Oversee planning, design, implementation, and operation of network infrastructure projects and participate in the specification of business requirements and implementation plans for technically advanced internetworking
Manage implementation of network infrastructure projects, from both technical and communication
Review network design for network security and other risks during course of Serve as a liaison to vendors and/or third-party providers as assigned.
Provide on-site and remote technical assistance to other resources and to
Build and document new Infrastructure environments following industry best practices and internal security policies and standards.
Provide infrastructure design, implementation planning, deployment support, software strategy, system troubleshooting, performance engineering and optimization, maintenance strategy.
Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer and mentorship to State Fund internal engineering peers as required and lead technical staff responsibilities.
Establish networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
Maximize network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshoot network problems and outages; schedule upgrades; collaborate with other teams on network optimization.
Secure network and server systems by establishing and enforcing policies; define and monitor
Accomplish information systems and organization mission by completing related results as
Provide 24 by 7
Report network operational status by gathering, prioritizing
Participate in capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis and network
Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure timely delivery of solutions which drive successful business
Expert knowledge of Palo Alto Network Firewall, CloudFlare and, Prisma Cloud and Cisco
Expert knowledge of F5 Load Balancers GTM, WAF,and AWS ELB.
Advanced OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS,
Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc.
Expert knowledge of various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration
Proficient knowledge of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)
Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, OpenNMS, Nagios, OpManager, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.
Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)
Advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear.
Working knowledge of data center related technology and collocation
Advanced knowledge of MPLS
Working knowledge of Nexus 9K and VPC
Advanced knowledge of Forcepoint configuration
Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc)
Working knowledge of Palo Alto Global Protect VPN
Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation
Working knowledge of Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation
Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds
Working knowledge deploying and maintaining wireless networks
Expert knowledge of AWS services e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway
Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining Microsoft Team PBX VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Five 9 Content Center
Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining wireless networks
Working knowledge of managing network service and similar support providers in a client/vendor relationship