Description:
The role designs, implements, secures, maintains, supports, and optimizes local and wide area-networking (LAN\WAN) and telecommunications related systems that are both on premise and cloud-based. Areas of responsibility include all voice and data network systems for primary and secondary data centers, cloud providers and various strategic business units. Additional responsibilities include interfacing with key telecommunications and network services related partner relationships and providing tier I-III support across various businesses with the company, on-premises data centers and cloud environments.
The primary responsibilities would include spending 20-30% of their time on project work, such as requirements gathering, selection, designing, and implementation, and the remaining 70-80%% on support and operation tasks like addressing issues, patching, and replacing systems.
Experience in and knowledge of some or all of the following technology areas:
LAN\WAN\VPN\Wireless\remote access technologies, concepts, hardware (switch, router, firewall, access gateways)
Routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT
Secure network design (zones, DMZs, bastion hosts)
Security controls such as network segmentation, NAC, Firewall, IPS/IDS, MFA, IPS/IDS, eMail filters, proxies, RADIUS, EDR, managed detect & respond (MDR) providers, etc
Networking and security related to Office365, Microsoft365 (365 Services), and Azure including planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions (hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to High's Azure services)
Connectivity infrastructures including LAN, WAN, WDM, MPLS, ISP and Broadband circuits
Telephone and video systems
Scripting languages
Network monitoring and IP Address management solutions
Migrating customers to new technologies or services (new hardware versions, cloud services, etc)
Network device configuration and cabling standards
Skills:
cisco routers, cisco switches, aruba, fortinet, lan, wan, telecom, azure, voip
Top Skills Details:
cisco routers,cisco switches,aruba,fortinet,lan,wan,telecom
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Certifications preferred (not required): CCNA , CCNP, CCIA, Network , Microsoft Certified Azure Network Engineer Associate
Any knowledge or prior experience in Azure Networking would be a big plus
Knowledge or prior experience with phone telephony, voip, etc. (Client mentioned wanting to move away from PBX so any experience here would be a plus)
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.