APA - Network Administration Analyst Sr

Specific Responsibilities

The Network Administration Senior Analyst, for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s Information Technology team at the company’s Houston, office reporting to the Network Administration Manager.

This role will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Actively participate in the planning, design, and implementation of network related projects
• Act as an escalation resource for reported network performance or application performance issues
• Manage and support the network monitoring and configuration management software
• Provide technical and architectural support for field networks to include industrial switches, routers, and wireless bridges
• Assist in developing the overall network strategy for Apache globally
• Utilize Apache's service portal to manage and create service requests, outages, and change requests
• Identify, evaluate and recommend technologies using best practices/industry standards
• Identify innovative ways to utilize existing applications and technologies 
• Forecast and coordinate management of change for scheduled maintenance weekends
• Effectively communicate with end users and peers around the world
• International and Domestic travel may be required

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Extensive design, deployment and troubleshooting experience with large enterprises
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. The ability to clearly articulate complex issues
• Project management and customer interfacing capabilities
• Extensive experience with Cisco routers, switches, firewall and wireless hardware
• Extensive experience with Riverbed WAN optimization appliance, Cascade and NetProfiler
• Extensive experience with Solarwinds Network Management suite of applications
• Extensive experience with Gigamon, Wireshark and packet level analysis and application performance root cause analysis
• Experience using Splunk to help with troubleshooting
• Experience designing and troubleshooting EIGRP, BGP, Firewalls, IPSEC/SSL VPNs, Spanning tree and network security
• Experienced with software defined networking
• High level of experience with Cisco Nexus Data Center Architecture
• High level of experience with Cisco ISE/NAC
• Working knowledge of SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA and other management protocols
• Experience working in Oil and Gas Industry – specifically with field support technicians
• CCNP certification a plus

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the world's energy needs.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom's North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname.

For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit: www.apacorp.com.

Apache Statement on Hiring

To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.

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