NETWORK OPERATIONS ENGINEER

About the Department

Job Description:  
Montgomery County Data Processing currently has an opportunity for a qualified, highly self-motivated individual for full time employment as a Network Operations Engineer.  This position is a key member of the Data Processing Technical team that will install and maintain network & systems hardware, Server operating systems, and related products as required.  The selected individual will also help manage and configure the virtualization, firewall & networking systems for Montgomery County and be a team member in overseeing the Production & Disaster Recovery environment.  This candidate will also evaluate hardware / software and recommend purchases.  

Position Duties

Key Responsibilities:
• Ensures the Firewall technologies are operational, optimal, secure and updated
• Ensure the VMWare environment is stable and error free
• Configure the county networking core infrastructure
• Troubleshooting of network, hardware and software problems
• Deployment of new Data Center hardware
• Oversee Data Center data backups
• Configure and maintain Cisco switches and Cisco routers
• Key player in Cyber security
• Troubleshoot help desk tickets and service requests
• Team member in working a weekly helpdesk rotation every two months

Minimum Qualifications

Qualifications:
Candidates should be proficient in the following technical areas:
• Good understanding of Computer Networking
• Microsoft Active Directory Technologies
• VMWare – versions 7.x, 8.x
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and later
• Microsoft Azure & Exchange On-Premise and Online technologies
Candidates with the following skills are a plus:
• Fortinet Firewall Administration 
• Cohesity backup solution
• Dell Powerflex Storage
• F5 appliance skills for load balancing

Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree and 3 + years of experience in IT or equivalent work experience required.
• CompTIA – A+ Certification, Security+ and Network+ Certifications are a plus.

Other Qualifications

Candidates should possess the following qualities:
• Personable and always professional
• Customer service oriented
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Have excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Able to work individually and on a team 
• Has the ability to multitask – able to handle a good number of open issues at one time