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Job Title: Sr. Network Engineer - 248815
Work Location: Las Vegas, NV (Hybrid Onsite)
Position Type: Contract to Hire (6 months)
Hourly Rate: $65 / hour
Full Time Conversion Salary - Starting at $130,000 / year
ABOUT OUR CLIENT / ABOUT THIS ROLE
Medix is currently seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a contract to hire opportunity with one of our national Healthcare Services clients, with a data center located in Las Vegas.
This individual will be joining a team focused on enterprise Network Migrations onto new Next Generation equipment - including Palo Alto / Panorama Next Generation Firewalls, and SD-WAN.
We are seeking individuals who have a minimum of 5-7 years working experience, and who have hands-on implementation, configuration and support for Palo Alto products and VPNs, with secondary expertise in Routing and Switching.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- This role is hybrid onsite in Las Vegas - 3-4 times / week.
- Leading and support network migration projects and enterprise operations across the organization.
- Receiving and shipping network hardware
- Day to day will primarily be focused on Network Configuration and Deployment (80%) with some troubleshooting and support (< 20%)
- A major project includes enterprise-wide data center migration projects, which will include implementing new PaloAlto Prisma SD-WAN and Next-Generation Firewalls with Panorama Management.
- Core responsibilities will be to configure the Palo Alto firewall, VPNs and Switch configurations for deployment at new sites.
- This individual will be tasked with understanding architecture designs, ordering equipment, tracking shipments, and ensuring timely delivery for installation.
- Strong Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN and firewall skills are required - must be able to troubleshoot, program, and set up firewalls, including setting up VPNs, and migrate existing firewall rules over to the new devices.
- This individual will also be Implementing, configuring and supporting Cisco Data Center Switches (Nexus)
- This role is an Engineer-level, but will be called on to support lower-level areas such as hardware replacements, patching and cabling, as needed
- This role will also be providing technical troubleshooting and support for connectivity issues within the AWS and Azure multi-cloud environment
- This individual is responsible for using monitoring tools (ie, Solarwinds) for monitoring and assessing network performance, as well as ticketing tools (ServiceNow) to stay on top of issues.
REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Local to Las Vegas / Willing to work onsite
- 7-10 years of professional experience
- Network Certifications (Cisco CCNP/DevNet Certification, or PCNSE) are preferred
- Strong hands-on experience with PaloAlto Next Generation Firewalls and Panorama
- Cisco Nexus Switches and VLAN configuration
- Experience with SD-WAN technologies highly preferred
- AWS or Azure Cloud experience preferred
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Candidates must be permanently authorized to work for any employer without the need for visa sponsorship now, or in the future.