Senior Network Engineer

Plano, United States

| Posted on 06/19/2024Rate:$65/hr On W2 Or $74.75/hr On C2C/1099

OnlyGC and USC or H4 EAD

Subcontractingis not allowed

Skills:Job is 30% Security of the Network, 70% Senior Network Engineer

Must have a Driver’s License

Hybrid – 2 days onsite - (work 2 daysin either of these locations: Plano, Texas or Richmond, VA)

Must have Network Architectureexperience

10-15 plus years of experience in allareas.

Must have Fortigate/Fortinet Firewalls

Must have Cisco ASA

Must have strong Cisco Products

Must have scripting experience withPython

Must have experience with FortinetFirewalls, Firewall Analysis, VPN, Cloud Security (Azure), VPN Security,Security Compliance, SAML, Radius, Cisco (Routers/Switches/ASA Firewalls), F5Load Balancing

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SeniorNetwork Engineer with expertise in Networking who will be responsible forimplementing highly scalable solutions on the Microsoft Azure Public Cloud andOn-Premises environment.

Theideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, andmaintaining our organization's network architecture to ensure optimalperformance, security, and scalability.

Asa member of the team, you will work alongside reliability teams to ensure sitereliability and that all releases seamlessly move from development throughstaging and into production.

· Oversee the planning and execution of network projects, provide technicalleadership to the team, and collaborate with cross-functional departments tomeet business objectives.

· Design, implement, and manage complex network solutions to support businessoperations.

· Responsible for safeguarding an organization’s computer systems and networksfrom security breaches, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.

· Lead network architecture planning, including hardware and software upgrades.

· Provide technical expertise in troubleshooting network issues and implementingsolutions.

· Collaborate with IT teams to ensure network security measures are in place.

· Conduct regular network performance monitoring and optimization.

· Mentor and train junior network engineers to enhance team capabilities.

· Evaluate new technologies and make recommendations for network improvements.

· Develop and maintain network documentation for reference and compliancepurposes.

Provenexperience as a Senior Network Engineer or similar role in a large-scaleenvironment.

· Experience in the planning, design, deployment and support of LAN/WAN/ and IParchitectures.

· In-depth knowledge of networking protocols, hardware, and software solutionsincluding deploying network services and protocols such as TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP,LAN Switching Technologies, Next-Gen Firewalls (Fortinet preferred), and LoadBalancing (F5 preferred), etc.

· Extensive experience in traditional route/switch, Wireless technologies, VPN,SSL, DNS, DHCP, and ISE.

· Conduct network security assessments & recommend remediation actions.

· Hands-on experience with network security.

· Design and maintain security controls for network infrastructure. Enhancesecurity monitoring and detection systems to identify abnormal behavior.

· Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead projects and teamseffectively.

· Experience utilizing a public cloud solution (Azure, AWS, GCP)

· Prior experience working with industry network tools: monitoring (Splunk,NetScout, Zabbix), management (Prime, ISE, Aruba Central), inventory management(Netbox, IPAM), and DNS solutions.

· Scripting experience with scripting languages (python, GO, PowerShell) andtools (versioning, GitHub) as well as experience utilizing REST APIs, JSON, andYAML.

· Experience with multiple hardware/software platforms such as:

· Nutanix (or other hyper-converged technologies)

· VMWare and Acropolis Hypervisors

· Strong teamwork skills, ability to learn quickly, excellent written and spokencommunication.

· Experience working with Agile methodologies.

· Monitor and Troubleshoot network performance and integrity. Resolve escalatedissues by troubleshooting both cloud and local infrastructure.

· Automate tasks and assess their effectiveness.

Educationand/or Experience:

· 4+ years of network architecture design and/or solution engineering

· 2+ years of network design or administration involving cloud infrastructure[AWS, Azure, Google, etc.]

· 2+ years of scripting or coding experience with one or more languages

· 8+ years of relevant IT experience in large/complex IT architectureenvironments

· 4-year degree in IT related course of study

· Preferred Professional certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP etc.).

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