Cisco Network Engineer

IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide. Our client is looking for a Cisco Network Engineer to help support, maintain, and configure network equipment including Cisco switches, Wireless, ASA VPN, Checkpoint firewalls, Palo Alto and F5 load balancers. Tasks: Perform network system administration duties as necessary for system availability, maintainability and security. Ensure service tickets or requests to be performed on Cisco VPN, Firepower, IPS and Prime are completed and working with Networking groups when needed. Develop, document and apply Cisco ASA, CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Catalyst, 9300 switch configurations for CJIS services. Identify routine networking tasks or requests coming to the Networking group and develop processes to allow the Service Desk to submit tickets directly where appropriate. Develop, document and support SolarWinds Orion, KIWI Syslog and Savvius configurations. Execute unit and integration testing procedures. Provide knowledge transfer. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: Strong analytical, oral and written communications, problem solving, and human relations skills. NOTE: Work is expected to be hybrid, part remote and part in-person. Resource will be expected to be in the office 2 days per week minimum, may vary based on workload. One of the days on-site must be Monday or Friday each week. Onsite work located at the St. Paul, MN office. Location: St Paul, MN (Hybrid 2 days per week in office minimum) Contract: 1 year