Group Lead - Core IT Networking

Job Description

Are you an innovative engineer ready to tackle exciting challenges? Whether you specialize in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or any other field of engineering, TeamGlobal has opportunities that will align with your career goals. We are now actively seeking a Group Lead - Core IT Networking for an engaging opportunity in Tampa, FL. Want to learn more? Reach out to one of our dedicated Recruiters, who will share the exciting details about this position and our impressive benefits, including the $10K in free life insurance! Join us at TeamGlobal—where excellence empowers us! Let’s connect and take your career to new heights!

• Role Summary
• U.S. citizens only are eligible for this role.
• Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field and 8+ years of related experience, or AS degree and 10+ years of related experience.
• Must possess at least 8 years of experience supporting a complex enterprise networking environment.
• Experience with datacenter management, consolidation, IT operations, and M&A activities.
• Incumbent must hold one or more of the following: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), VMware Certified Professional Network Virtualization (VCP-NV), CompTIA Network+.
• Extensive Experience with the following:
• Enterprise Switching/Routing (L2/L3) Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Arista
• Cisco Edge Routers (ASR, ISR)
• Firewall/IPS/IDS (Palo Alto)
• VPN (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto)
• SDWAN Technologies (SilverPeak, Arista, Palo Alto)
• Microsoft Azure Networking Services (VNet, NSG, Azure Firewalls, Traffic Manager, etc.)
• Load Balancing Technology (F5, Azure, Cloudflare, Citrix Netscaler)
• Infoblox BloxOne DDI (IPAM/DNS/DNS Protection)
• DIA & MPLS Carrier Management
• Collaboration Technologies with Enterprise Voice (Microsoft Teams)
• Network Configuration/Monitoring (PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios)
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role
• Must be able to work overtime, on and off-shifts as required.
• The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

• Preferred Skills
• Security+ and Cloud+ (Or equivalent IA cert) and CompTIA Network+.
• CCNP Cloud, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, Azure Administrator Associate, or Azure Security Engineer Associate.
• Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) L3-L5.
• Significant Experience with DNS/DHCP/NAT/FW Security.
• Experience with Cloud Security Appliances and Security Solutions (CASB).
• Knowledge and experience working with VMware vSphere and Hyper-V.
• Knowledge and experience supporting a Microsoft Windows network.

• Job Duties/Functions
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Leads enterprise network team in design, deployment, and support expectations for enterprise networking platform on-premise and cloud-hosted.
• Responsible for assuring all enterprise network platforms are efficiently architected/designed, deployed, and optimized to ensure future growth and comply with industry and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures status reports/logging are digested to accurately capture, evaluate, and optimize the enterprise network.
• Work closely with 3rd parties, affiliates, and cross-functional teams to ensure enterprise and engineering platforms operate efficiently and securely across the enterprise network, private networks, and public internet services.
• Solves problems and makes decisions daily relative to network issues.
• Ensures that effective representation takes place for the coordination of work processes and projects with other departments and divisions.
• Participate in all Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities, including due diligence, data gathering, and leading integration efforts.
• Designs a roadmap for the creation/expansion of existing enterprise network to scale-out through M&A activities while maintaining command, control, and compliance of the global enterprise network across all CAE USA sites.
• Reviews and enhances IT policy and procedures to ensure all IT platforms are compliant with corporate policies and guidelines with regard to enterprise networking.
• Ensure adequate staff/scheduling of Network Engineers for both daily and on-call operations, providing 24/7 support for the production enterprise network.
• Participate in ongoing optimization and preparation for disaster preparedness, including supporting key roles in the Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
• Provides value by bringing a passion to continually discover ways to improve current processes and suggest new processes to add growing value.
• Assists in business analysis to determine and clarify informational requirements and business opportunities.
• Maintains a central source of information, such as a knowledge base, enabling support staff to recover from outages with minimal disruption to expected service levels.
• Lifecycle management of all enterprise networking software and hardware. This includes budgetary responsibility over enterprise networking product evaluation, purchase/upgrades, renewals, and decommission.
• Interacts with vendors, suppliers, and contractors for equipment and carrier services.
• Duties performed in an office environment and a manufacturing facility.

• Security Responsibilities
• Must comply with all company security and data protection/usage policies and procedures.
• Personally responsible for the proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form.
• Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know.
• Shall not divulge information outside the company without management approval.
• All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company-provided resources.
• U.S. citizens only are eligible for this role.

• Physical Demands
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Employees are regularly required to sit, talk, or hear, in person, in meetings and by telephone.
• Manual dexterity to operate computers or other standard office equipment, and reach with hands and arms.
• Able to support rack-mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground).