Senior Network Engineer

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in the Richmond, VA area.

*This position is onsite.
Responsibilities:

• Implement and provide support to the agency s IT Network infrastructure.
• Performs day-to-day activities related to the support, documentation, research, analysis, and implementation of Network related infrastructure.
• Candidate must have in-depth, considerable knowledge and hands-on experience understanding, documenting, and maintaining Network related infrastructure.

• Considerable knowledge and working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, wireless access points, and load balancers (including the ability to document, set up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)
• Be capable of troubleshooting Network related infrastructure.
• Identifies and diagnoses system problems by using line monitors, diagnostic software, test equipment.
• Works closely with agency s IT infrastructure suppliers and stakeholders to gather requirements, specifications, and configurations to assure they are accurate and up to date.
• Responsible for assisting in troubleshooting and resolving network issues impacting application performance and uptime.
• Assist in overseeing the installation, documentation, and upgrades of various agency facility data network infrastructure.
• Will oversee and collaborate with cloud and DevSecOps teams to optimize hybrid connectivity and SDWAN configurations.
• Must have the ability to provide documentation, network architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, firewall rules, and access controls when required.
• Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects.
• Must have minimally obtained an industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)

Required Skills:

• 8 Years - Considerable knowledge and hands-on working experience with enterprise routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, and wireless access points.
• 8 Years - Considerable hands-on working experience setting up, configuring, upgrading, managing and troubleshooting routers/switches, and WAPS.
• 8 Years - Demonstrated and hands-on ability to design, install and troubleshoot local-area and wide-area enterprise networks.
• 8 Years - Considerable direct hands-on experience engineering and design experience in networking industry required.
• Industry standard networking certification (example: Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA- Junos, etc.)
• 8 Years - In-depth experience designing installing and troubleshooting local-area and wide-area enterprise networks.
• 8 Years - Experience monitoring IT environments for compliance with information security, architecture policies, and standards.
• 8 Years - Experience creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures with fault tolerance.
• 8 Years - Experience performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.
• 8 Years - Experience creating network diagrams using industry standard tools such as Visio, etc.
• 8 Years - Experience with networking features and protocols such as: ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, HSRP, QoS, multicast, IPsec, etc

Desired Skills:

• 3 Years - Experience working with SDWAN
• 3 Years - Experience working with network topology related to Cloud
• 3 Years - Familiarity and experience working with cloud networking

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.