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Position: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Mt. Airy, Maryland Office

Cetrom is a growing, fast-paced cloud computing provider with clients across the country in many different industries. We are seeking the best senior-level network engineers to work in-house and in the field to support our local client community in various ways. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years experience and meet all of the below requirements. Adaptability and excellent client skills are essential in this position.

Responsibilities include:

Assist in maintenance, design, build and testing on our hosting network
Perform work at the client’s site as needed, primarily in the Washington, D.C. area (on very rare occasions it may require travel)
Assist on helpdesk calls in a backup/secondary role
Participate in a 24×7 on-call rotation on a periodic basis

Skills/experience required:

MCSE certification
Knowledge of current networking technologies
Knowledge of current application protocols and their behavior across LAN/WAN infrastructures
Knowledge of Windows operating systems
Knowledge and experience with firewalls, routers, and switches
5+ years direct experience required in the management and administration of network infrastructure – routers, switches, load balancers, SSL acceleration technology
In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP
Experience with multi-site routing, peering, and disaster recovery network architectures
Firewall/security experience (access control list (ACL) management, secure remote management practices)
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, conducive to team development
Ability to work independently
Strong technical and troubleshooting skills

Skills desired:

Knowledge of or experience with virtualization and cloud computing technology (VMWare/Citrix)
Experience/participation in enterprise technology planning and strategy development
Experience with architectures supporting highly-available applications
Experience with Windows clustering
Experience with SQL, Exchange, DNS, DFS
Experience building and configuring the network infrastructure to support and secure high-availability solutions
Experience building and troubleshooting multi-tiered networks using routing, VLANs, etc.
Knowledge of current networking technologies including: TCP/IP, Routing Protocols and VPNs

Other requirements:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Mature self-starter, capable of being self-directed and direct others
Works well in a team or independently
People-oriented, customer focused
Professional in appearance, demeanor and delivery
U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status required for employment

Qualified candidates should send their resume (including salary requirements) to careers@cetrom.com.