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Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Location: El Monte, CA - Has to work 4 days at least onsite at the client.
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Experience: 10 Years
Local to CA profiles is First Priority
(Need 4-5 Years of Financial Domain experience in Recent Projects)
Description of Services and Role:
· Operate, optimize, and troubleshoot Cisco networks (routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPN).
· Contribute to network architecture/design, standards, and documentation.
· Partner with MSPs for escalations, monitoring, and change management.
· Source, purchase, rack/stack, and configure network/security hardware.
· Implement hardening, patching, and incident response best practices.
· Integrate/administrate Microsoft Intune and Defender; monitor Darktrace alerts and tune policies.
· 6–8 years in enterprise networking with strong Cisco expertise.
· Proven experience with deployments, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
· Solid security fundamentals (segmentation, IDS/IPS, NAC, zero trust concepts).
· Working knowledge of Intune, Microsoft Defender, and Darktrace.
· Clear documentation, ownership mindset, and cross-team communication.
· Nice to have: CCNP (or equivalent), Azure networking, SD-WAN, Meraki.