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Onsite - Flexible with 2-3 days - Only LOCAL CANDIDATES
Long term contract
Interview rounds - 1-2 rounds - multiple interviewers/panel interviews.
Position Description: The selected candidate will be part of the Enterprise Network Services (ENS) Cloud Network Engineering team that will evaluate, design and document networking solution for public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure for the firm. The candidate will collaborate with other infrastructure teams to implement the solution. The role resource will also provide all the technical guidance, design specification and solution level support to the operation team for the cloud connectivity, integration, and application migration.
Responsibilities:
* Act as a lead network engineer in cloud application migration process and develop target state and transition state design for cloud adoption and migration. Ensure full network availability and security during and after migration is completed.
* Build CICD pipeline for Infrastructure as a Code and Network as a Code, based on Ansible, Terraform, AWS cloudformation and Azure Resource Manager template.
* Collaborate with other technical teams to deliver product and solution level support.
* Deliver Network Design Document based on the requirements and best practices.
* Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, while working with diverse audiences including highly skilled IT professionals and senior management.
Qualifications:
* 5 + years of experience in Enterprise Networking
* 5 + years of experience on DC design
* 4 + years of experience with Cloud PaaS and/or IaaS (Azure, AWS)
* Knowledge of IaC: Ansible, Terraform, AWS Cloudformation, Azure RM template
* Solid understanding of client/server, networking (route/switch) and Internet technologies
* Knowledge of Networking technologies such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPBGP, VxLAN
* Knowledge of DMVPN, IPSEC and Encryption Standards, Network Security
* Knowledge of VoIP technologies (SIP/WebRTC)
Skills Required:
* Knowledge on Cloud Networking and Security best practices: Public (AWS and Azure) and Private (Kubernetes) Cloud Technologies is desirable
* Knowledge of AWS and Azure architectural principles and key networking services such as
o AWS Global infrastructure, VPC, S3, EC2, Route 53, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect
o MS Azure VNet, VNet-Peering, Private Link, vWAN, Express Route, Firewall, Load Balancer
* Experience with Kubernetes/Openshift; Knowledge of Calico CNI is a plus
* Practitioner-level network automation skills using DevOps and CI/CD pipeline practices: Python or Shell Scripting, YAML etc.
* IP Routing Platforms - ISRG2, ASR1K, CSR1k, ASR 9k
* Switching Platforms - Arista 7K, Cisco Nexus 9000
* CCNP / CCIE certification required
Skills Desired:
* AWS Solution Architect
* Azure Solution Architect
* Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Spruce Technology, Inc. is a mid-size, award-winning (Inc 5000, SmartCEO, Entrepreneur of the Year) technology services firm with a steadily growing portfolio of commercial and government clients. Spruce provides innovative technology solutions, specialized IT staff, and IT strategy consulting nationwide. Spruce maintains partnerships with major technology vendors and continually develops leading-edge offerings in service areas such as digital experience, data services, application development, infrastructure, cyber security, and IT staffing.
Spruce Technology, Inc. is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is the policy of Spruce Technology, Inc. to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process.