Overview
On Site
Hybrid
$60
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 month(s)
Skills
Fortinet
Palo Alto
F5
SD-WAN
Cisco ASA
IPsec
SSL
MPLS VPN
Wi-Fi technologies
load balancing
router and switch
Job Details
Network Operations Engineer
Hybrid position, Roseville, CA
12+ months contract
Job Description
Seeking a talented and experienced network operations engineer who will be responsible for the management, maintenance, and optimization of our network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in a large-scale network environment utilizing an SD-WAN architecture.
Your role in our mission
Seeking a talented and experienced network operations engineer who will be responsible for the management, maintenance, and optimization of our network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in a large-scale network environment utilizing an SD-WAN architecture.
Your role in our mission
- Design and implement network solutions that meet the organization's requirements, including LAN, WAN, and cloud-based solutions.
- Architect and plan for high-availability network designs, ensuring network performance, security, and redundancy.
- Configure routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and other network devices
- Deploy and maintain network hardware and software solutions, ensuring compatibility and integration with existing infrastructure
- Implement security policies and configurations, including the use of firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and secure routing protocols
- Analyse network traffic and troubleshoot issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring optimal network performance.
- Implement and maintain network performance optimization techniques, including bandwidth management, Quality of Service (QoS), and latency reduction.
- Provide troubleshooting support for network outages, slowdowns, or other incidents affecting the network infrastructure.
- Plan for network capacity and growth, ensuring infrastructure can handle increased traffic, users, and applications.
- Ensure business continuity by implementing robust disaster recovery plans that include network redundancy and failover mechanisms.
- Manage hybrid cloud network environments, including configurations of cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and integration with on-premise networks.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend improvements and enhancements to the infrastructure.
Knowledge/Skills Applied to Job Responsibilities
- Experience working with enterprise-level networks with multiple locations and high traffic volume.
- Expertise in router and switch configuration
- Strong knowledge of firewalls (e.g., Cisco ASA, Fortinet, Palo Alto) VPN technologies (IPsec, SSL, MPLS VPN), and load balancing (F5)
- Architectural experience with SD-WAN networks
- Excellent network troubleshooting skills with tools such as packet tracing and Wireshark.
- Thorough understanding of Wi-Fi technologies (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), WLAN design, and Wi-Fi troubleshooting.
- Experience in managing network upgrades, migrations, and installations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for documentation, technical reports, and collaboration with other IT teams and stakeholders.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field with 5+ years of experience working in enterprise network environment.
- 3+ years documenting policies, procedures and systems architecture
- Experience working with network systems and networking principles and practices
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