Hybrid Role-Network Infrastructure Engineer with State Client Exp

Duration: Long Term Contract

Location: Windsor Mill, MD

(Hybrid 3 days onsite in a week)

State client experience

Can obtain Public trust

Key Required Skills

DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; NAC; load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; NTP; AWS (Preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud, WAN, LAN, IPv6, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet Skills; EIGRP, BGP4, RIP, VPLS, MPLS; Active Cisco CCIE certification.

Position Description

• Research, design and implement security solutions for network infrastructure

• Engineer network solutions for new & existing systems.

• Provide day-to-day network engineering and operations support

• Provide tactical and strategic input on overall network planning and related projects

• Work with advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.

• Challenge with working on complex technical problems and providing innovative solutions.

• Work with highly experienced and technical resources.

• All other duties as assigned or directed.

• Attending customer lab environment to work with new technologies and applications

Detailed Skills Requirements

FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Basic Qualifications)

• 10 years of experience with designing, configuring, managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network switching and routing protocols in a large enterprise network (7000 nodes).

• 8 years of experience with configuring and managing switches, routers, Load Balancers, firewalls

• 8 years of experience with Network Monitoring/IPAM (i.e., SolarWinds, NetFlow)

• 8 years of physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signaling analyzer, packet capture and analysis

• 8 years of Firewall experience including designing, configuring, testing and troubleshooting.

• 8 years of experience and knowledge of Cisco IOS and Cisco Nexus Operating systems

• 8 years of experience with WAN Optimization using Riverbed and trace tools like Wireshark

• 5 years of experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python or Perl

• 5 years of experience with Gigamon

• Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification, IPv6 and PRIME experience

• Strong cloud networking & design experience preferably with Hyperscalers like AWS, Azure and google.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.

FACTORS TO HELP YOU SHINE (Required Skills)

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Experience with Dynatrace

• Solid understanding of internetworking: security, routing, switching, SAN and application networking

• Experience with Microsoft Server and Linux Administration

• Expertise in the Linux command-line environment.

• High availability, failover and redundant configurations

• Network deployment and operations automation (Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning)

• Experience with virtualization solutions (i.e., VMWare).

• Experience documenting network information including of all switching and routing equipment, connected IP-addressable devices and cabling interconnects

• Provide technical competence for auditing the existing environment by creating relevant documentation where it does not exist.

• Plan, research, evaluate, design and develop network systems by applying engineering, hardware and software design theories and principles to develop a compatible system infrastructure in line with organization strategies

• Interface with customer IT leadership and internal teams to develop network, systems, and security solutions

• Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.

• Experience in using MS Visio, Project.

HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Active Cisco CCIE, CCNP certification

• Knowledge, skills and abilities creating and managing automation scripts to manage Network as a Service (Software Defined Networking (SDN), Load Balancers, firewalls, etc.

• Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation for network performance management.

• Prior Federal government experience.

• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment

• Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities

• Knowledge of relational databases and ability to construct and debug SQL queries

Education

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Thanks & Regards

Sonali Kumari

Technical Recruiter

KPG99, INC

Desk: (609) 973-8708

Email: spandit@kpgtech.com