Network Engineer

Job#: 2014061

Job Description:

Network Engineer II - Onsite 5 days in Thomasville, North Carolina - Direct Hire/CTH - $90k-$110k/year
*Candidate must be able to work on the clients W2 without sponsorship, vendor or employer*
(Candidate must be onsite in Thomasville, North Carolina on Day 1)
Primary Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and manage network infrastructure that best supports business initiatives
• Monitor network performance and recommend network changes and upgrades based on utilization
• Perform maintenance and upgrades to the network
• Collaborate with Technical Architects in network and other systems design
• Assists administrators in the implementation of networking infrastructure
• Handle escalated advanced network related troubleshooting issues
• Provide support and assistance to OD users for networking needs
• Provide appropriate user support as assigned
• Maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies/products/trends related to architectural solutions

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  Job Qualifications

  Education:

• Associates degree in an IT related field or equivalent education and experience

• 5+ years of recent network engineering expertise supporting 50+ site WAN and LAN environment
• 5+ years of experience with core, distribution, and access switching and routing technologies and datacenter technologies (e.g MPLS, vPC, Etherchannel, BGP, OSPF, policy based routing)
• Strong knowledge of networking technologies and WAN communications including TCP/IP (routing and subnetting), QoS, MPLS, IPSec, etc…
• Expertise in networking concepts
• Understanding of cross-functional/cross-domain requirements and impact
• Experience implementing and supporting SD-WAN environments
• Strong knowledge of Load Balancing and Global Server Load Balancing
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience supporting voice and video across the WAN
• Experience using Visio or other tools for documentation
• Strong organization and analytical skills
• Detail oriented
• Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security
• Maximising network performance through ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting
• Arranging scheduled upgrades
• Investigating faults in the network
• Updating network equipment to the latest firmware releases
• Reporting network status to key stakeholders

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