Lead Network Engineer (10+ y Exp)

Job Title: Lead Network Engineer

Location Northampton, MA 01060 (3 Days Onsite) - Local candidates only

Duration: 12 Months +

JD:

Ability to 24/7 on-call rotation, work after-hours or weekends to accommodate operational business needs. This position would be expected to follow a hybrid model of reporting to work that combines in-office workdays and work from home days as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Create and update all documentation as it pertains to the current state of clients network architecture and new installations
• Plan, design, and implement future installations of network equipment and capacity planning.
• Engage in high-level analysis and troubleshooting of network infrastructure.
• Work independently with approved vendors and other state agencies to resolve network related issues.
• Perform capacity planning analysis throughout the design and on the existing network to ensure there is sufficient network throughput
• Perform all work in a cooperative and professional manner with other clients Team members.
• Provide technical expertise, direction, and leadership to other team members.
• Perform research and analysis on all requests for problem resolution.
• Adhere to clients security standards and directives and ensures the clients network environments are compliant with these directives.
• Participate in audit compliance efforts (e.g., PCI) and ensures that remediation is completed in a timely manner.
• Travel between clients facilities to maintain and deploy networking equipment.
• Perform other related duties as requested by supervisor.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 8 years of network engineering related experience with in-depth exposure in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting
• complex networks within a large enterprise environment.
• 5 years of proven experience in a senior capacity with the ability to lead, coordinate, and oversee complex networking projects and bring them to completion.
• Solid Understanding and hands-on experience with routing protocols (e.g., EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and BGP) in a mixed environment.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of network infrastructure components such as compute, storage, load balancing (Citrix NetScaler), cabling, administration, network management and monitoring (SolarWinds, Splunk, Cisco Catalyst Center).
• Experience in Access Control Lists, Firewalls, Citrix NetScaler, VPN technologies, Wi-Fi technologies, Enterprise Wireless technologies, and other security technologies.
• Strong technical acumen with TCP/IP, VLANS, WANS, routing and switching (Cisco) Previous experience with one or more of the following firewalls: Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper or Palo Alto.
• Knowledge of AWS network architecture.
• Knowledge of VLAN technology, VTP and STP protocols.
• Demonstrate functional knowledge on how to connect public and private networks while not compromising network stability.
• Demonstrate functional knowledge of cable standards, multi/single mode fiber, proprietary and standard serial communication protocols.
• Demonstrates fundamental knowledge of PCI/PII requirements.
• Knowledge of T1, T3, SONET, DWDM and OC technologies.
• Experience with Metro-Ethernet technologies.
• Experience in Network monitoring and management tools.
• Experience in VOIP and QoS.
• Strong ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in creating and updating Network Visio Diagrams.
• Desire and willingness to work in a collaborative, innovative, flexible, and team-oriented environment.
• Ability to work calmly and constructively under pressure and meet deadlines; the ability to manage and keep track of multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to adjust to changing situations to meet emergencies, program changes or production requirements.
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques of statistics.

Education and Certification(s):

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
• Cisco Certifications (CCNA and CCNP or CCIE) is desired, but not required.

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans