Network Architect / Vacaville, CA,1-2 years Contract

Overview

On Site
Contract - W2

Skills

CA-1
F5
Load balancing
Amazon EC2
Palo Alto
Cisco PIX
Data link layer
Network layer
Routing protocols
Network security
Shell scripting
Cisco IOS
Cisco Nexus
Cisco
Wireless networking
Amazon S3
Amazon Route 53
SIP Trunking
Project management
Network
WAF
Amazon Web Services
Virtual private cloud
Management
DDOS
Akamai
Virtual private network
Firewall
Cloud computing
OSI
Spanning Tree Protocol
QoS
Broadcasting
Multicast
Routing
Border Gateway Protocol
OSPF
EIGRP
Internet
IPsec
SSL
Fluency
Nagios
SolarWinds
Wireshark
Nmap
Nessus
NetFlow
Scripting
Perl
Unix
Unigraphics NX
Nexus
Switches
Routers
Data
MPLS
Websense
Juniper
Routing Information Protocol
Automation
Ansible
Python
Computer networking
Remote Desktop Services
VoIP
Telecommunications

Job Details

Job Description

Duration: Long Term Contract 1-2 yrs.
Location: Vacaville, CA

Must Haves
  • Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Load balancer.
  • Work experience in AWS VPC, EC2, ELB, Transit gateway
  • Experience in implementing and managing DDoS solution with Cloudflare or Akamai
  • Experience in managing Pala Alto global protect VPN.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Expertise with Palo Alto Network Firewall, Global Protect VPN, Prisma Cloud and Cisco ASA and Firepower.

Expertise with F5 Load Balancers and AWS ELB.

Strong OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc.

Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc.

Expertise with various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration

Understanding 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, Opmanager, Nagios, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.

Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)

In-depth 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.

Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment.

In-depth knowledge of MPLS network.

Experience in Cisco Fabric interconnect configuration

Must have Nexus 9K and VPC experience

Advanced knowledge of Cisco, F5, Palo Alto Firewall, Websense/Forcepoint, Juniper and other vendor equipment and configuration

Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc.)

Must have experience in PulseSecure and Global Protect (Palo Alto) VPN

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation

Expertise and Hands-on experience with Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation

Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Experience deploying and maintaining wireless networks.

Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Cloudflare DDoS

Working knowledge of AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway

Experience deploying and maintaining VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Content Center

Project Management Experience

Experience with Scripting and Automation Technologies