Sr Systems Engineer; CCIE - US REMOTE

at PC Connection in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Sr Systems Engineer; CCIE - US REMOTE
 With an eye for detail and a contagiously positive attitude, you’re the teammate everyone counts on to get the project buttoned up and across the finish line.
Remote, IL
 CONNECTION
At Connection, our purpose is simple: we connect people with technology. From hardware—PCs, printers, servers, and more—to cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity, and professional IT services, we design, build, and support the IT solutions that thousands of companies, schools, and government agencies rely on every day. We like to think of ourselves as the IT Department for our customers’ IT Department. Our company started out almost 40 years ago with two employees and a phone line. Today we’re a Fortune 1000 IT solutions partner operating in 174 countries around the world—still driven by that startup mentality and guided by our original purpose.
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Full Time
$135,000.00/Yr. - $165,000.00/Yr.
Overview: What We Do:

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are:

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

Why You Should Join Us:

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional well-being. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.

The Senior Systems Engineer manages a combination of field-deployable network engineering activities, configuration and consulting activities, skills and certification maintenance, and engineering laboratory research and technology development tasks. 
 
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Responsibilities:
The Sr. Systems Engineer primarily works to maintain a high level of billable utilization, which is a combination of remote & onsite customer installation and network security deployments, configuration, system troubleshooting, performance optimization, and documentation.
Senior System engineer will have advanced to expert skill level supporting Cisco security solutions and may be asked to function as Lead Engineer on specific projects.
The Sr. System Engineer is focused in one or more of the following: security, networking, and cloud security technologies, but must also possess and maintain competency in Cisco Security solutions and some adjacent technologies such as alternative perimeter security platforms and familiarity with SASE, AD, CA, operating systems, and business applications. The Engineer maintains the required level of competency and certifications in relevant product and technology sets.

 
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Requirements:
Must have an active CCIE Security certification.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering preferred.
Experience in design and post-sales delivery and deployment of solutions within Cisco's Secure portfolio.
A solid foundation in information technology, including the principles and practices of systems analysis, design, development, administration, maintenance, integration, and the functions of an IT Department.
Strong Enterprise networking with Routing/Switching configuration/diagnostic experience.
5 years' experience deploying and work with Network Access Control solutions is preferred.
Ability to analyze current network configurations and determine implementation requirements.
Ability to develop network documentation, including... For full info follow application link.

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