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Job Title- Cloud Network Engineer(Albany, NY Local only)
Office location: Albany, NY
Monday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm with very occasional weekend work as needed One week of 24x7 on-call duties every 6-8 weeks after training period
Mode Of Work-100% onsite.
Duration- 12-36 month contract
Job Description: The Client is seeking a senior cloud network engineer to assist our team with the design and deployment of cloud network connectivity. This role will support network connectivity for dozens of agencies and their applications to/from/within Google Cloud Platform and multiple data centers. The candidate will utilize their vast experience in physical, virtual, and cloud network technologies to achieve project objectives and train junior staff.
Qualifications:
- Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
- Proven ability to lead teams and develop network engineers
- Proven analytical, problem solving, organizational and time management skills
- Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
- Expert AWS network infrastructure: VPCs, subnets, security groups, route tables, VPGs, Transit Gateway, NACLs, load balancers, peering, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting
- Expert Azure network infrastructure: VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, VNGs, load balancers, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting
- Expert Google Cloud Platform network infrastructure: VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, VPC routing, Cloud Router, CloudVPN, CloudNAT, load balancers, private service connections, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting
- Basic working knowledge of CSP application platforms and their networking requirements (Kubernetes engines/services, ASE, serverless, etc.)
- Proficiency with Cloud Shell in all platforms for data extraction and reporting at scale
- Proficiency in Terraform to assist in the development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) uniform cloud configuration and backup solutions
- Proficiency in layer 3 routing including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), VRFs, route maps, redistribution, NAT, subnetting, etc.
- Proficiency in Arista CloudEOS including routing, tunnels, upgrades, logging, and monitoring
- Proficiency in Palo Alto PAN-OS including security policies, NAT policies, zones, routing, tunnels, upgrades, logging, and monitoring
- Proficiency in IPSec and MACsec encrypted transport for cloud connectivity across carrier networks and the Internet
- Proficiency in Domain Name System (DNS) and managing split-brain public/private resolution designs
- Experience supporting CSP dedicated connectivity (AWS DirectConnect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Platform Interconnect)
- Experience working with Telco carriers to troubleshoot circuit connectivity problems
- Experience working with monitoring and packet capture/analysis tools such as Zenoss, Splunk, Palo Alto Panorama, Arista Cloud Vision as a Service, NfSen, Ixia, Gigastor, Wireshark, etc.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Visio for solutions documentation
- Networking certifications (CCNA/CCNP, PCNSA/PCNSE, Network+, etc.) are a plus
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform fundamentals, solutions associate, network engineer, etc.) are a plus