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Abacus

Network Engineer III consult to hire

Abacus, Henderson, Nevada, us, 89077


Task Order Number12122023

Task Order NameNetwork Engineer III consult to hire

Category14

Job DescriptionNetwork Engineer III

Task Order DescriptionWorking within Infrastructure division:

cquires, architects, installs, configures, maintains, and supports network environments (WAN, LAN, and wireless networks) associated equipment (switches, routers, firewalls, controllers, access points, load balancers) to meet application and core service requirements; manages and monitors network environments; troubleshoots/resolves identified and reported problems; serves as an escalation contact for complex issues; works with vendors to resolve problems; performs advanced script writing, updating and coding of automation tools and services; performs asset life cycle management for network equipment and software; creates, maintains and adheres to policies, procedures, standards and operational instructions for network environments.rchitects, implements, and manages a data center environment including cabinet, cabling, and power configuration.Serves as senior technical lead on complex projects; interacts with project teams, vendors and other agencies to gather requirements, researches and recommends network environment solutions, provides technical guidance for solutions, coordinates equipment deployment and participates in systems installation, configuration and testing; provides guidance and mentoring to team members during installations, configurations and management of equipment; provides direction in complex problem solving situations; identifies and recommends process improvements.rchitects, implements, maintains, and supports cloud solutions.rchitects, implements, maintains, and supports data protection and system disaster recovery solutions; ensures data and systems are backed up, replicated and recoverable as required; ensures network environments are connected and secure by performing security monitoring, vulnerability scanning and remediation, updates/upgrades network environments to keep current with security and version releases; participates in incident response; architects and implements security solutions and proposes technology to increase security posture.ssists in planning and preparing for future technology solutions; stays up to date with emerging technologies and trends; meets with vendors to understand product roadmaps; researches, evaluates and tests emerging technologies; and makes recommendations.rchitects, acquires, installs, configures, maintains, and supports hardware and software solutions to manage, monitor, and operate network environments; as well to deliver cores services.ssists in developing budget and spend plans for future years; obtains vendor quotes and negotiates purchases.

Priority

UrgentEstimated Start Date

February 1, 2024Estimated Duration

1 yearWork Schedule

Monday - Thursday 7:30AM - 5:30 PM with scheduled on-call rotation; Observing City holidaysLocation of WorkOffice located at the following address:Department of Information TechnologyCity of Henderson City Hall240 S Water StreetHenderson, NV 89015Infrastructure Division and Telecommuting from a remote location within the Las Vegas valley.

Required Skills and ExperienceExpert knowledge of data center design, management and operations; architecture of network environments (WAN, LAN, wireless networks), software-defined networks, disaster recovery and data protection operations; information security as it pertains to network environments; cloud technologies; the City of Henderson Department of Information Technology policies and procedures; project management and research techniques; the concepts, practices and procedures of other information technology fields and their interaction with network functions.Desired Skills and ExperienceExpert ability to perform market research and product evaluation testing; troubleshoot and resolve very complex problems in a network environment; analyze and understand line of business application operations; analyze and interpret business requirements and transform them into architectural design and create related documentation; establish and maintain effective working relationships; communication clearly, orally and in writing, with varying levels of the organization with varying technological understanding.Payment for ServicesVendor may submit invoices for services rendered monthly. Invoices must identify the resource name, hourly rate, hours worked, total cost and a short description of services provided.