Network Engineer

100% Onsite – Miami, FL: Candidates must currently be located in the Miami, FL area and be able to commute to the office daily. This position is not open to out-of-town, out-of-state, or relocation candidates. No third-party vendors.

Title: Level 2 Network Engineer

Location: Miami, FL - Coral Gables area / 100% onsite

3 Months Contract to Hire

Rate: $50 - $65/hr w2

Salary: $115k - $135k + Benefits

Multiple data centers and 450+ office locations.

Cisco Nexus 9000 (ACI leaf/spine & standalone), Nexus 7000 (VDC), and Nexus 5000 switches.

Cisco ASR multigigabit routers. Advanced IP traffic engineering via OSPF, BGP & EIGRP routing.

Cisco ASA (for NAC-enabled remote-access VPN), ISE, and AnyConnect VPN.

Cisco Enterprise Wireless Controllers with 900+ wireless access points.

Palo Alto Firewalls + Panorama, and FortiNet FortiGate Firewalls + FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer

Site-to-Site VPN via FortiNet FortiGate SDWAN and Palo Alto FW.

FortiNet FortiNAC.

Vivai Solutions Observer Apex, GigaStor, OMS and Analyzer.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Unity Voice Mail, UCCX, ExpressWay and QoS.

Cloud exchange peering with Amazon Web Services and Azure cloud computing platforms.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for network strategy, architecture, implementation and steady-state support.

Produces network design policies addressing connectivity, capacity, interfacing, security, resilience, recovery, access, and remote access.

Produces and maintains specifications, topologies, configuration and design documentation.

Specifies user/system interfaces, including validation and error correction procedures, processing rules, access, security and audit controls.

Assesses associated risks; specifies recovery routines and contingency procedures.

Function as subject matter expert for at least one area of data and voice infrastructure.

Position Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems and 5+ years related work experience (or any equivalent combination).

Must possess current certifications in networking.

Certifications in Palo Alto, FortiGate, Citrix NetScaler and related security technologies preferred.

Knowledge and Experience:

Traffic-engineering experience with BGP.

Experience with AWS/Azure cloud services.

Experience with Cisco Multi-Site ACI.

Experience with Palo Alto FWs & Panorama and/or FortiNet FortiGate FWs & FortiManager /FortiAnalyzer.

Experience with enterprise wireless technology.

Must be very comfortable with technical elements of network security and design, to include IPSec VPN (S2S, RA, DMVPN & B2B) TCP/IP, firewalls, IPS/IDS, VoIP, load balancers, routers and switches.

Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager and UCCX a plus.

Personal Attributes:

Excellent written, oral, and communication skills.

Ability to conduct and direct research into IT issues and products.

Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.

Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and attentive to detail.

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

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