Senior Network Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce is working with a client in search of a Senior Network and Telecommunications Engineer with at least 8 years of hands-on experience with a multisite Cisco network infrastructure, to join their team! This position is full time, direct hire and hybrid on-site 3-days a week near Vauxhall, NJ.

The Senior Network Engineer will manage many technical areas with a focus on the following:
* Cisco switches, routers and firewalls
* Fortinet firewalls and SD-WAN
* Kemp load balancer
* Internet and WAN circuit topology and design
* High availability network design, configurations and implementations
* Ubiquiti wireless access points and controllers
* Telecommunications and the migration to cloud

Duties and Responsibilities:
* Support, install, and improve existing network infrastructure
* Gather requirements from business stakeholders
* Design and architect network solutions
* Research new technologies and methodologies
* Develop and document specifications, researching vendors and solutions for comparison, and estimating initial and recurring costs for these solutions
* Help the business leverage the Internet-of-Things for strategic growth
* Act as an escalation point for other members of IT
* Work with 3rd party service providers to address outages and disruptions
* Respond to business-critical emergencies, both during and after business hours
* Determine action plans to address issues, communicating proactively with service users and stakeholders
* Develop and implement procedures for management, including reporting of performance KPI's
* Perform regular compliance audits of systems
* Develop network lifecycle plans
* Document and maintain the current environment
* Manage and negotiate with key network and telecommunications vendors

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field is required
* Cisco certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCDP, CCIE) a plus
* 8+ years of experience in the IT industry designing, implementing, and supporting a multisite network infrastructure
* Awareness and familiarity with ITIL/SDLC concepts and principles

In depth and hands on experience with:
* Fortinet and Cisco ASA/Firepower firewalls (CLI/ASDM), Nexus and Catalyst core and edge switches, ISR routers
* Kemp load balancers
* Content Filtering (Barracuda and Fortinet)
* BGP, OSPF, route redistribution, VxLAN, IP SLA, QoS, HSRP/VRRP, VRF, Spanning-Tree, 802.1p/q, vPC and other high availability configurations and advanced network implementations
* Firewall ACL, NAT, Policy and Route based L2L VPN configurations, SD-WAN
* Nagios, PRTG, NetFlow, SNMP and other network monitoring tools
* Troubleshooting IP/TCP/UDP using tools/techniques such as Wireshark, Cisco CML/VIRL, Traceroute, Firewall Packet-tracer, Syslog (Sumo Logic)
* Network Taps and Packet Brokers
* Ubiquiti WLAN APs, controllers, 802.1x
* Visio, Excel, Word, Confluence, etc.
* Understanding of carrier transport technologies such as MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, SDH
* Understanding of traditional analog and digital telecommunications

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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