Sr. Network Engineer

Open Door Family Medical Center provides health care and wellness programs to individuals and families in need throughout Westchester Putnam and Ulster Counties. A pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center Open Door provides more than 300000 patient visits annually and serves nearly 60000 individual patients who might not otherwise have access. Open Door offers integrated services and a holistic approach to building healthier communities. Primary medical care dental care integrated behavioral health care clinical nutrition wellness programs and chronic disease management are the foundation of its clinical programs.

Founded as a free clinic in 1972 Open Doors mission of building healthier communities through accessible equitable culturally competent health care has led to site and service expansions. Today Open Door operates centers in Brewster Mamaroneck Mount Kisco Ossining Port Chester and Sleepy Hollow in addition to eight School-Based Health Centers in the Port Chester and Ossining School Districts a mobile dental van in Mount Kisco and a new dental practice in Saugerties NY.For more information please visit our website at .

Open Door is currently seeking a Sr. Network Engineer in our Tarrytown office. The Sr. Network Engineer will serve as the technical lead for Open Doors network infrastructure with a primary focus on network topology firewall architecture security posture daily operations and maintenance.

This position will lead the design configuration monitoring and maintenance of primarily Fortinet and some Cisco platforms across a multi-site environment. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on networking and firewall experience and strong hands-on experience in core routing switching and network connectivity supporting secure and reliable connectivity across the enterprise.

As the organizations senior-most networking resource this individual will guide network performance and optimization firewall policy development threat mitigation operations and collaborate with support vendors and internal teams to enhance overall network security and availability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as subject matter expert on Fortinet platforms (and Cisco FirePower until phased out) including policy creation firewall hardening VPN configuration NAT identity management (Fortiauthenticator or ISE) and threat protection features
• Review and improve the network architecture to reflect modern technologies best practices threat factors and operability.
• Lead enterprise firewall rule audits change management and incident response related to firewall traffic
• Architect maintain and troubleshoot complex site-to-site VPN environments including redundancy and failover testing
• Deploy configure maintain and monitor all active network equipment to ensure smooth network operations secure environment and enhanced performance
• Handle incident and service requests; resolve them within agreed Service Levels
• Monitor and diagnose faults provide complete resolution
• Ensure that systems are optimally configured and the contained information is current (e.g. proactive system maintenance)
• Coordinate test and implement applications and technology through projects and initiatives
• Ensure that all relevant information related to Fortinet and network systems is collected correlated and analyzed.
• Prepare and produce root cause analysis reports
• Create installation and troubleshooting documentation
• Review maintain and create network diagrams to ensure end-to-end paths are documented
• Perform routine system administration and maintenance on local or remote locations with no impact to the business some travel locally will be required
• Participation in support and on-call rotation including incident management duties
• Ensure asset management and inventory are kept up to date within ServiceNow including service impact analysis.

Technical Skills & Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field preferred
• Advanced hands-on experience configuring and managing Fortinet (FortiGate)
• Cisco FirePower firewalls in production environments experience is beneficial
• Strong knowledge of NGFW features: IDS/IPS application control URL filtering content inspection
• Experience with firewall migration policy optimization and redundancy design
• Strong knowledge of dynamic routing protocols (OSPF EIGRP BGP)
• Understanding of advanced routing concepts including routing table optimization path selection and SLAs
• Understanding of layer 2 switching including Spanning Tree Port Channels and VLAN trunking
• Extensive experience in creating re-routing and maintaining VPN tunnels
• Ability to migrate VPN tunnels and troubleshoot multi-site connectivity
• Wireless experience required
• Fortinet NSE4 or higher strongly preferred; Cisco certification required
• 35 years experience working as a network engineer in a similar role
• ITIL Certification is a plus
• Network design and maintenance in cloud environments (Azure preferred)

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Proven experience as a network engineer in a multi-site environment
• Expert-level familiarity with FirePower and FortiGate firewalls: configuration troubleshooting policy management and advanced security features
• Strong troubleshooting experience of routers switches and firewalls
• Strong understanding of VLANs routing protocols and spanning tree
• Strong knowledge of IP protocols (IPv4 UDP TCP DNS DHCP)
• Familiarity with network monitoring applications and alert tuning
• Familiarity with backup and recovery software and methodologies
• Hands-on experience in networking routing and switching
• Must have experience in administrative incident response and operational responsibilities
• Visio experience a plus
• Strong communication and multitasking skills

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Manual dexterity and regular hours at computer keyboard
• Approximately 60% sitting and 40% walking/standing
• Bending and lifting will be required

There are many fantastic benefits to a career at Open Door Family Medical addition to working to affect positive change in the health and lives of thousands of residents in Westchester and Putnam counties Open Door offers its employees a stimulating diverse and team-based work environment with comprehensive benefits including medical dental life insurance flexible spending accounts 403(b) and 401(k) generous paid time off onsite Wellness facilities and educational assistance. Aside from excellent benefits we offer a competitive salary and annual bonuses based on measurable goals and organizational success.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients and the health of our communities of Westchester and Putnam counties and if the position speaks to your capabilities experience and commitment to improve the health of our communities please upload your resume and cover letter with salary requirements. Qualified candidates will be contacted by phone and/or email.

Open Door is an Equal Opportunity Employer