Network Engineer (AFI)

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI) is a global producer of flooring products and ceiling systems for use in the construction and renovation of residential, commercial and institutional buildings. The Company designs, manufactures and sells flooring products (resilient and wood) and ceiling systems (mineral fiber, fiberglass and metal) globally. The Company segments includes: Building Products, Resilient Flooring and Wood Flooring.

The Network Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for providing technical expertise and participating in or overseeing a variety of analytical and technical assignments, problems diagnosis and solutions, documentation, implementation, administration, support and maintenance on a variety of hardware, software and network products in an information technology infrastructure environment.

- The role is broadly split between providing day-to-day operational support for existing infrastructure services to users of those services and project-based work leading to the development and deployment of new infrastructure services. - The successful analyst serves as a liaison between other technical staff, management, users and vendors regarding service requests, usage, standards, security and other technical issues and provides both on-site and remote access diagnoses and resolution of computer hardware and software problems.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent with 6 years of experience in a network administrative role is required. - 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, managing and supporting mission critical network environments based on Cisco hardware and IOS. - Knowledge of all common routing protocols, including but not limited to EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and RIP v2, Spanning-tree, HSRP. - Solid understanding of industry-standard network design principles and best practices. - Solid understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols - Current CCNA Voice and/or CCNP Voice certification. - Knowledge of VolP (Voice over IP) implementation and support. - Maintain network security through proper configuration of VPN and Firewalls. - Must hold a valid driver's license with no restrictions and possess reliable transportation - Strong communication and documentation skills - Prior experience with conducting presentations, ITIL framework processes and project management - Citrix Netscaler - Cisco ASA - Checkpoint Firewalls - Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus Switches - Cisco Routers & Switches **Desired Qualifications for the Network Engineer:** - Cisco UC version 10+ (Call Manager, Unity Connect, IM & Presence and Collaboration) - Cisco Voice Gateway H323/SIP/SCCP/SRST/MGCP, T1/PRI & POTS - Cisco QoS for Enterprise Networks