Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer

New Haven, CT | Work from home flexibility

Job Description

Position: Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Remote
Job Type: Direct Hire

Job Description

• Senior Network Infrastructure Engineers provides engineering services and level 3 support associated with the client's network, firewall, and telephone infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Responsible for building, deploying, documenting, and maintaining functional, optimized, and secure network and telecom environments.
• Designs, configures, recommends, integrates, and/or constructs functional network and telecom infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud.
• Provides network infrastructure services in support of information technology and business project activities, often serving as members of a project team.
• Senior Network Infrastructure Engineers are accountable for management and resolution of incident, problem, service request and change management assignments, as well as providing level 3 support & services (evaluate, diagnose & resolve) for complex work items level 1 and 2 support cannot resolve/satisfy.
• Frequently requires engagement with internal departments, external partners and/or vendors.

Job Responsibilities

• Analyze, review and design enterprise class network and telecom systems based on industry experience, research, vendor interaction, proof of concepts and labs.
• Setup and configure network hardware, operating systems, applications, utilities, services, and other related network infrastructure in support of information technology and business project activities, serving as a member of a project team.
• Upgrade, maintain, and administer existing network infrastructure including switches, routers, proxy servers, firewalls, load balancers, VPN appliances, DNS/DHCP servers, and IDS/IPS devices.
• Monitors the client's network and telecom systems and provides 24x7x365 level 3 network support.
• Works closely with Infrastructure Operations to troubleshoot, manage, and resolve incident, problem, service request and change management assignments.
• Develop and maintain project plans, standards, procedures, policies, diagrams, proposals, security documentation, troubleshooting guides, inventory lists, and resource plans. Adhere to network documentation and policies.
• Configure and manage network resources on cloud platforms, including virtual networks, subnets, ExpressRoute, and security groups
• Monitor network performance, proactively identify and resolve network-related issues for both on-premises and cloud based environments
• Optimize network configurations for cost-efficiency and performance
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards. and regulations
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to streamline cloud network operations
• Ensure network scalability, reliability, and security across cloud environments
• Participates in disaster recovery & business continuity planning and testing.
• On-Call and/or after-hours work required

Skill Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter with good work ethic and attitude
• Ability to research, recommend, and develop cost-effective solutions
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Sound judgment in decision making

Systems/Technical Knowledge:

• Hardware: Enterprise class network hardware from Arista, Cisco/Meraki, HP Aruba, Palo Alto, F5, and Fortinet
• Network Operating Systems: Arista EOS, Arista CloudVision, Cisco IOS, PAN OS, Fortinet OS, and Aruba ClearPass
• LAN/WAN: Ethernet, T-1/T-3, Broadband Internet, Metro Ethernet, Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), IDF/Distribution /Core layers
• Telephony: VOIP, UCaaS, and CCaaS, SIP
• Network Protocols & Services: Including but not limited to EIGRP, BGP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, WINS, SMTP, SNMP, FTP, IPSEC VPN, NAC, and MFA solutions
• Network tools and applications: Gigamon, CASB, Packet Capture and Analysis (Fiddler, Wireshark etc)
• Network Scripting (Python, Perl, JSON, XML, etc) are a plus
• Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio

Education and Experience Requirements
  Education:

• BS or BA in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field or equivalent combination of experience and training.

Experience:

• 7 to 10+ years of experience in design, engineering and administration of on-premises and cloud hosted network and firewall infrastructure or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Licensing/Certification:

• CISCO CCNP/CCDP and Azure Cloud experience preferable

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Meet Your Recruiter

Taylor Garrand
Recruiting Delivery Lead

 Contact Taylor today to learn about a great opportunity with Queen Consulting Group!

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