Network Engineer jobs in Oakland, CA

Title: IT Network Specialist

Location: hybrid- in office once or twice a week in the Oakland, CA office

Duration: 6 months

Qualifications from intake call:

Firewall work

Stronger on the Palo Alto side

F5 is a plus

Operations creating firewall rules and policies.

Operational work on firewalls with upgrades

Tufin is a plus

Job Description

As the Senior Network Operations Engineer, with an emphasis on F5 and PAN technologies, you will be the network expert and managing the network delivery to completion and ensure hand-off to necessary support teams. You will be responsible for establishing network security baseline configurations and continuously auditing existing configurations to ensure they are in-line with current best practices. You will also help design aspects of large-scale projects and help engineer, test, document, and deploy network infrastructure solutions. You will manage technical aspects of assigned projects, including planning and resolving issues

You will also ensure the successful implementation of technology projects by working with Solutions Architecture, Engineering, information security, and other departments

Skills:

5 years of experience with F5 and PAN technologies

4 years of experience with network solutions (switching, routing, load balancing and firewalls)

4 years of scripting experience (BASH, TCL/Tk, iRules, REST, JSON, or Ansible)

2 years of cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

Strong Firewall Experience

Mid-to-top tier support for F5 local traffic manager or the Palo Alto Firewall

Development and tuning of firewall zones and security policy rules

Support for firewall migration efforts from old configurations to new

A deep understanding of the cyber security environment including network and/or application security issues, concepts, compliance, and certification

Demonstrated experience deploying, configuring, and administering the full suite of services provided by F5 BIG-IP or Palo Alto firewalls

Advanced knowledge of system architectures, computer networks, and software.