Lead Network Engineer

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Lead Network Engineer.

Job Title: Lead Network Engineer

Job Location: Tampa FL

Job Duration: Direct Hire

• As a Lead Network Engineer you will

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Leads enterprise network team in design, deployment and support expectations for enterprise networking platform on-premises and cloud hosted.
• Responsible for assuring all enterprise networks platforms are efficiently architected/designed, deployed, and optimized to ensure future growth and comply with industry and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures status reports/logging is digested to accurately capture, evaluate, and optimize enterprise network.
• Work closely with 3rd parties, affiliates, and cross functional teams to ensure enterprise and engineering platforms operate efficiently and securely across the enterprise network, private networks, and public internet services.
• Solves problems and makes decisions daily relative to network issues. Ensure that effective representation takes place for the coordination of work processes and projects with other departments and divisions.
• Participate in all Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) activities including due diligence, data gathering, and leading integration efforts.
• Designs a roadmap for the creation/expansion of existing enterprise networks to scale-out through M&A activities while maintaining command, control, compliance of the global enterprise network
• Reviews and enhances IT policy and procedures to ensure all IT platforms are compliant with corporate policies and guidelines about enterprise networking.
• Ensure adequate staff/scheduling of Network Engineers for both daily and on-call operations providing 24/7 support for the production enterprise network.
• Participate in ongoing optimization and preparation for disaster preparedness including supporting key roles in the Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).
• Provides value by bringing a passion to continually discover ways to improve current processes and suggest new processes to add growing value.
• Assists in business analysis to determine and clarify informational requirements and business opportunities.
• Maintains a central source of information such as a knowledge base enabling support staff to recover from outages with minimal disruption to expected service levels.
• Lifecycle management of all enterprise networking software and hardware. This includes budgetary responsibility over enterprise networking product evaluation, purchase/upgrades, renewals, and decommission.
• Interacts with vendors, suppliers, and contractors for equipment and carrier services.

Ideal candidate will have

• Qualifications and Education Requirements
• Bachelor s degree in computer related field and 8+ years related experience or AS degree and 10+ years of related experience
• Must possess at least 8 years of experience supporting a complex enterprise networking environment.
• Experience with datacenter management, consolidation, IT operations, and M&A activities.
• Incumbents must hold one or more of the following: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), VMware Certified Professional Network Virtualization (VCP-NV), CompTIA Network+.

Extensive Experience with the following:

• Enterprise Switching/Routing (L2/L3) Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Arista
• Cisco Edge Routers (ASR, ISR)
• Firewall/IPS/IDS (Palo Alto)
• VPN (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto)
• SDWAN Technologies (SilverPeak, Arista, Palo Alto)
• Microsoft Azure Networking Services (VNet, NSG, Azure Firewalls, Traffic Manager, etc.)
• Load Balancing Technology (F5, Azure, Cloudflare, Citrix Netscaler)
• Infoblox BloxOne DDI (IPAM/DNS/DNS Protection)
• DIA & MPLS Carrier Management
• Collaboration Technologies with Enterprise Voice (Microsoft Teams)
• Network Configuration/Monitoring (PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios)

Preferred Skills

• Security+ and Cloud+ (Or equivalent IA cert) and CompTIA Network+.
• CCNP Cloud, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, Azure Administrator Associate, or Azure Security Engineer Associate.
• Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE) L3-L5.
• Significant Experience with DNS/DHCP/NAT/FW Security.
• Experience with Cloud Security Appliances and Security Solutions (CASB).
• Knowledge and experience working with VMware vSphere and Hyper-V.
• Knowledge and experience supporting a Microsoft Windows network.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.

Thank you!

Mohammed Irshad

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PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:

Salary Range*: Salary : $140000.00 - 150000.00 Per Year

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

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Innova Solutions offers a referral bonus for qualified Ambassadors who refer eligible referrals. Submit referrals at and earn $250-$1,000 per referral.

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at or . Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.

The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.