Erickson Senior Living Hiring for Network Engineer 2 at Baltimore, MD(remote) Full Time

Location:

Erickson Senior Living

Erickson Senior Living, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland is a national provider of senior living and health care with campuses in 11 states—and growing.  Erickson Senior Living develops and manages senior living communities and health services across the country. We achieve industry–leading results in customer satisfaction, driving high occupancy, and positive health outcomes.

We are hiring a Network Engineer who ensures the stability and integrity of data, voice, video, and wireless network services. This position plans, designs, installs, configures, maintains, and optimizes all network hardware, software, and communication links and resolves hardware and software network problems.

How you will make an impact:

• Coordinate and collaborate with server engineering, business application, and database administration function to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of network to meet business demands.

• Maintain policies, procedures and associated training plans for network resource administration, appropriate use, and disaster recovery.

• Interact with vendors and contractors to secure network products and services.

• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.

• Manage all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, wireless equipment, virtual appliances and PON devices.

• Ensure network connectivity of all communities, servers, telephony equipment and end user devices.

• Administer all network equipment, hardware and software upgrades.

• Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.

• Recommend, schedule, and perform network improvements, upgrades, and repairs.

• Manage security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems.

• Monitor IT Service Management database for entries on network and network resource issues; prioritize and respond to service/incident tickets as appropriate.

• Receive and respond to incoming calls, pages, and/or e-mails regarding network connectivity problems for on and off-hours.

• Follow standard practices and SOP’s.

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What we offer:

• Competitive benefits packages including medical, dental, vision, and PTO

• 401k for all employees 18 and over. Company contribution up to 3% once eligible.

• Education assistance, certification reimbursement, and student loan refinancing partnership programs are available.

• Onsite medical centers, providing wellness visits and sick care for all employees over 18 years of age.

• A “career for life” approach to professional and personal development for our greatest asset; our employees. 

• Free onsite parking at all of our communities and corporate offices

• A culture of diversity and inclusion, which builds on our values, vision, and mission

• Compensation commensurate with experience starting at $85000

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What you will need:

• Moderate understanding of wireless AP design/layout to provide adequate coverage; wireless client association and authentication; troubleshooting signal coverage and client access issues; backend RADIUS server configuration/maintenance.

• Moderate understanding of both on-premises and cloud-based network infrastructure environments, with experience both managing and implementing the environments

• Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards.

• Hands-on hardware troubleshooting experience.

• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree required, or in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, a candidate with a minimum five years’ experience in a technical analytical position responsible for managing network environments may also be considered.

• Five years minimum experience in a Network or Server Administrator position.

• Industry certifications such as Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCSP, and /or Checkpoint CCSA/CCSE, desired.

• Experience in one or more core technologies a plus but not required: Cisco switching/routing, Cisco ISE, Cisco WLC, Cisco Prime, Zscaler, Checkpoint FW, Solarwinds.

• Experience with network hardware performance tuning and monitoring tools.

• Experience working with Telecom providers to support WAN and internet services

Erickson Senior Living, its affiliates, and managed communities are Equal Opportunity Employers and are committed to providing a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.