Network Engineer

Position: Network Engineer

Duration: 6-12 month contract

Location: Onsite 5 days a week in Midtown

Compensation: $55-60hr W2

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.

Purpose of the Project:

As a Network Infrastructure Engineer with one of our clients, you will be part of a global team responsible for architecting, standardizing, and deploying new infrastructure technologies including Software Defined Networking, Traffic switching, High Density Wireless architecture, and Network Security. In this position, the engineer will be working directly with corporate and internal lines of business to support growth through project-based initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement Network Infrastructure solutions (Lan, wifi, WAN) using Cisco and other vendor products to support corporate business initiatives

• Duties are project work which includes integrating remote offices of acquisitions

• Communication with the project team, internal customer, and remote networking groups to understand requirements for integration

• Collaborate with your team to align infrastructure standards for architecture and configuration to meet corporate requirements

• Participate in planning of new technologies to drive infrastructure that aligns with the strategic roadmap

• Install, configure, troubleshoot, maintain and upgrade software and operating systems when required.

• Participate in troubleshooting and resolving hardware, software and connectivity problems virtually and onsite as needed support at HQ

• Roll over NOC support as needed

Mandatory Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, DHCP, SNMP, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Cisco switches (latest Catalyst and Nexus), and wireless environments (latest WLCs and APs)
• Working knowledge of Meraki Switches and AP’s
• Working knowledge in using advanced switching technologies such as VPC, VDC, HSRP, PBR, and MAC Security
• Experience configuring Cisco ISE in a multi-switch model environment
• Experience with Infoblox for IPAM, DNS, and DHCP
• Excellent Communication skills at all levels of the organization with English as the primary communication language
• Strong action orientation and attention to detail
• CCNP Certification is an added advantage

Desired Knowledge and Skills

• Experience with SDWAN technologies such as Velocloud
• Experience with DNA-C leveraging automation and orchestration to push standard configurations and to use plug in play for hardware deployments.
• CCIE Routing and Switching

QUALIFICATIONS and Expectations

• Degree or Diploma in Engineering or Computer Science
• Minimum 4-5 years of progressive experience in managing a Virtual environment
• Experience in supporting Azure/GCP Public cloud is a definite advantage
• Practical experience with Firewalls, load balancers and network simulators
• Systems/Network Monitoring Experience
• Windows, RHELinux and associated clusters
• Experience with a scripting language such as tcl, Perl, Python, and writing shell scripts