Sr. Network Engineer

Expert Technical Solutions has a n immediate opening for a Sr. Network Engineer with one of our premier clients in Atlanta, GA.

This is a Direct Hire role with great benefits and 2 days a week work from home.

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise to ensure the performance, reliability, and security for our client’s statewide network.

This includes all switching, routing, firewalling, VPN, External DNS, application load-balancing, and DNS failover in a multi-datacenter environment with approximately 160 WAN network nodes.

• Provides subject matter expertise to ensure the reliability and integrity of the of the GSCCCA’s statewide network infrastructure, acting as a backup for the Network Manager
• Designs, deploys, and supports LANs, WANs, network appliances, load balancers, routers, switches, and other hardware
• Assists with the planning, implementation, and management of network infrastructure projects
• Design network topologies and architectures for a LAN\WAN environment to resolve complex organizational needs
• Configures and supports LAN\WAN, Internet circuits and virtual private network connections (VPN)
• Monitors the network for uptime, utilization, latency, and overall performance
• Maximizes network performance by monitoring, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with other team members
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 7-10 years’ experience of designing, managing, and maintaining Cisco networks
• Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls
• Advanced understanding of routers, firewalls, layer 3 switches, and network protocols
• Expert level knowledge with application load balancing
• Implementation of NAT, Policy NAT, Policy PAT, Twice NAT, Manual, after-auto NAT features
• Must be familiar with application layer traffic and network devices that can affect the application layer
• Expert with routed IP networks, including detailed knowledge of access lists, source-based routing, QOS, SNMP management, and router protocols (BGP, OSPF)
• Expert in network security, policy generation, intrusion detection, and industry best practices
• Must have highly developed LAN optimization skills, including VLAN setup, DMZ configurations, gigabit Ethernet cabling, and switching, EtherChannel, and PVST+ Spanning-tree configuration and troubleshooting
• Strong background in WAN technology is required, with emphasis placed on the following WAN technologies: ATM, Frame Relay, DSL, MPPP, Wireless Bridging, WIC installation and configuration
• Experience with PCI compliant security implementations on network infrastructure
• Strong ability to document and design network infrastructure