IT Network Engineer II

Want to love your job? We’re hiring at the Texas Roadhouse Support Center! Flexibility, teamwork, and fun are some of the reasons our employees are proud to be Roadies. Apply today and join our team!

We Offer a Comprehensive Total Rewards Package On The First Day Of The Month Following 31 Days Of Employment To Support Center Employees That Meet Our Benefit Eligibility Requirements. The Total Rewards Package Includes, But Is Not Limited To, The Following:

• A choice of medical plans that are best in class
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Parental, Donor, Bereavement and 100% Paid Maternity Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Employee Assistance Program
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursements up to $5,250 per year
• Quarterly Restricted Stock Units Program
• Annual holiday bonus
  
  

We also offer a variety of services for our Support Center employees! Car detailing and oil changes in the parking lot, on site haircuts, workout gym with personal trainers, spray tans, dry cleaning delivery service, chair massages just to name a few! We also have a Registered Nurse in the building to help with our wellness initiatives and keep us healthy. Willie’s Joynt is our full-service café that serves breakfast and lunch and prepares delicious TO GO meals. We love taking care of our Roadie family and making our company a LEGENDARY place to work! As our founder, Kent Taylor once said, “We are a people company that just happens to serve steaks.” Check us out, you won’t be disappointed!

Department: IT

Positions Supervised: None

FLSA Status: Exempt

Amount of Travel Required: None

Reports To: Senior Manager of Network Operations

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm EST

Position Overview

At Texas Roadhouse, we are looking for a highly skilled and innovative Network Engineer II to design, implement, and optimize our network infrastructure. As a Network Engineer II, you will be responsible for network architecture design, performance optimization, and ensuring the security and scalability of our network environment. Your strong technical expertise, problem-solving abilities, and passion for automation will be crucial in driving our network infrastructure forward. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless network connectivity, troubleshoot issues, and optimize network performance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network solutions to meet business requirements, showcasing your creative problem-solving abilities.
• Design, implement, and maintain our network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network issues, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Optimize network performance and troubleshoot network issues with modern tools and develop automated processes to remediate persistence issues.
• Implement network security measures to protect against threats, ensuring the utmost protection of our network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate network solutions effectively, demonstrating strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Embrace automation technologies and frameworks through NetDevOps to streamline network operations and enhance efficiency, showcasing your passion for innovation.
  
  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of network architecture and design principles.
• Proficiency in network configuration, including VLANs, routing protocols, and firewall rules.
• Strong experience in optimizing network performance and troubleshooting network issues.
• Strong experience in designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi connectivity.
• Deep understanding of network security principles and best practices.
• Experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong experience with designing network automation frameworks and containers, such as Python, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker and Puppet.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (preferred).
• Proven experience in a similar network engineer role.
• Required industry certifications such as CCNA, Cisco DevNet Associate, AZ-700 and/or AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
• Preferred certifications such as CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Cloud+, Cisco DevNet Professional, CCNP, CCIE, AZ-104, AZ-204, AZ-720, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Associate, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, CWNA, CWSP, CWDP, CWAP, MCSA.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in network engineering
  
  

This job description includes essential functions and basic duties and is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as appropriate. This document is not a contract of employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate. We as a Company do not provide sponsorships for employment-based visas

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, or any other legally protected status. We encourage and welcome all applicants to apply.