Job Description
IT Principal Network Engineer-11398
The future is bright at DTE Energy! We are the largest electric and gas utility in Michigan with an aspiration to be the best-operated energy company in North America. We are a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan with businesses in 26 different states.
DTE Energy's utility and non-utility businesses are poised for significant growth. We look forward to working with highly motivated and team-oriented individuals to energize our efforts of growing economically and environmentally.
We care for our employees and prioritize their health and safety first. Recently, DTE Energy has been recognized as an outstanding place to work and has received the following accolades:
* Gallup Great Workplace Award for 5 consecutive years
* 7th on Indeed's annual "50 Best Places to Work" award
* Metropolitan Detroit's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to work For
* J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Award
* Professional Women's Magazine/Black EOE Journal "Best of the Best"
* Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT
* Best Employers for a Healthy Lifestyle Gold Award
* Detroit Free Press Green Leaders Award
Description
Job Summary:
Provides Level 2 and Level 3 support, makes recommendations, leads projects and directs the development and/or research of advanced network technologies in Data Centers, LAN/WAN and wireless routing/switching disciplines. Performs complex tasks related to area of technical responsibility, works on multiple assignments and projects and leads/facilitates meetings and group discussions, presentations, and technical training classes. Self-managed, mentors and coaches less experienced team members and ITS personnel, and provides leadership and technical direction on all aspects of network engineering. Span of control: 0; this is an individual contributor job.
Key Accountabilities:
May vary, depending on the discipline or organization
-Creates and maintains project work plans and budgets; schedules and manages work activities and projects to achieve on time and in budget implementation of best-in-class solutions that meet organization and corporate goals.
-Mentors, provides guidance and technical direction to less experienced engineering and technical staff, including the provision of input in performance evaluations, but is not responsible for supervising anyone.
-Plans, schedules, and manages all operational day-to-day engineering support work activities for network technologies/infrastructures; manages trouble ticket/problem resolution and issue escalation.
-Makes recommendations in area of network infrastructure and the introduction of technology to the IT organization; participates in evaluating enabling technologies; designs and manages network architectures; leads research of advanced technologies.
-Consults on planning and issues in network design and direction; provides configurations for the network; consults with application teams on proper design and use of technologies and tools; consults on network architecture design and direction.
-Actively seeks continuous improvement opportunities and leads continuous improvement initiatives of internal processes, procedures, and standards; may consult on efforts to improve the quality of organizational processes, policies, and standards.
-Consults on operational and planning issues related to network technologies; works closely with outside vendors in planning projects, to evaluate vendor's software, and to resolve issues
-Keeps abreast of technology trends and the stated direction of the enterprise to select technology platforms that are appropriate and cost beneficial; has an established professional presence in the industry and maintains business relationships with key technical dependent industries and organizations to support the application of technology to specific business areas.
-Works as a proactive team player in dynamic environments and acts as project lead on multiple projects. Supports multiple internal and external clients.
-Supports/consults on team members' performance management; coaches team members on interacting with others outside of their work group.
Qualifications
Minimum:
-Associate's degree with certification as a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or a Cisco Certified Interconnect Expert(CCIE) and 7 years of business unit-related experience that may include system administration, installing, configuring and troubleshooting for network technologies/infrastructures in Data Center, LAN/WAN and in the disciplines of routing/switching, Wireless a... For full info follow application link.
DTE Energy is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, , orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.
