Network Engineer

Role: Network Engineer

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: 6 months with possibility to go Perm

Interview: MS Teams/WebEx/Video

Duration: 6 months with possibility to go Perm

Note:

This is remote but may involve occasional travel.

Important skills:

• Must have prior experience working at an MSP
• Communication is super important. This will need to be someone polished
• No trade offs for Fortinet
• This is a six-month contract and if all goes well likely to go perm.

Description:

As the Network Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Assist in creating best-in-class network service through building reliable, high performing client networks.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients and internal teams Work with Practice Lead to establish Network Engineer best practices.
• Collaborate with network architects to optimize system performance. Communicate any major changes to upper management as necessary.
• Implement security measures across hardware and software in accordance with company requirements, updating associated documentation as needed.
• Stay up-to-date on current technologies, serve as technology consultant, and make recommendations based on knowledge and research.
• Serve as escalation point for high-level issues not resolved by Operations Center and Service Delivery Center.
• Maintaining and administering client networks and related computing environments including network systems software/firmware, network hardware, and any associated configurations.
• Monitor ticketing system and respond timely to escalated Incidents and Service Requests.
• Troubleshooting system and network issues and implementing solutions as needed, including addressing software and hardware complications.
• Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including routers, switches, WAN accelerators, load balancers, wireless access points.
• Implement upgrades such as security configurations, hot fixes, patches and service packs.
• Manage system backups and related data recovery protocols in the event of memory loss.
• Maximizing network performance through ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routing protocols.
• Deploy and troubleshoot VPN configurations.
• Perform root cause analysis of network issues.
• Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records
• Candidates must have Fortinet and Cisco experience.