Network Engineer

Elegant solutions to sophisticated problems. That’s what you deliver. Surround yourself with the team, resources, and support you need to design and build world-class IT solutions.

San Antonio, TX

CONNECTION

<p><strong>At Connection, our purpose is simple: we connect people with technology. From hardware&mdash;PCs, printers, servers, and more&mdash;to cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity, and professional IT services, we design, build, and support the IT solutions that thousands of companies, schools, and government agencies rely on every day. We like to think of ourselves as the IT Department for our customers&rsquo; IT Department. Our company started out almost 40 years ago with two employees and a phone line. Today we&rsquo;re a Fortune 1000 IT solutions partner operating in 174 countries around the world&mdash;still driven by that startup mentality and guided by our original purpose.</strong></p> https://www.connection.com/

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Full Time

$60.00/Hr. - $70.00/Hr.

Overview: Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for a Network Engineer in&nbsp;San Antonio, TX. This is a&nbsp;Contract&nbsp;opportunity that offers outstanding benefits.
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Support technology deployments, upgrades, refreshes, and decommissions.</li> <li>Work with corporate network engineering team and other data center engineers to create detailed plans for technicians/analysts to execute regarding where and how to rack, stack, and cable equipment.</li> <li>Utilize DCIM (Data Center Information Management) software to document installation and connectivity plans.</li> <li>Create additional technical documentation/instructions as needed to support technician/analyst efforts.</li> <li>Assist with rack, stack, and cable efforts when needed.</li> <li>Perform initial configurations, assist with additional configurations, and wipe configurations when decommissioning network equipment.</li> <li>Install, test, validate, &amp; document firmware updates.</li> <li>Act as point of escalation for technicians/analysts for network and connectivity issues.</li> <li>Available to receive calls when off shift every fifth week if issues arise.</li> <li>Work with 24x7 Operations staff to create and update incident records as needed.</li> <li>Create change records and assemble supporting information for planned changes.</li> <li>Update change documentation to accurately reflect change events, successes, and/or failures.</li> <li>Support general data center operations responsibilities.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>6 Years' Experience supporting network infrastructure.</li> <li>4 Years' Experience writing technical documentation or standard operating procedures related to IT technical support or deployment.</li> <li>4 Years' Experience troubleshooting network issues (layer 1-3).</li> <li>2 Years' Experience as a network engineer.</li> <li>2 Years' Experience working with network infrastructure in a data center.</li> <li>2 Years' Experience working with structured cabling infrastructure.</li> <li>2 Years' Experience in an IT role requiring interaction with senior management.</li> <li>2 Years' Experience identifying rack, stack, cabling requirements.</li> </ul> <br /><br /> <h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job">Min</h2> <div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text">USD $60.00/Hr.</div> </div> </div> <h2 class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoField_Job">Max</h2> <div class="iCIMS_InfoMsg iCIMS_InfoMsg_Job"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Container"> <div class="iCIMS_Expandable_Text">USD $70.00/Hr.</div> </div> </div>