Network Engineer

Position Number : 001875Department : Office of OneIT (Adm)Employment Type : Permanent - Full-timeMonths Per Year : 12Essential Duties and Responsibilities : The Network Engineer is responsible for the day to day operations of the organization’s core voice and data networks, network technology evaluations, protocol analysis, configuration and research, complex troubleshooting and analysis and special network projects.

This is highly technical and analytical work in serving as an engineer for networking, enterprise network planning, high-level troubleshooting, security, network system administration and / or networking products and services.

Work includes the enterprise design, review of internal and external infrastructure requirements, technology evaluation, testing and developing guidelines for implementation.

Engineers may consult with clients and / or vendors to determine future network systems requirements, their costs, design additions, solutions to complex network operating problems, and the design of network security systems.

Employees develop request for proposals (RFP’s) and contracts for services and serve as the expert in that product area.

Employees serve as experts on the network and network services including serving as a resource to senior analysts in network problem solving and design.

This includes determining needs and researching new technology additions and improvements to the network. Additional roles may include technical engineer in network management systems or telecommunications networks (data, voice, video and voice over IP), network architecture, network systems administration, network services and converged network services.

May serve as team leader within the work unit.Minimum Experience / Education : Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant work experience;

orAn equivalent combination of education and relevant in-depth experience in large-scale network design, implementation, and analysis.

Strong Cisco Networking experience.Preferred Education Skills and Experience : Technical experience with : In-depth knowledge of network architecture, routing protocols ( BGP , OSPF , MPLS ), network protocols (IPv4, IPv6, NAT , Multicast), and VPN technologies (Anyconnect, IPSEC VPN )Deploying and managing Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco Access Switches, Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto Firewalls and Cisco Nexus(9K) switches in data center environmentsCisco VPN , firewalls, routing / switching, and software including Cisco IOS , CatOS, ASA OS, and NX-OSTechnical experience with configuring advanced services features of Cisco ASRTechnical experience with configuring appliance-based application load balancersDeep understanding of Cisco ISE -Managing network application technologies for Identity Services and 802.

1XConfiguring and managing Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) and Azure Infrastructure