Network Engineer II - IT Technical Infrastructure (Remote)

at  Nebraska Furniture Mart

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.
Pay Range: $62,755 - 103,999 annually
Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle
As Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Network Engineer II, you will be responsible for ensuring the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of in-house network systems that support core organizational functions. This is achieved by the installation, configuration and maintenance of networked systems (e.g., voice, data, wireless, etc). This is a remote position requiring the candidate to reside in one of the following states: NE, IA, MO, KS, or TX.

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Monitor: Maximize network performance by monitoring performance and troubleshooting network problems and outages
• Maintain: Uphold and enhance job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations
• Collaborate: Maximize network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architect on network optimization
• Ensure: Confirm network stability through Installation, setup, and configuring complex switching environments including Cisco Switches, Cisco Wireless Access Points, and Security appliances for access to vital business applications
• Communicate: Respond to inquiries from staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel and outside vendors to provide technical assistance and support

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, related field or equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience in network or systems administration or engineering preferred
• Current Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) required
• Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems, including Microsoft Windows Servers, AIX, UNIX or Linux a plus
• Hands on experience and knowledge of Networking: Switches, Routers, Hubs, Servers, Cables, Racks, Firewalls, LAN, WAN, WLAN, TCP/IP, DNS, UDP, Latency, VolP, QoS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, NHRP, ATM, PPP, MPLS
• Working technical knowledge of current software protocols, and Internet standards, including TCP/IP, WWW, DNS, SMTP, FTP, Network, and Security Protocols, etc
• Experience and success with LAN, WAN, WLAN, and WWAN support and implementation
• Knowledge of VoIP implementation and support and Cisco Unified Communication – experience with configuration and infrastructure a plus
• Knowledge of installing, configuring, and maintaining all manners of server hardware, end user devices and associated network equipment.
• Competence with testing, flowchart, and data mapping tools and procedures, including Microsoft Visio.
• Ability to obtain additional certifications required by management
• Ability to respond to needs of the customer for installation, maintenance and equipment malfunctions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work nights, weekends and/or early morning hours based on business needs
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check

• Monitor: Maximize network performance by monitoring performance and troubleshooting network problems and outages
• Maintain: Uphold and enhance job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations
• Collaborate: Maximize network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architect on network optimization
• Ensure: Confirm network stability through Installation, setup, and configuring complex switching environments including Cisco Switches, Cisco Wireless Access Points, and Security appliances for access to vital business applications
• Communicate: Respond to inquiries from staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel and outside vendors to provide technical assistance and suppor