Network Engineer (Cisco)
Networking
Networking
Atlanta , Georgia Direct Hire May 4, 2023
As a trusted partner, Converge Technology Solutions is helping our client identify, screen and secure a Network Engineer to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is hybrid (3-days onsite to include Monday).
In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise to ensure the performance, reliability, and security for the company’s statewide network. This includes all switching, routing, firewalling, VPN, External DNS, application load-balancing, and DNS failover in a multi-datacenter environment with approximately 160 WAN network nodes. You will help provide design, implementation, deployment, documentation, and maintenance of network technologies and infrastructure. You are also accountable for issue resolution, mitigating system failures, and strengthening network safeguards.
Team Duties and Responsibilities:
Preferred Qualifications:
Nice to Have Experience:
Converge Technology Solutions offers equal opportunity to employees and applicants regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Converge Technology Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party vendors associated with fees.
In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise to ensure the performance, reliability, and security for the company’s statewide network. This includes all switching, routing, firewalling, VPN, External DNS, application load-balancing, and DNS failover in a multi-datacenter environment with approximately 160 WAN network nodes. You will help provide design, implementation, deployment, documentation, and maintenance of network technologies and infrastructure. You are also accountable for issue resolution, mitigating system failures, and strengthening network safeguards.
Team Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides expertise to ensure the reliability and integrity of the company’s statewide network infrastructure, acting as a backup for the Senior Network Engineer.
- Helps to design, deploy, and support LANs, WANs, network appliances, load balancers, routers, switches, and other hardware.
- Assists with the planning, implementation, and management of network infrastructure projects.
- Configures and supports LAN\WAN, Internet circuits and virtual private network connections (VPN)
- Monitors the network for uptime, utilization, latency, and overall performance.
- Maximizes network performance by monitoring, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with other team members.
- Troubleshoots and analyzes the network to quickly restore service in the event of network failures.
- Participates in planned and on-call after-hours support for infrastructure changes and outages.
- Collaborates across departments to achieve successful project outcomes and meet organizational objectives.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- CCNA/CCNP certification is preferred.
- Experience with Cisco PIX/ASA/FWSM Firewalls
- Familiar with the functions of Cisco’s ACS AAA and NAC framework
- Advanced understanding of routers, firewalls, layer 3 switches, and network protocols
- Advanced level knowledge with application load balancing
- Implementation of NAT, Policy NAT, Policy PAT, Twice NAT, Manual, after-auto NAT features
- Must be familiar with application layer traffic and network devices that can affect the application layer.
- Advanced experience with routed IP networks, including detailed knowledge of access lists, source-based routing, QOS, SNMP management, and router protocols (BGP, OSPF)
Nice to Have Experience:
- Experience using Cisco Works, CSMARS, Cisco ASDM, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Scrutinizer, and PRTG
- Proficient with the F5 platform load balancers and iRules
- Experience designing, managing, and maintaining Fortinet networks.
Converge Technology Solutions offers equal opportunity to employees and applicants regardless of race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Converge Technology Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party vendors associated with fees.