Sr. Network Engineer - TEKsystems

Top Skills' Details

1.) 7+ years of experience as a hands-on Network Engineer building, implementing, and supporting network hardware and devices

2.) extensive experience with Cisco routing & switching (EIGRP and BGP protocols)

3.) experience building and configuring ACI within a Data Center

Description:

Our client is looking for a Sr. Network Engineer to join their team. This person will be responsible for building, implementing, and supporting Network and Data Center solutions. This person should have experience with Cisco routing & switching, SDWAN, and wireless. If this person has experience with Cloud technologies or ACI, that would be a huge plus.

Hybrid Schedule

• 2-3 days/week on-site in Silver Spring, MD

• Team is on-site on Wednesdays in Silver Spring location

Technical Environment / Projects

• Cisco Routers (ASR 1000’s)

o BGP and EIGRP

• Cisco Switches (4500’s and 9300’s)

• Installing new circuits and deploying Meraki SDWAN across multiple locations

o In the pilot phase; rolling out SDWAN over the next 6 months

• Cisco wireless controllers and AP’s (9800’s)

• Implementing ACI within their data centers

Data Center locations

• Data Center located in Washington, DC

• Moving Data Center workloads to Equinix Data Center in VA

• Setting up Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS)- facility located in Pittsburgh, PA

• Moving on-prem workloads to MS Azure, OCI, and AWS

o Setting up express routes and connectivity to the Cloud within AWS, OCI, and Azure

Description

The Sr. Network Engineer will be responsible to lead engineering services for network hardware and software, planning system maintenance and support and also develop system management strategies for a variety of network platforms. Responsible to plan and implement necessary hardware and software upgrades proactively. Directly responsible to monitor and maintain network infrastructure and services. Responsible to ensure the operation of a variety of network environments. Must be able to maintain and configure Cisco products and services. Provide support and management for multiple network infrastructure systems. Responsible to provide precise, detailed documentation regarding the various network environments for the change control process and the technical documentation repository.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science (Required) Or Relevant experience in network engineering beyond the minimum required work experience may substitute for the educational requirement on a 1-1 ratio i.e. one year of relevant work experience equals one year of required education.

Minimum Work Experience

• 7 years hands-on systems engineering experience. (Required) And Prior experience in healthcare industry preferred.

Systems Management

• Configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, load balancers, VPN, QoS)

• Performing network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations

• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability.

• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning.

• Provide Level 3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues

System Integration/ Implementation

• Engineer and build and maintain network platforms and services.

• Integrate network products into existing network technologies.

• Implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including wireless access points, routers, switches, controllers

• Set and manage deadlines.

System/Project Planning

• Engineer and deploy network infrastructure systems design and configuration.

• Participate in design of Disaster recovery planning.

• Assist in the creation of test plans and scripts for back-up and recovery solutions.

• Assist in the development of network solutions.

• Performs hardware and network diagnosis.

• Capable of devising ways to accomplish a difficult purpose; ability to recognize a problem and construct an effective solution compatible with overall company operations.

Technical Proficiency

• Demonstrate understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual environments, and hybrid cloud.

• Maintain professional expertise through continuing education at conferences, seminars, user group meetings & review of current literature.

• Pursue industry standard technical certifications.

• Provide technical support and consultation to IS staff.

IT Best Practices

• Actively participate in the Department's ITIL processes

• Participate in the Incident Management process; proactively work to resolve Incidents and meet service requests; document relevant data on requests and resolutions in agreed upon timeframe.

• Escalate incidents according to procedures; convert incidents to change requests as needed.

• Participate in the Change Control process; complete change tasks and update them with relevant information and status changes.

Skills:

Network engineering, Router, Cisco switches, Cisco routers, Wireless

Top Skills Details:

Network engineering,Router,Cisco switches,Cisco routers,Wireless

Experience Level:

Expert Level

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.