Senior Network Engineer
Senior Network Engineer
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Job Description
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location: Des Moines IA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Implementation Partner: Enterprise Softlabs Services
End Client: To be disclosed
Location: Des Moines IA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Implementation Partner: Enterprise Softlabs Services
End Client: To be disclosed
The Senior Network Engineer will support the client by managing and optimizing the organizations enterprise networking environment. This seniorlevel role is critical in maintaining secure communications network monitoring and offering consulting and architecture services for network infrastructure. The position involves operational support for routers switches and firewalls and assessing and improving network infrastructure across various executive branch agencies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operational Support: Manage routers switches and firewalls to ensure security performance capacity and availability of services.
- Network Configuration and Maintenance: Configure and maintain secure network infrastructure by security standards and best practices.
- Network Architecture: Provide network architecture support including infrastructure assessments creation of logical and conceptual network diagrams monitoring analysis problem resolution and changes.
- Network Security: Manage networks and systems to prevent unauthorized access while ensuring efficient transmission. Perform log management and monitoring.
- Firewall Management: Plan schedule and implement access through firewalls in line with security standards and best practices.
- Incident/Change Management: Adhere to defined incident/change management processes.
- Collaboration: Communicate regularly with other technical teams and business owners.
- Customer Support: Work with customers to develop testing and implementation schedules as needed.
- Documentation: Maintain and update technical documentation of the environment.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Network Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of network switching routing IP addressing and Internet connectivity (10 years).
- Technical Support: Seniorlevel technical support experience in a complex enterprise networking environment including analytical and problemsolving skills (10 years).
- IP Networking: Thorough working knowledge of IP networking (10 years).
- Security and Firewall Administration: Experience with security and firewall administration including data network implementation (10 years).
- Advanced Diagnostics: Experience with advanced diagnostics equipment and tools routing protocols network management tools remote access Ethernet and WAN technologies (7 years).
- Specific Technologies: Experience with F5 and Visio (2 years).
- Cloud Technologies: Experience with cloud networking particularly AWS and Azure (1 years).
Highly Desired Skills:
- Unix Scripting: Skills in Unix scripting languages such as Perl Bash TCL and cURL.
- VMware: Experience with VMware implementation and administration.
Qualification Insights:
- Top Priorities: Emphasis on network architecture and firewall management.
- Key Technologies: Predominantly a Cisco environment with some Palo Alto gear and F5.
- Cloud Technologies: Ideal candidates will have skills in AWS and Azure cloud networking.
- Scripting and VMware: Not required but beneficial; can be learned on the job.
- Team Collaboration: Will work closely with the network team.
- Current Challenges: Maintaining system uptime learning the environment and potentially performing assessments and recommendations.
- Upcoming Projects: No specific major projects are planned.
- Work Details: Some onsite work is required. Standard hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM with potential afterhours work likely.
Skills Matrix:
- Network switching routing IP addressing and Internet connectivityRequired10Years
- Fulltime seniorlevel technical support experience in a complex enterprise networking environment including analytical and problem solvingRequired10Years
- Thorough working knowledge of network fundamentals including IP networking Required 10 Years
- Experience with security and firewall administration to include data network implementation Required10 Years
- Experience with advanced diagnostics equipment and tools routing protocols network management tools remote access Ethernet and WAN technologies Years
- Visio skillsRequired2Years
- Indepth experience with F5 productsRequired4Years
- Strong preference for experience implementing Cloud technologiesRequired2Years
- Strong preference for Unix scripting skills (e.g. Perl Bash TCL cURL). Highly desired 1Year
- Experience with VMware implementation and administration. Highly desired 1Year
Employment Type
Full Time
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