Network / System Engineer III

Location:

Plano, TX

Salary Range:

Competitive

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale networks with high availability and reliability requirements.
• Strong foundational expertise in TCP/IP networking, including OSPF, EIGRP, and Layer 2 technologies such as VLANs and EtherChannel/Portchannel.
• Experience supporting SNA/APPN networking.
• Working knowledge of switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, certificates, TLS/SSL, and REST APIs.
• Experience using IBM Netview and IBM Omegamon automation and performance tools.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Assembler and REXX programming skills.
• Prior work experience at client or in client's Industry.
• Strong understanding of packet trace analysis and multi-layer troubleshooting techniques.

• Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Engineer and operate network solutions supporting mainframe TCP/IP and SNA/APPN-based system integrations.
• Optimize high-availability connectivity for business-critical, high-velocity transactions and batch-processing systems.
• Lead modernization of mainframe network architectures, including improvements in observability and telemetry.
• Advance automation and AI-assisted operations to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and enhance network reliability.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, and mainframe network stacks.
• Continuously improve network solutions to meet performance, capacity, resiliency, and cybersecurity compliance standards.

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