Job Description

Seeking a talented professional with significant experience in the networking field. At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services. Create value by making sound choices about which networking technologies to use and how to integrate them in the enterprise. You'll have the opportunity to bring together the right combination of cost, resiliency, and features needed for the solution. What you do * Establish network architecture best suited to support business applications * Assist with change management procedures related to network infrastructure * Ensure service level agreements align with business expectations * Lead projects in terms of requirement gathering, scope determination, budget and schedule management * Coaching and training other team members in their professional and technical development * Work closely with Audit and Security teams to address outstanding items and prioritize remediation tasks * Act as a subject matter expert for one of more technologies or processes * Establish, document, and maintain technical requirements for network positions, processes for network problem reporting/resolution as well as plans for disaster recovery and business continuity * Success in this role involves an ability to: * Design, deploy and maintain large scale enterprise network infrastructure * Create strategic infrastructure roadmap including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies * Link short and long-term business needs to meet business objectives What you bring * Deep technical understanding of data center networking topologies using virtual computing and storage platforms * 6 years relevant IT experience required * A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other closely related field is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience * Professional level Cisco certification (CCNP) or equivalent experiences * Cisco Certified Infrastructure Expert (CCIE) preferred * Project management experience would be desired * Proficiency required in the following technologies: * Managing public and private IP address space * Understanding of load balancers, (AVI Network experience desired) * Web Application Firewalls (WAF) * Wireless and LAN technologies * Cisco Security technologies including Cisco Firepower and ZBFW * Load balancer technologies * Software Defined Data Center Networking including Nexus and ACI * Cisco ISE * Extensive experience required in the following: * SSL certificates, root certificates * Cisco ASR and ISR routers * BGP, OSPF, DMVPN * Layer 2 and layer 3 switching using Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 9300 switches What we offer * Our company motto is “Fulfilling Life” and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future. * Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers. * We’re committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities. * A total rewards package with all the comprehensive health and welfare benefits you’d expect, including competitive pay and incentives, 401(k), flexible work schedules and time off to care for yourself and others. * Additional popular benefits, including tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment, an incentivized well-being program, adoption assistance, paid time off for volunteering, training, and career development opportunities. An Equal Opportunity Employer Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled more