Network Engineer (Hybrid)

**The Company** At Utica National Insurance Group, 1,400 employees countrywide take our corporate promise to heart every day: To make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected. Utica National Insurance Group is an "A" rated $2.0B award-winning, nationally recognized property & casualty insurance carrier. Operating along the Eastern half of the United States, based in our Home Office in Central New York, with Regional Office locations including NYC, Dallas and Charlotte. **Our Mission** is to continually meet the needs of our policyholders, agent/customers and employees resulting in sustainable profitable growth in an increasingly competitive marketplace. We are proud to sell our products through more than 2,200 independent insurance agents around the country as we have been since 1928. These agents provide their clients with valuable insight and resources. And, as the second-largest insurer of [Agents’ Errors and Omissions](https://www.uticanational.com/business-insurance/errors-omissions/) (E&O) business in the United States, we insure many of the agents who work with our policyholders. **Our purpose** is to make people feel secure, appreciated, and respected. These Values define the character of our employees. They personify Utica National – describing what it means to “be Utica National” and how we approach doing business. Together, with our agents, we are committed to providing our mutual policyholders with valuable services and products to help them feel secure. **What you will do:** Experienced Network Administrator responsible for maintaining the integrity, performance, and security of an organization’s network infrastructure. Skilled in troubleshooting hardware and software issues, configuring and managing routers and switches, and monitoring network systems to ensure optimal functionality. Collaborates with vendors to support equipment maintenance and upgrades, while analyzing network components to recommend improvements and enhancements. Contributes to large-scale system planning through cost analysis and vendor evaluation, and helps establish corporate standards for network technology, security, and implementation. Dedicated to ensuring reliable, efficient, and scalable network operations aligned with business needs. **Essential Functions:** - Troubleshoots hardware and software network related problems. - Monitors network systems and makes recommendations for improvement. - Serves as a liaison with communication to vendors to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of equipment. - Analyzes network components for upgrades and recommends network enhancements. - Assists in the planning of large scale systems projects through vendor comparison and cost studies. - Configure and maintain routers and switches for network systems. - Provide input on direction for corporate standards for network technology implementation, including network hardware platforms, network operating systems and network security. - Maintain appropriate configuration and change control documentation. Follow up on changes and periodically review service levels. - Work with Network and Telecommunications support staff to establish and implement test procedures for all network changes. - Develop disaster recovery scripts and travel as required for disaster recovery testing for assigned systems. - Requires thorough knowledge of LAN/WAN systems, networks, and applications. - Performs other duties as assigned. - Conforms with all corporate policies and procedures. **What you will need:** **Education:** Bachelor's Degree preferred. **Experience:** 2-4 years **Salary:** $78,000-$96,000 The final salary to be paid and position within the internal salary range is reflective of the employee’s work experience, their geographic location, education, certification(s), scope and responsibilities in the role, and additional qualifications. **Benefits:** We believe strongly that talented people are core to our success and are attracted to companies that pr…