Career Opportunities

Summary:

Conexess Group is excited to be aiding a Fortune 500 client in their search for a full time Network Engineer. Ideal candidates will possess experience in manufacturing and 5 plus years of professional, hands on IT exposure. Our client is offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits and PTO, and the chance to work on a highly collaborative, laid back team. 

Qualifications: ​
•BA/BS degree 
•3 – 5 + years professional IT work experience, preferably within a large organization 
•Knowledge of Cisco network hardware, and support of Cisco technology
•Ability to understand the company's business needs involving manufacturing storage and backup platforms 
•Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and solve complex problems within converged network equipment 
•Switch Configuration
•Ability to communicate effectively with technical staff as well as manufacturing management 
•Business acumen along with excellent written and oral communication skills 
•Strategic thinker with a history of creating innovative solutions​

Qualifications Preferred:
•7+ years professional IT experience, preferably within a large manufacturing organization 
•Ability to understand the evolving needs of next generation manufacturing environment reliance on virtual networks
•Experience in manufacturing network environments and plant floor expertise​

Responsibilities:
•Demonstrates ability to design, implement, and manage LAN and wireless network environments
•Ability to use available tools to forecast utilization and to modify the environment for the efficient use of available bandwidth resources.
•Responds to incidents, issues, or questions reported by the manufacturing organization 
•Interface with the Enterprise IT organization as required to effectively support the requirements of the manufacturing group including addressing service-level, uptime and availability requirements
•Supports the Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Warren Plant in testing, planning, problem management/resolution, and deployment of storage and backup platforms.
•Demonstrates a strong customer service orientation within IT support and ability to manage projects and workloads with minimal supervision
•Demonstrates well-developed communication skills and the ability to maintain positive and cooperative working relationships with the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Development and Infrastructure teams and other technology teammates.
•Adheres to technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints.
•Evaluates emerging technologies against business and strategic needs 
•Provide after-hours support for the manufacturing facility should issues or failures occur that impact production
•Provides support for the day to day active directory, telephone system, Windows server (building and troubleshooting), video security system and LAN ​