Sr. Network Engineer

TITILE:- Sr. Network Engineer

LOCATION:- Candidate must be local to DMV area (MD, DC or VA Only)

ROLE:- Washington DC (Hybrid 2 days onsite)

Contract

* Candidate MUST reside in the Washington DC, MD & Va area.

KEY SKILLS/KEYWORDS TO CONCENTRATE ON:

• CCNP , MCSA Certification
• VMWare
• Cisco (Networking, DataCenter)
• Mention of Cloud (Azure/AWS)

Job Description:
Responsibilities

A Cisco, WAN, LAN, Windows, Network Engineer is urgently required for a technically diverse environment with a leading Utilities provider in Washington DC. A WAN, LAN, Linux/Unix Network Engineer is urgently required for a technically diverse environment with a leading utilities provider in Washington DC. The engineer will be responsible for evaluating network hardware, software, and processes to verify and characterize the network capability, installing and configuring network hardware and software. This will include design, implementation, and validation, and management, delivery monitoring and troubleshooting of these networks and computing systems.

Driven technical knowledge in the below mentioned areas and capable of learning new technologies. Strong analytical skills, high flexibility and knowledge of ITIL Processes.

Network Knowledge Requirements

• Data center architecture, Network engineering, LINUX/UNIX, Servers, Router, Switch. Virtualization and cloud technologies-AWS/Azure.
• Knowledge of Cisco WAN and LAN hardware and software and the ability to install and configure and implement switching and routing technologies.
• Experience in the following Cisco platform is essential: Catalyst 3500/4500/4700, Nexus 3000/7000, ASR routers, ISR routers.
• Knowledge and experience with configuring and managing network firewalls, including Application, Statefull and NextGen platforms.
• Knowledge and experience with configuring and managing VPN connectivity using IPSec and SSL
• Knowledge and experience configuring and managing authentication systems using RSA 2-form factor, RADIUS, TACACS and LDAP
• Knowledge and experience configuring and managing Layer 3 vlan switching, BGP and OSPF Routing Protocols.
• Knowledge and experience configuring and managing UNIX/Linux based OS servers and appliances
• Skilled at network troubleshooting procedures and best practices
• Expertise in network management systems and tools such as Wireshark
• Software Repository and Build Machine Maintenance, OS loading and updates
• An understanding of Unix/Linux system infrastructure.
• Backup & recovery methods and tooling
• Experience with DNS, SMTP, SNMP, TCP, UDP, IP, IPv4 addressing and CIDR/ VLSM, OSPF, QoS and VoIP.
• Ability to develop and present network diagrams in Visio.
• Experience with common server monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios, SCOM) and strong scripting skills for custom tools and reports (VBScript, PowerShell, Perl, Bash, etc.)
• Expertise with Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS) and wired infrastructure, and network security,
• Perform network related tasks, including configuration of Cisco ISR routers, switches (3750, 4500, 6500 and Nexus 7K), ASA5500, ACS (AAA), Radius, Tacacs IOS, QOS.
• Thorough understanding of 802.11 based wireless architecture,
• specifically, Cisco Wireless LAN Configuration in Commercial, Manufacturing, Warehouse, and, Outdoor environments.
• Configuration of both autonomous and Light Weight Access Point Solutions, including Clean Air, Wireless Control System, WCS Navigator, Mobility services engine and Cisco ISE.
• Conduct wireless site surveys utilizing spectrum analysis technologies, recommend and implement corrective action.
• Configuration of Wireless Security Platforms, including intrusion prevention and clean access solutions.
• Provide detailed network drawings and diagrams and relation as-built documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8-10 years of experience working in an administrative capacity, network (Route/Switch) engineering.
• Cloud Technology Experience (Azure or AWS), advanced firewall experience, Checkpoint or similar.
• 3 years' experience in Unix/Linux administration.
• 3 years' experience in wireless, security engineering.
• Extensive technical experience creating design specifications, implementing, architecture, availability, reliability, performance, monitoring and security of the portal. Extensive technical experience creating design specifications, implementing, architecture, for availability, reliability, performance and security.

A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Network Engineering, Computer Security, Information Technology or related discipline and three (3) years of relevant professional experience and training commensurate with network engineering, Computer Security, Information Technology curriculums.

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