Requistion Number: 25369 

When you work for AmeriGas, you become a part of something BIG! Founded in 1959, AmeriGas is the nation’s premiere propane company, serving over 1.5 million residential, commercial, industrial and motor fuel propane customers. Together, over 6,500 dedicated professionals will deliver over 1 billion gallons of propane from 1,800+ distribution points across the United States.

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Job Summary (Purpose):  

As a Senior Network Engineer, this position will require a candidate to have experience in LAN, WAN, firewalls, routers, VPNs, wireless, QoS, IP addressing, DHCP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and related technologies to support the various networks. This candidate will also interact and work closely with internal business teams and 3rd party vendor communications to support the business and plant operations.  This position requires an active role in design, implementation, and maintenance of all networks in the environment, ensuring appropriate isolation between individual networks and following industry best practices to ensure security and availability of services. Candidate will work with IT management to recommend, adopt, document, and communicate standards and procedures on an ongoing basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintain strong communication across business, technical teams, and all senior management levels. Responsible for management of Firewalls including but not limited to Cisco FirePower and ASAs, Fortinet, as well as Palo Alto. Responsible for management of LAN, WAN, VPN, DMVPN, Client VPN, WLAN, IP addressing, DHCP, IPS, QoS and other required technologies in support of both business and plant operations. Responsible for maintaining compliance with standards, procedures, policies, and practices. Responsible to meet network requirements for support of IP telephony solutions. Responsible for developing effective network monitoring and solutions.  Work with management to develop and maintain standards and procedures to meet policy and compliance requirements. Identify hardware and software technical problems, network and/or related system malfunctions, as well as upgrade and deploy firewalls, routers, switches, WLAN, and related components. Responsible for, compliance and operational reporting, tracking and configuration management per security policies. Requires travel to plant facilities within our geographic footprint.  Additional duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge in areas of network infrastructure operations including planning and maintaining firewall, IPS, LAN, WAN, VPN, DMVPN, Client VPN, WLAN, IP addressing, DHCP, firewall, QoS, disaster recovery, high availability, enterprise security, and data communications.  Ability to understand the complex, inter-linked environments and propose solutions that incorporate multiple, related variables, while maintaining required levels of isolation. Ability to develop and follow detailed project plans. Prior experience with maintenance, service delivery, production support, information security, risk, audit, and asset documentation. Must possess good verbal and written communication skills, as well as have strong analytical skills. Ability to provide level 2/3 Tech Support to remote users and travel to local locations as requested. Experience with Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a plus. Experience with Microsoft Azure is a plus.

Education and Experience Required:

B.S. in Computer Science and/or Information Systems or equivalent experience.  At least 5+ years of relevant experience. Cisco CCNP or equivalent experience.

AmeriGas is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.  The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected class in its practices.

 

AmeriGas is a Drug Free Workplace. Candidates must be willing to submit to a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check. Successful applicants shall be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen as a condition of employment, and if hired, shall be subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with AmeriGas policies. As a federal contractor that engages in safety-sensitive work, AmeriGas cannot permit employees in certain positions to use medical marijuana, even if prescribed by an authorized physician.  Similarly, applicants for such positions who are actively using medical marijuana may be denied hire on that basis.