Network Associate Manager - 5598595

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As an Accenture Flex employee, you will apply your skills and experience to help drive business transformation for leading organizations and communities. In addition to delivering innovative solutions for Accenture's clients, you will work with a highly skilled, diverse network of people across Accenture businesses who are using the latest emerging technologies to address today's biggest business challenges.

You will receive competitive rewards and access to benefits programs and world-class learning resources. Accenture Flex employees work in their local metro area onsite at the project, significantly reducing and/or eliminating the demands to travel.

The Network Engineer will design, implement, optimize, and maintain robust and secure network infrastructure for enterprise environments. This role requires expertise in managing extensive network systems with a focus on Cisco routers, switches, wireless, PA firewalls, and advanced data networking solutions. The candidate will also play a strategic role in cloud connectivity, hybrid solutions, and SD-WAN deployments, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance across global network infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Network Infrastructure Management: Manage, configure, and troubleshoot routers, switches, and firewalls to ensure secure and reliable connectivity. Support User VPN configurations and optimize secure remote access. Deploy and manage load balancers, DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), NTP, and LAN controllers.
• Advanced Network Solutions: Manage access points, WAN optimizers, and data circuits to maintain optimal data flow and performance. Oversee SD-WAN deployments and ensure seamless integration with hybrid cloud solutions. Contribute to cloud connectivity and hybrid infrastructure engineering efforts, ensuring enterprise network modernization.
• Strategic Architecture and Engineering: Lead strategic architecture and engineering initiatives for large-scale network systems. Collaborate on design and implementation of next-generation networking solutions, including hybrid and multi-cloud integrations. Ensure network reliability and scalability through proactive planning and implementation.
• Network Monitoring and Management: Administer over 6K+ network devices across 550+ circuits, maintaining high availability and performance. Implement automation and monitoring tools to reduce manual intervention and optimize network efficiency. Perform capacity planning, monitoring, and regular audits of network infrastructure.
• Incident Management and Troubleshooting: Proactively monitor network infrastructure and resolve incidents to ensure business continuity. Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical incidents across LAN/WAN, wireless, and hybrid environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams for issue escalation, root-cause analysis, and resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience with engineering/messaging administration teams
• Minimum 5 years of experience with O365, Active Directory, Messaging Security devices, UserID management, End User Support, Scripting.
• Strong organizational skills for project work.
• High School Diploma / GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

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Role Location Hourly Salary Range

California $58.75 to $68.75

Colorado $58.75 to $68.75

District of Columbia $58.75 to $68.75

Illinois $58.75 to $68.75

Minnesota $58.75 to $68.75

Maryland $58.75 to $68.75

New York $58.75 to $68.75

Washington $58.75 to $68.75

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