Network Operations Engineer

Post Date

Jan 18, 2024

Location

Columbus,
Ohio

ZIP/Postal Code

43219
US
Aug 09, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Network Engineer

Req #

COL-675797

Pay Rate

$48 - $72 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

The OS Platform Engineer (Network Operations) develops the operational vision and direction for the team in collaboration with the Network Operations managers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Makes decisions of a global, strategic nature by analyzing complex data systems and incorporating knowledge of other lines of business.

* Spearheads complex programs that span multiple inter-organizational units and interfaces with more experienced management.

* Is a leader in identifying critical, high pay-off technology strategies and prioritizes team efforts accordingly.

* Possesses advanced knowledge of business application and services.

* Responsible for coaching and mentoring less experienced team members.

* Provide Level 3/4 engineering support for the corporate enterprise network.

* Maintains current professional and technical skills.

* Keeps abreast of current and emerging technologies, how they integrate and drive value for Huntington.

* Performs advanced break/fix troubleshooting and mentors junior engineers.

* Provides failure or root cause analysis when required.

* Resolves the most complex issues in the environment with little to no supervision, relying on his/her ability to pull together technical resources to gather accurate information to provide data driven solutions.

* Provide after hours and on-call support as needed.

* Understand network triggers and execute appropriate workflows.

* Demonstrated ability to engineer reliability through automated response.

* Supports the development and improvement of technical engineering documentation in accordance with Huntington standards.

* Author operational documentation and knowledge base articles of known issues and solutions.

* Experience automating workflows to troubleshoot, integrate systems, and eliminate toil.

* Knowledge and experience with core network automation skills: Python, JSON, Linux, Java, DevOps, and Git.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience

* Bachelor's Degree

* 10+ years of relevant experience

* Critical thinking skills, must be a self-starter, able to direct activities of the team, dependable and reliable.

Automation - Ansible (SRE concepts)



Data center technology - Know it cold



Palo Firewall

F5 load balancer

Route/switch

DNS

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

* Extensive infrastructure, applications and security knowledge and experience

* Must own ability to learn fast, adapt to new technology and keep current with industry

* Embrace and focus on emerging technology and evangelize to the rest of the team

* Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud

* Experience in AWS CloudFormation, AWS EC2, VPC, S3 and similar technologies a strong plus

* Experience with database technologies and other data services technologies

* Experience with any programming language: C, C++, Java, Python or C#.

* Experience supporting complex production network environments.

* Experience with Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls, Proxies, F5 LTM/GTM/ASM, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI/MSO), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco DNAC and Infoblox DNS/DHCP.

* In-depth experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.

* Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design

* Advanced understanding of performance and monitoring

* Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology

* Technical certifications such as Cisco CCNP-Enterprise or Datacenter, CCIE, Palo Alto PCCSA, PCNS, PCNSE, or F5.

* Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and ability to work both independently and in a group.

* Experience in an enterprise environment and previous banking/financial industry experience is a plus.

* An outcome obsessed engineer with a focus on reliability. Drive decisions through data and base them on business outcomes: MTTR, MTBF, Business Delivery.

* Experience with coding/scripting/automation/orchestration platforms(Python, Ansible), including interfacing with APIs

* Experience writing Ansible Playbooks in YAML

* Experience in Network monitoring tools (i.e., NetFlow Tracker, Elastic, and Splunk) is a plus

* Experience in Software Defined Network is a plus

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.