Sr. Network Engineer

Overview

For nearly 40 years, Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC) has been a leader in providing preventative dental care, orthodontics and specialty care with 275 local offices in 9 states: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas! One of the largest privately owned Dental Support Organizations in the United States, GEDC is consistently recognized for contributions to improving oral health through quality and safety initiatives, affordable dental care services, patient convenience, research and more. For more information, go to www.greatexpressions.com.

When you join our team, you benefit in many ways:

• Exciting Team Environment
• Competitive Pay and Bonus Potential
• Healthcare Benefits
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage offered
• Accident Coverage
• Hospital Indemnity Coverage
• Paid Holidays and Vacation Time (8 paid holidays plus 1-2 week(s) vacation time)
• Company Paid Uniforms
• 401k, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability plans
• ID theft protection
• Opportunity for Career Advancement/Recognition and Growth with a Rapidly Growing Company
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Power of One Rewards
• Convenient New Hire Orientation for all team members 
• Pet Insurance

Responsibilities

Successful candidate will be responsible for providing senior level network and voice engineering support in a converged network infrastructure for a nationally Dental Provider organization. Candidate will provide senior level engineering leadership, troubleshooting and consulting. They must have a strong diverse technology background that can support and maintain (WAN/WLAN/LAN) a high performance network infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field preferred
• 5 years of infrastructure support and network operation related experience
• Strong hands-on experience supporting the Cisco platform, configuring routers, firewalls and switches, and troubleshooting networks
• Demonstrated ability with complex multi-site network troubleshooting, PIX/ASA, multi-layered switch environment and VPN technologies
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP and routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, RIP)
• Understanding of AAA, SNMP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, and wireless services
• Proven implementation and understanding of current WAN topologies (MPLS, Frame Relay, etc.)
• Proficient with Telecom and PSTN technologies (date and voice, DS-1, DS-3, ISDN/PRI, etc.)
• Working understanding of Cisco Unified Communications (VoIP, ACD, PBX, call routing, etc.) and Microsoft technologies (AD, Exchange, SharePoint, domain controller, etc.)
• Good writing skills and able to document processes, user guides, and update network drawings as required
• Self starter with ability to prioritize, and work well under pressure
• Excellent communication skills and professional demeanor
• The ability to work well in a team environment or independently with minimum supervision  
• Strong technical and problem solving skills
• Able to be rotate off hours and weekend support on a rotation schedule 

Desired requirements:

• Posses current Cisco certification (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE)
• 5 Years of networking experience with national MPLS
• Ipsec \ security experience.