***THIS ROLE IS NOT OPEN TO SPONSORED CANDIDATES AT THIS TIME!***

***CANDIDATES LOCAL TO PLANO, TX AND MCLEAN, VA ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY***

***ROLE IS FOR A DIRECT CLIENT***

Network Engineer Specialist

Duration: 12 months.

Location: Onsite (Hybrid) in McLean, VA OR Plano, TX on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Years of experience: 4 (Implementing Zscaler Suite)

Must Haves: Must have hands on experience with Zscaler SaaS proxy solutions. Additional must haves are Zscaler DIA (Direct Internet Access), Authentication Bridge, Nanolog Streaming Service, and Zscaler V ZEN (Virtual Zscaler Enforcement Nodes) appliances.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related engineering or sciences field or Equivalent job experience.
• Strong core knowledge and skills Zscaler DIA, Authentication Bridge, Nanolog Streaming Service, Z-Tunnel, etc.
• Experience building Zscaler V ZEN appliances for DR/BC.
• Experience defining business legitimate Categories for allowed traffic.
• Strong experience with network router, switch, F5 GTM and LTM (any load-balancer experience), Firewall configurations.
• Familiar with Python, Ansible, or similar coding skills and automation experience, utilizing low-code solutions is also acceptable.
• Experience with Akamai or CloudFlare, or similar DDOS providers is a plus.
• Lead conversations to work with other network engineers and application developers to gather requirements and create a design document to address business needs.
• Knowledge of working with ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint.
• Strong documentation skills and process creation experience.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• You embrace change and innovation.
• Passion for driving value to customers.
• Ability to work quickly on delivery and able to apply risk-based approach to prioritize work.
• Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Takes accountability, sets expectations, and delivers high quality technical solutions within agreed upon level of effort.