Network Engineer Specialist

Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Zayo is seeking a Network Engineer Specialist to play a crucial role in supporting and maintaining the School District's network infrastructure, ensuring seamless connectivity across the educational institutions within the district. This position is ideal for individuals with a foundational understanding of network technologies who are eager to grow their skills in a dynamic and collaborative environment. The Network Engineer Specialist's responsibilities will include assisting with network monitoring and troubleshooting, configuring and installing network equipment, maintaining accurate documentation, and supporting network security measures. The Network EngineerSpecialist will work closely with experienced IT professionals and contribute to various network-related projects. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a related field, some practical experience or relevant coursework, and strong problem-solving abilities. This is a junior position with compensation commensurate to experience and time in the role.

Support the technical needs of both internal and external customers to maintain the highest levels of network availability, performance, and growth all with the utmost respect, professionalism, and courtesy. Research, evaluate, recommend, design, implement, and support current and new network technologies supporting overall infrastructure improvement. Serve as technical consultants to our sales and solutions teams. Provide them with the necessary information to help sell our products and services. Provide documentation relative to the existing Cisco and FortiGate powered network and as it evolves in such a manner as to provide other department's information and internal knowledge transfer.Periodictravel within ENA by Zayo's service area.

**This position will be ONSITE in TAMPA.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, implement, and support new and existing network architectures. Serve as a technical team member for the HCPS contract. Responsible for implementation of standardization maintained through the HCPS engineering team.

• Configure and maintain existing HCPS network. Troubleshoot complex customer issues and coordinate third party vendor interaction if needed to ensure prompt and professional resolution.

• Provide and create documentation relative to the existing and new HCPS network as an ENA HCPS team member. Serve as technical consultant to the HCPS client through knowledge transfer, cross-training, and documentation as called on.

• Research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies for consideration relative to the HCPS client as requested.

• Identifies and initiates activities for to enable continuous improvement in employee effectiveness within the functional area and customer satisfaction with ENA.

• Impact directly supports ENA achievement of short term and long-term success

• Work within the HCPS Network Engineering team to implement network standards and Best Practices.

• After-hours on-call support rotation.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of three (3) years of LAN and WAN implementation experience along with significant and demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and supporting large scale multi-protocol networks with strong experience configuring Cisco routers, switches, and security appliances including Cisco ASA and Aruba. Extensive troubleshooting experience is also required.

• Highly prefer a CCNA.

• Experience working with various routing protocols and technologies such as OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, QOS, and Multicasting.

• Experience working in switched environments with strong understanding of layer2 networks and topologies as it relates to design in Metro Ethernet deployments is needed. Experience working in VoIP deployments a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and must have a positive attitude, ability to work in a team environment and perform efficiently with minimal supervision.

• Must hold a valid Florida Drivers license and be able to pass mandated security background check, driving records check and district/state badging requirements.

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Base Salary Range: $64,700 - $86,300 USD/annually, commensurate with experience.

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Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan

• Fitness membership discounts

• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave

Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.