Lead Cisco AWS Network Engineer

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Company is currently seeking a Senior Network Engineer with strong Cisco ACI and Cloud/DevOps technologies experience. Candidate will be responsible for supporting, administrating and overseeing network support, design and analysis of new and existing architectures, routing/switching configuration and design, and network related business continuity approaches; develop systems specifications, technical implementation plans and coordinating complex installation projects with clients and vendors. Works with a team performing network design and support of new network and security architectures for “on premise” and Cloud networks.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the full lifecycle of network infrastructure, including the design, deployment, support, and documentation of routing, switching, firewalls and cloud-base solutions.  Lead and coordinate network changes, ensuring security, performance and compliance with governance framework (NIST-CSF, COBIT).  Collaborate with vendors, carriers, and engineering teams to resolve complex issues and drive large-scale project to completion.  Provide strategic directions for network planning, maintaining up-to-date documentation and deliver on-call operational support to ensure reliability and business continuity.

Qualifications:

[Required] Experience directing use of tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python, and Github (or industry equivalent)

[Required] Experience delivering Infrastructure as code

[Required] Experience building cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS (Preferred), Azure, or Google Cloud, or similar service

[Required] Knowledge of layer 3 routing and switching

[Required] Experience with IOS, NX-OS, and XR

[Required] Advanced experience with architecting, designing, deploying, and operating network elements such as DNS/IPAM; Firewalls; Network Access Control Solutions (NAC); load balancing; DDoS mitigation, tapping/sniffing infrastructures; and NTP

[Required] Excellent physical communication troubleshooting skills using cabling and signaling analyzer, packet capture and analysis

[Required] Advanced WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, VPN, Ethernet Skills

[Required] Extensive EIGRP, BGP4, RIP and OSPF Routing Protocol knowledge

[Preferred] Experience with SDN deployments or Cisco ACI || [Required] Experience with IP route and switching for mainframe and storage appliances

Education and/or Experience:

[Required] Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience.

[Required] 5+ years of experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of virtualized servers / cloud systems

Certificates or Licenses:

[Preferred] Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud

[Preferred] Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP or CCDP) equivalent field experience

[Required] AWS certifications such as DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or Security or equivalent field experience

[Preferred] Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer (CCIE) Certification