Lead Network Engineer

Lead Network Engineer Consultant

Experience leveraging Ansible, Terraform and GitOps for Configuration Management and related workflows

Knowledge of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, Prisma Cloud for AWS.

Demonstrated experience integrating corporate networks, including point-to-point / VPN, with AWS as well as AWS via Direct Connect.

Demonstrated experience working with Internal / External BGP enterprise deployments

Experience working with wavelength-division multiplexing technologies

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, writing, documentation and customer service skills.

Primary Responsibilities

Provide network expertise on projects as a Lead Network Engineer to architect, document, implement and oversee key IT initiatives, across multiple regions, data centers and mixed vendor technologies.

Assess organizational needs and make recommendations to influence the technical direction of the team and organization, promoting efficiency, reliability, excellence, and continuous improvement

Manage network policy changes using change management workflows and GitOps

Lead incident investigations, diagnosis and service restoration of emerging network issues.

Conduct reviews of network systems to proactively identify problems and design, pitch, implement, and lead technical solutions

Consider Application state in relation to network infrastructure, while being able to advocate and explain mission to various levels of technical audiences.

Minimum Requirements / Education

Bachelor degree in Information Technology related field of study with a network engineering focus, or equivalent experience.

One or more relevant certifications such as CCNP and / or AWS Certified Advanced Networking

Knowledge of IPv6 concepts and methods of deployment