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Network Engineer/Admin

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Network Engineer

Montgomery AL (Onsite)

12+ Months contract to Hire

 

 

Position Description

Responsible for developing, creating, and delivering support to enterprise employees and customers.

This high-impact role drives and performs architectural, design, implementation, and ongoing optimization and engineering for complex network infrastructure solutions.

NSEs work with customers to identify and document their business requirements and map them to standards-based, compliant technical solutions, enabling mutual success in designing and deploying best-in-class solutions. Troubleshoots and resolves highly complex network problems across a broad range of technologies.

Generates network configurations from Low-Level Design for highly complex networks; Plans and executes highly complex Network Upgrades and Network Migration activity.

Performs analysis and diagnosis of highly complex networking problems and analysis of highly complex network designs.

Identify and resolve highly complex problems and compatibility issues within the services platform.

Communicates and explains key concepts and deliverables to the customer’s technical and non-technical staff.

The Network Engineer brings together experts in the network, application, and host security and other technical discipline domains.

The Network Engineer will work alongside these experts, as well as with experts in routing and switching, network security, collaboration technologies, cloud, and virtualization technologies.

This broad team expands our professional services capabilities to support the availability and reliability of a unified infrastructure.

It helps secure the platforms that enable law enforcement and citizen-based services.

 

Skills Required

Works on projects/ systems/ issues of medium to high complexity surrounding network planning, configuration, and optimization.

Works on one or more projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project team lead.

May coach more junior technical staff—excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.

As a prospect, excellent verbal and written communication skills will communicate and explain critical deliverables to customers and stakeholders.

Strong coordination and problem-solving skills.

Values-based personality with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Demonstrated passion, desire, and dedication to ongoing training and development.

Proactive, flexible attitude, work with a willingness to review and improve skills and processes constantly.

Ability to present and communicate network-related concepts to both technical and non-technical end users.

 

Experience Required

Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in the information technology, network security, network design, maintenance, and support industry.

Network Design and Architecture: In-depth knowledge of designing and deploying LAN, WAN, and cloud networking solutions.

Routing and Switching: Expertise in protocols such as OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, and MPLS, and proficiency with switches and routers (Cisco, Juniper).

Security: Proficiency in firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS systems, and network security policies.

Troubleshooting and Monitoring: Familiarity with network monitoring tools (e.g., Prime, WUG) and diagnostic tools.

 

Education Required

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field is often required, but professional certificates and/or many years of experience can substitute.

Professional Certifications Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or higher (e.g., CCNP, CCIE) is highly valuable.

CompTIA Network+ or Security+ for foundational networking and security knowledge.