Network Engineer

at Constellation in MARSEILLES, Illinois, United States

Job Description

WHO WE ARE

As the nation’s largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, Constellation is focused on our purpose: accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future. We have been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade, and we are cultivating a workplace where our employees can grow, thrive, and contribute.

Our culture and employee experience make it clear: We are powered by passion and purpose. Together, we’re creating healthier communities and a cleaner planet, and our people are the driving force behind our success. At Constellation, you can build a fulfilling career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact. By doing our best work and meeting new challenges, we can accomplish great things and help fight climate change. Join us to lead the clean energy future.

TOTAL REWARDS

Constellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. We provide competitive compensation and benefits that support both employees and their families, helping them prepare for the future. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days; and much more.

Expected salary range of $89,100 to $99,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

The Network Engineer will possess the experience and skills to support and maintain in a role within the Constellation IT organization by providing operational technical insights to stakeholders, regarding the secure, networking solutions being deployed within the business and enterprise network environments. Must possess ability to monitor, maintain and optimize critical networking initiatives and projects, within these secure environments. The Network Engineer will be expected to provide technical expertise to support the secure delivery and maintenance of network solutions supporting Constellation and its portfolio of business services. Must have the ability to evaluate network/telecom services and make recommendations for supporting infrastructure service, application and data workloads within various hosting models (on premise & cloud). Demonstrate essential skills for basic monitoring, configuration and troubleshooting of current network services and related security controls, to primarily support site-based connectivity and regulated environments. This role will work in collaboration with other IT teams, their leadership, enterprise business partners, vendors and project/design teams, in all aspects of the secure & reliable network services serving as transport for services/applications throughout Constellation’s large and complex operational environments.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

+ Support projects, planning, maintenance and operations. Consults with leadership, project teams, application/service support teams and end users to support availability and perform feasibility analysis on potential changes related to the secure enterprise or regulated network environments.

+ Work closely with peers to develop future improvement plans, resource requirements, migrations strategies, and project schedules. Understand other technologies and service offerings and their impact to the delivery of secure enterprise, real-time and industrial IOT network environments.

+ Provide evaluation, testing, lab and mockup solutions as needed. Serve as a resource in assigned daily support and deployments to operations and ensure solutions meet business requirements and operational metrics (SLA’s). Responsible for operating and maintaining solutions at the component level, including hands-on configuration, troubleshooting and metrics for all secure network environments.

+ Provide feedback to peers for risks identified during business impact analysis, site risk assessments and disaster recovery planning.

+ Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within our own discipline or function.

+ Support company initiatives to enable Behind the Meter and Hydrogen Reclaim including providing input on infrastructure, technical solutions, and required monitoring to ensure their success.

+ Operate within a regulated environment meeting requirements of the NRC and adherence to our NERC CIP program, plus maintaining necessary qualifications and access. Including support of the Constellation Regulated Network (firewalls, load balancers, authentication) in addition to the NDN (Named Data Networking) architecture.

+ Involvement with the IoT network and familiarity with sensors and monitoring technologies like Wi-Fi, and LoRaWAN infrastructure to bridge enterprise and business networks (gateways and configuration).

+ Ability to operate in an industrial environment and to deploy and support network infrastructure in a nuclear and power plant environments that could involve dressing out to support emergent needs in containment and other sensitive areas.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

+ Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or related field) and 2-5 years relevant experience (network/telecom support) or 5-8 years of relevant work experience.

+ Demonstrated proficiency in at least one technical domain such as route/switch, LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, firewalls, as well as effective troubleshooting (to include packet capture & netflow).

+ Ability to travel domestically.

+ 24/7 on-call rotational duties.

+ Onsite support will at times be required to support operational needs. In general, 1 to 2 days onsite is typical for a given workweek.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

+ Relevant work experience in Energy or industrial sector.

+ Cisco CCNP level or above preferred.

+ Certification in technical area of expertise.

+ Python/Ansible Automation skills preferred.

Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.