one time)

• Experience and full fluency in the following hardware/software (depending on role):

• Cisco tools (routers, switches)

• Solarwinds Network Management Tool

• MPLS Site to Site

• Site-to-Site VPN implementations

• Infoblox IPAM Management

• IP Addressing schemes.

• Bandwidth / Circuit monitoring tools.

• Microsoft office applications (including Visio)

• Router, Switch and IP configuration experience is required

• Wireless Infrastructure knowledge is preferred including but not limited to Autonomous and Lightweight Architectures, 3G/4G/5G, 802.1x and other security conscious implementations including VPN solutions.

• •Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

• •Willingness to work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, travel as necessary, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Function: Software Engineering

Job Family: Information Technology

Address: 3000 Auburn Dr

Primary Location: US-OH-Beachwood

Employer: Penske Logistics LLC

Req ID: 2406072