Network Engineer

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves.  For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials.  Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers. 

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at www.adspipe.com.

Responsible for providing engineering solutions, technical support, and work with managed service partners to support the company’s network infrastructure.  The role is expected to collaborate on and support research, project design, architecture, and implementation of networking technologies. They will also support ongoing configuration and environmental standards, documentation, and resiliency planning with a primary focus on branch site Firewalls, LAN, WAN, and Wi-Fi architecture, installation, management, and operation. They will also support management and operation of Azure and Data Center network connectivity.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Provide design, deployment, and support for solutions that can be new, integrated with legacy systems, or upgrades of current systems with minor supervision.
• Ensure proper configuration and customization to support the Enterprise environment for all ADS locations.
• Proactively manage standards, topology documentation, configuration files, performance baselines, and capacity planning roadmaps.
• Troubleshoot network related problem areas and issues as needed to resolve operational issues and restore/optimize services.
• Perform installation, configuration, and operation of any new or existing data infrastructure device(s) and supporting software across the enterprise.
• Ability to handle multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Create or enhance / update current documentation.
• Other networking related responsibilities as required.

Job Skills:

This position should possess the following skills/knowledge:

• 3+ years' experience in a multi-site, multi-vendor network environment, consisting of at least 1500+ endpoints.
• Ability to deliver complex technical projects within a defined schedule.
• Must be able to prioritize workload and work effectively across multiple efforts / projects with limited supervision.
• Must be able to work effectively on multiple projects at the same time.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in MS, IT, or computer information systems
• Equivalent work experience in a related field will also be considered

Preferred Experience:

• CCNA
• Other certifications: Azure Network Engineer Associate, CISSP, F5
• Certification and or familiarity with hardware vendor solutions such as Aruba / HPE, Meraki, and Palo Alto
• RF / Wi-Fi troubleshooting tools (example: Ekahau and Hamina)
• Certification and or familiarity with other cloud vendors such as AWS and Oracle

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ADS supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.