Network Engineer
Jersey City, NJ, United States
A financial firm is looking for a Network Engineer to join their team in Jersey City, NJ.
Pay: $100-105/hr
Responsibilities: Participate in configuration, operational support and troubleshooting of company's day to day network infrastructure and services, including switches, routers, LAN/WAN, firewalls, load balancers, Wi-Fi and VPN devices, WAN protocols, and knowledge of dynamic routing protocols, low latency design
Work with external dealers and internal app support teams to troubleshoot and maintain/setup DLR connectivity (BGP, VPN, MPLS, Multicast)
Work with and directly lead external vendors, third parties, and associated agencies, when necessary, to address issues across the PSTN, peering arrangements, inter-operability issues, etc.
Deploy and stabilize code, technologies, services, networks, systems, and drive standardization and automation
Provide subject matter expertise, resolve complex break/fix scenarios, engaging broader teams as necessary; partner with vendors, and regions to achieve continuous improvement
Qualifications: A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic engineering, or related disciplines
Expert-Level Routing and switching experience (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Multicast), including LAN/WAN/Security/Architecture
Strong knowledge of firewall configuration and rule changes
Strong knowledge of F5 load balancers
Experience working with network automation/orchestration and configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef and/or equivalent technologies
Familiarity setting up network connections with multiple cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Equinix Cloud Exchange, Oracle, etc.
Understanding of the TCP/IP protocol family
Understanding of data communication, data processing, and telecommunications facilities
Strong analytical, organizational, process improvement and problem-solving skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills