Senior Network Engineer

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Senior Network Engineer Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Network Engineer to join our dynamic IT team! As a Senior IT Network Engineer, you will play a crucial role in implementing, and continually improve systems reliability through preventive maintenance, feature enhancements, automation, and support contracts. This position provides effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of network hardware and software and related infrastructure across IT and OT environments, two primary data centers, and 17 Industrial Data Centers and 200 WAN locations. The Senior IT Network Engineer ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational standards.

What You Get to Do:

• Responsible for network systems planning, design, implementation, configuration, and support.
•  Continually acts to improve network systems reliability through preventive maintenance, feature enhancements, automation, and support contracts.
• Install new and rebuild existing networks and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, encryption, etc. in accordance with standards and project / operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures and network system standards.
• Perform daily system validation, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, network resources, critical systems, and key processes, reviewing network system and application logs, and verifying acceptable functional levels of all communications systems.
• Manage small to medium scale projects from conception to completion including timeline, internal/external resources, and budget.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for network administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise, acting as a SME and internal consultant to peers, less experienced Engineers and to the business.
• Analysis and proposals for enhancements to enterprise and OT environments.
• Aid in the implementation of enterprise and OT security solutions.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field from an accredited college or university; will consider a combination of experience and/or education.
• Ideally, 8 years of experience with increasing responsibility in the implementation, administration, and management of complex technology infrastructures.
• Ability to travel to remote business locations as required. Travel estimates are less than 25% of the time.
• Certifications such as CCNP, CCNA, RHCE, VCAP, VCDX, and/or NCP.
• Mastery of Network management and security, VMWare Network and/or UNIX knowledge, and strong knowledge of Secure network practices.
• Expert in Datacenter (Cisco ACI and VxLAN) networking, expert in Enterprise and/or OT networking, and strong WAN network knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of Network Protocols, knowledge of PKI, SQL Server, and security products, and strong in IP subnetting.
• Provide technical expertise (i.e., tactical, and operational) on evaluation, selection, implementation, and maintenance of information systems.
• Partners with the IT management team on strategic technology initiatives and projects to forecast costs, equipment, and resources.
• Drives automation in operational tasks to improve efficiency and traceability of activities.
• Researches and implements best practices for infrastructure services, including proven infrastructure methodologies, service management processes, and operational support.
• Thorough knowledge and experience with Linux, and expert with Virtualization systems such as VMWare and Acropolis.
• Knowledge of configuration, implementation and monitoring for Azure or AWS environments and a security mindset and approach.
• Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.
• Self-motivated, have phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra?

• Experience in the implementation, administration, and management of complex technology and network infrastructure in an Operations Technology environment supporting critical infrastructure (Pipelines, power distribution, railway).
• Preferred CCIE, JNCIE, RHCE, CISSP, PMP
• Experience with VPN, DMVPN, and complex multipath networking.
• Experience with Software Defined networking.
• UNIX experience is a plus.
• Expertise in Industrial Data Center and OT networking.
• Industrial Data Center or other OT focused infrastructure.
• SCADA communications and systems infrastructure.
• Industrial Controls network Infrastructure.
• Virtualization in critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience with Purdue Model in OT/ICS security.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

Getting to work for a company that helps to meet our county’s energy needs and keeps us moving!

Team members who care about each other while accomplishing remarkable things.

Highly competitive benefits – Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards

Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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