Network Engineer

In 2016 and 2017, 14 West was voted one of Baltimore’s Top Workplaces by The Baltimore Sun.  Every day roughly 1200 people work as part of the organization.  Set in Baltimore City’s historic and cultural hub called Mount Vernon, there is no shortage of opportunities to feed your imagination there.  The neighborhood is also home to institutions such as the Walters Art Museum, the Peabody Library, and Baltimore School for the Arts.  The Mount Vernon campus is also rich in diversity and offers access to an abundance of unique restaurants, retailers, galleries, and nightlife destination.

14 West Information Technology is looking for a Network Engineer

that will provide strategic technology support for datacenter and corporate network technologies.  This role will be focused on project implementation, sustaining engineering and operational support for the 14 West IT network infrastructure. This role is a technical role that will help define and implement operational requirements to meet the company’s goals for maintaining reliability and availability.

• Partner with engineers in multiple teams responsible for maintaining network standards, security compliance, deployment and network operational support for 14West IT.
• Communicates with customers and peer organizations regarding maintenance needs, platform capabilities and service degradations.
• Strive to constantly improve the performance and security network environment
• Provide visibility and reporting around network security monitoring.
• Guide innovation and evolution of current network Infrastructure both on premise and global remote offices as the business needs change and evolve.
• Follow industry best practices as it relates to change management and agile project planning
• Implement and provide ongoing project level reporting through Agile project management methodologies including stand up meetings and sprint planning.
• Maintain 24/7 uptime and support status utilizing on call rotations and the automation of monitoring and alerting of the network infrastructure.

• 5+ years performing Network Architecture/Engineering roles for large mission-critical data center and corporate environments.
• 3+ years of experience with WAN, Data Circuits, Security and Public Cloud Connectivity
• 3+ years of experience with site to site and client VPN setup and administration
• 3+ years of experience with firewall administration in a multi-vendor environment
• Experience with security auditing of network devices
• Able to compose and manage OKR personal goals and ensure they align with team OKR goals
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong belief in a communicative and collaborative environment.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent work experience
• Well versed with modern routing architectures, including BGP, EIGRP, DWDM, VxLAN, GRE tunneling and VPN technologies.
• Familiarity network device inventory and management
• Experience with load balancers and WAF
• Regulatory compliance experience (PCI, NIST, HITRUST, etc)

We offer a wide variety of benefits, programs, and services to our employees, including:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance plans
• Employer-subsidized parking
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Generous vacation time and paid holidays
• Fitness programs and discounts
• Casual dress code

About 14 West

14 West exists to help companies grow and innovate on their own terms, and become sought-after employers. With the support of our experts and solutions, our clients are free to focus on their ideas, products, and customers. Our services include Personnel & Talent Acquisition, Financial Services, Communications, Legal, Technology Solutions, and Facilities.

Before applying for a role at 14 West, there are a few things you should know. We work hard. We like unique perspectives. We believe our time is better spent on testing new ideas than perfecting old ones. And we don’t hold hands. Instead, we give people the freedom and resources they need to forge their own path. So, while there are no road maps to success, there are no limitations.

14 West is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable Federal, State and local employment laws. No question in this Application is intended to elicit information in violation of any such law, nor will any information obtained in response to any question be used in violation of any such law. Applicants with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application and/or interview process may contact us at here@14west.us to arrange for such accommodation.