Network Engineer

Onsite | Brighton Park, IL | 5 Days a Week - Local travel required

US Citizen or Green Card Holder Required

(6 Month Contract) - 60-Day Trial period to start

Summary Our client is an IT consultancy and managed services provider (MSP) that leverages its strong team presence to advance our clients to a secure digital enterprise. With a 25-year corporate resume, our client delivers strategic managed services, IT consulting, and hybrid multicloud infrastructure solutions to optimize our clients technology environments. Additionally, our client is NMSDC-certified, with a portfolio of clients that includes some of the nations largest airports, utilities, commercial real estate portfolios, and government agencies. They are also backed by Abry Partners, a Boston-based sector-focused private equity firm with $5B under management and more than 30 years of experience in the technology market.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Network Engineer to join their team on a 6 month contract term with possible extentions! The Network Engineer supports and improves the customers large-scale IT environment with SLRs/SLAs for high availability and uptime. The Network Engineer manages, maintains, plans, schedules, integrates, and troubleshoots the overall network and its devicesWANs, LANs, WLANs, VPNs, VoIP, etc.and monitors network health. The Network Engineer will handle network installation planning, upgrades, cutovers, and testing.

This environment is comprised of Ruckus switches, Access Points, Cradlepoint Branch routers and Cisco Catalyst 1000 series routers. The WAN is a mixture of technologies including, private DWDM fiber, site-to-site VPN, and leased circuits. The environment also includes, Infoblox DHCP/DNS services, Palo Alto and ASA firewalls. - This position reports to the Client Delivery Executive and receives guidance from the Infrastructure Project Manager.

• Design, set up, configure and troubleshoot Ruckus and non-Ruckus network switches and other network components to support all aspects of the day-to-day operations
• Perform day to day administration and operational functions of the network environment
• Day to day monitoring of the network, collecting and preparing statistical data for analysis on network performance and availability (monitoring of network device logs, monitoring of port statistics)
• Documentation of Procedures / Networking environment (ensure that all network documentation is accurate and up to date)
• Document issue resolution using the helpdesk ticketing system
• Management of Ruckus configurations and ensuring patches are tested and applied
• Submit Request for Change forms when needed
• Participate in Change Advisory Board meetings
• Install and configure software
• Mass updates of network equipment using CLI scripting
• Configuration validation using CLI scripting
• Maintain excellent communication with all end-users and other members of the technology department
• Assist other team members in executing various project tasks
• Work with hardware break/fix vendor as needed
• Execute other assigned tasks as delegated by the Customer, Project Manager, and Team Lead
• Perform vulnerability investigations, and mitigations, on network infrastructure for PCI, HIPAA and other network compliance

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in multi-site networks supporting 1000 end points
• Versed in ITIL concepts
• Familiarity with common network tools e.g, bits set, loopback plugs, laser lights for fiber identification, etc.
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and managing: Ruckus and Cisco Catalyst network equipment
• Self-starting attitude looking to take ownership of managing the environment
• Must be able to maintain and adhere to specific laptop requirements while under contract
• Must have a vehicle to drive to different client locations around Chicago. - Miles can be expensed

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working with ServiceNow is preferred
• A CCNA/CCNP or equivalent certification is preferred

Education/Certification Requirements

• None