Cisco Network Engineer - 100% Remote

Company: Vxforward
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: October 16, 2024

Job Description:

Contract Sep 21, 2023VXForward has a great opportunity for a Cisco Network Engineer - 100% Remote with one of our clients.Roles and ResponsibilitiesMajor Duties:

• Acts as Network Engineer for Cisco, F5, Arista and other routing, switching, load-balancing, firewall and telephony equipment. Maintains knowledge of LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, VLANs, routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP and BGP, DHCP and DNS, IPSec and SSL VPN, firewall access lists and policies. Maintains a working knowledge of Windows and Linux servers, VMWare, Citrix, Exchange, Active Directory, SQL and IIS.
• Installs or upgrades networking systems for both local and remote networks for data center and user sites. Manages seamless traffic redundancy and system uptime for our Disaster Recovery site. Configures devices running IOS/EOS. Configures wireless and VoIP technologies. Secures edge networks by implementing firewall policies and rules. Works with other engineers and teams to implement network and security solutions. Ensures high availability via redundancy and load balancing for all portions of the network. Maintains documentation of all projects and solutions.
• Configures and monitors network and security alerts and notifications. Performs network analysis to determine root cause of outages. Communicates issues, status updates, and problem resolution with customers, engineers and management.
• Establishes and maintains the system security levels for various networks, and the data backup and restoration of all network devices. Analyzes, plans, implements and maintains backup and recovery mechanisms. Manages and plans for systems growth, including LAN, WAN, Wireless, and Telephony.
• Troubleshoots hardware and software problems during working hours and after hours as required by urgency or nature of situation.
• Performs related duties as assigned or as the situation requires.Required Knowledge:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• 3-5 years related design and engineering experience
• Voice (PRI, SIP, CUCM 10.x, Analog)
• Cisco Finesse
• Cisco IOS
• Palo Alto
• Switching (VLAN's, STP), Routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP)
• WAN (MPLS, VPLS, VPN)
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