Staff Systems Engineer

Staff Systems Engineer
W2 Contract/Contract to Hire (NO C-C)
McKinney, TX (Onsite)

Must have Ariba, Zscaler, Azure IaC, and Palo Alto

Responsibilities:
Researches and analyzes business trends and behavioral data to identify opportunities for improvements and new initiatives
Leads the evaluation, development, and recommendation of specific technology products and platforms to provide cost-effective solutions that meet business and technology requirements
Researches and designs best fit infrastructure, network, database, and security architectures for products
Proactively creates and maintains tools for monitoring and support
Participates in project planning and management across multiple efforts
Develops formal training courses
Leads configuration, debugging, and support for infrastructure
Leads field and corporate roll-outs of technology
Leads the stand up of necessary system software, hardware, and equipment (physical or virtual) to meet changing infrastructure needs
Creates and optimizes specifications for technology solutions
Produces and manages purchase requests for hardware and software
Collaborates with product and project teams to understand needs and enable them with infrastructure
Supports technology architecture design review efforts for project and product teams
Leverages tooling and custom applications to monitor the operational status of applications, infrastructure, networks, databases, and security; optimizes and tunes performance as appropriate
Drives root cause analysis, debugging, support, and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions
Maintains, upgrades, and supports existing systems and infrastructure to ensure operational stability
Acts as a vendor liaison, owning resourcing, issue management, and documentation
Leads the production of in-house documentation around solutions
Monitors tools and proactively helps teams struggling with systems issues
Provides application support for software running in production
Creates scripts and tools that drive automation and enable product teams and end users to move towards self service
Acts as a mentor to more junior Systems Engineers
Implements and maintains Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Network Security Groups (NSGs), ExpressRoute, and VPN Gateways
Manages cloud resources via Terraform and an Azure DevOps CICD pipeline
Monitors and troubleshoots network performance using Network Watcher, Traffic Analytics, Aruba Orchestrator and other related tools
Maintains Palo Alto firewall security policies, NAT rules, GlobalProtect VPN, and threat prevention profiles using Strata Cloud Manager
Supports firewall rule reviews, segmentation strategies, and Zero Trust architecture
Monitors threat logs, conducts packet captures, and supports incident response for security events
Maintains Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) solutions for secure cloud and application access
Administers and supports policies for URL filtering, SSL inspection, and DLP in ZIA
Configures application segmentation and connector deployment in ZPA for secure remote access to internal applications
Troubleshoots user connectivity issues and optimizes traffic routing through Zscaler infrastructure including the Zscaler Client Connector
Supports and maintains Aruba Edge Connect SDWAN infrastructure, Aruba campus switching and wireless LAN infrastructure using Aruba Central
Deploys and tunes wireless access points (APs), and mobility services to support high-density environments
Configures and supports ClearPass for network access control (NAC), guest access, and policy enforcement
Leverages tooling and custom applications to monitor the operational status of networks, and networking equipment; optimizes and tunes performance as appropriate


Requirements:
6+ years of relevant work experience with Ariba, Zscaler, Azure IaC, and Palo Alto
Professional experience in two of the following areas: Infrastructure Engineering, Network
Engineering, Database Engineering, or Security Engineering; familiarity with at least one other, and interest in the growing in the remaining disciplines
Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team
Proficiency in infrastructure, network, database, or security troubleshooting and remediation; experience with at least one other
Proficiency in installing and upgrading applications or databases and performing system maintenance
Experience with networking, system and hardware design and architecture, DBMS concepts, SQL programming, and client server concepts
Proficiency with debuggers, runtime analysis, library systems, compiled programming, and software update tools
Proficiency in system and environment analysis, design, and optimization
Experience with object oriented programming languages (preferably Java), distributed computing environments, and code reviews
Experience with system security design and management
Experience with disaster recovery planning and engineering
Proficiency in monitoring the operational status and performance of, and configuring as well as tuning, systems, networks, or databases
Proficiency in operating system commands and utilities as well as scripting
Proficiency working with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and Azure


Estimated Min Rate: $65.00
Estimated Max Rate: $85.00


What s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.