NETWORK ENGINEER

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead network architecture and design, including scalability and capacity planning, hardware evaluation and selection, and designing efficient infrastructure solutions to meet organizational needs 

• Configure, test, and deploy Cisco network infrastructure equipment; maintain the Cisco Catalyst Center environment 

• Manage security and compliance by configuring, updating, administering, and troubleshooting Firepower appliances and Cisco ISE 

• Ensure all network infrastructure components meet required security and regulatory standards 

• Provide leadership and mentorship by leading large-scale migrations and hardware refresh projects end-to-end 

• Coach junior and mid-level engineers to enhance technical skills 

• Contribute technical input for annual IT budget planning 

• Act as the final point of escalation for network issues and troubleshooting 

• Utilize monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks and optimize network performance 

• Collaborate on disaster recovery planning, including creating and testing failover strategies to ensure high availability 

Education:

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related scientific or technical discipline. (Note: A Master’s degree is preferred.

General Experience: 

The proposed candidate must have:

• At least six (6) years of experience in systems engineering

Specialized Experience:

The proposed candidate must have:

• At least three (3) years of experience supervising system engineers

• Experience with interactive and interpretive systems, including online, real-time data acquisition capabilities

• Must possess a current Enterprise CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification

• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in the following areas:

• Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

• Network technologies: VLANs, VPC, STP

• Security protocols and architecture: IPsec, SSL/TLS, Zero Trust

• Cisco Nexus platforms

• Cloud connectivity solutions: Direct Connect, ExpressRoute

• VoIP protocols: SCCP, SIP, H.323, MGoogle Cloud Platform, RTP, SRTP, QSIG

• Cisco security solutions: ASA, Fire Power, ISE, AnyConnect

• Quality of Service (QoS)

• Infrastructure as Code tools: Cisco Catalyst Center, Terraform

• Monitoring tools: SolarWinds, NetFlow, Catalyst Center, SNMP

• Troubleshooting and issue resolution