Tenaska

Network Administrator

LocationIrving, TX
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job

Tenaska is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States, an organization that’s adept in natural gas and power marketing, power management, development and acquisition of generation assets, operation of power plants and more.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future.


Job Summary

This role requires a highly motivated, positive, organized, experienced individual with a strong record of delivery in a constantly evolving environment.

Working as a key member of Tenaska’s Information Technology team, the Network Administrator puts security, availability, and performance top of mind every day. The ideal candidate facilitates change and improvement and seeks to positively impact and protect the operation of our organization. They are excited about technology and willing to dive into new approaches to problems and bring their best to the workplace every day. They own the “daily state” of the network and ensure customer experience excellence. Network Administrators are working to become familiar with network best practices and regularly seek deeper detail from the Engineers and Architects with whom they work. Daily focus centers around ensuring designed systems are available and operating as originally intended. They ensure any impacts to business communications and user experience are documented and resolved and mitigative measures to prevent future occurrences are implemented. They are the front line of troubleshooters across the networking footprint.


Essential Job Functions

Ensure network deployments and changes align with approved security protocols
Deploy, manage, and support remote network hardware and services, including on-premises and cloud connectivity, switching, routing, firewalls, SD-WAN, and wireless technologies
Experience with standard networking protocols such as but not limited to BGP, OSPF, IPSec, RSTP, MSTP, HSRP, MACsec, IPFIX, SNMPv3, DMVPN
Provide excellent customer service, time management, interpersonal, organizational and communication skills in a collaborative environment
Schedule and work with colleagues, remote site personnel, and partners for necessary network migrations, installs, upgrades, and changes
Articulate technical details in a coherent and easily understood fashion on calls with customers
Maintain and ensure proper creation, configuration, and monitoring of all points within the network
Design and implement automation for predictable, repeatable tasks
Assist with 24/7/365 on call duties, responding to and resolving production-down issues
Continuously analyze system performance and suggest/implement tuning
Collaborate with other members of the broader infrastructure team on cross-impacted projects
Document and maintain documentation of network infrastructure


Education/Experience/Skills

Degree in MIS / CS or related is preferred
Minimum 1 years’ experience supporting mixed vendor (Cisco, Palo Alto, Azure, Meraki Networks, Fortinet) utilizing dynamic routing, firewalls, and SDWAN/VPN technologies
Relevant professional and/or military experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
CCNA, PCNSA or equivalent level certification highly desired
Customer-facing experience is required
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. The Company is not able to take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time for this position or commit to doing so in the future for individuals with current authorization to work via, for example, CPT or OPT, and would need sponsorship in the future.


Preferred Experience

Experience with switching, firewalls, routing, BGP, IPSEC VPN, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, Spanning-tree
Experience with Meraki, Cisco, Juniper, FortiGate, Palo Alto or Azure a plus
Prior experience with Windows Server management, specifically roles such as Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, PKI, NPS
Experience or exposure to Agile methodologies
Industry certifications such as CCNP, PCNSE, FortiGate or Juniper


Benefits

At Tenaska we care about the wellbeing of our employees and their families. That’s why we offer our employees a comprehensive benefit package. Benefits included below:

Health, dental, vison, disability, and life insurance
Excellent 401(k) plan
Incentive-based, competitive salary packages
Health/dependent care flex accounts
Tuition assistance
Long-term disability coverage
Adoption benefits
Employee assistance program
Paid vacations and holidays
Generous sick leave
Charitable giving program
Paid maternity/paternity leave
Wellness programs


Tenaska is an equal opportunity employer.

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