What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Network Engineer (Only W2 and local candidates in Phoenix, AZ) position at Sharp Decisions?
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location: Phoenix, AZ (100% Onsite)
Duration: 3 months contract with possible extension
Payrate: $76.99/HR on W2
****(Need only W2 and local candidates in Phoenix, AZ || No C2C)*****
Under general direction of an IT Manager, the primary job duties of this position include the following, the Senior Network Engineer:
• Provides excellent customer service for Department staff, vendors, stakeholders and partners.
• Plans and coordinates infrastructure and networking projects; manage and review projects and tasks implementation by direct reports and consultants
• Oversees installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of network connectivity and performance
• Leads creation and maintenance of documentation related to knowledge base, network configurations, network mapping diagrams, processes, and service records.
• Assists the IT Manager in developing annual operating budget and Capital Improvement Plan for network infrastructure components.
• Evaluates and implements the overall network infrastructure plans for the wide area network including knowledge of Cisco Nexus Data Center equipment and Palo Alto Next Gen Firewalls
• Coordinates and manages the relationship and contracts with third-party vendors involved in Fire network systems.
• Actively researches available technologies that would improve reliability and usability of Phoenix Fire Dispatch Services.
• Participates in department, vendor, partner, Federated department meetings as required.
• Audits devices and configurations to confirm standards, security and best practices are followed
• Creates, documents, resolves and maintains ticketing system items including problem, incident, service requests, change controls and configuration management database.
PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS
• Five years of experience in planning, design, and maintenance of a large network
• Five years of experience in configuration/management/troubleshooting of Cisco IOS and Cisco Nexus devices
• Supervisory experience directing the activities of a small team consisting of full-time and contract employees.
• Experience with routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
• Experience with point-to-point VPNs, IPsec, and NAT
• CCNP, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall Engineer, or similar industry certifications.
Salary : $77