Job Description

We are looking for a senior networking engineer for a contract job who will be working at one our customers in Madison, WI, USA. This individual reports to the the Senior Manager, Core Infrastructure Technology in the IT department.

• Planning and Design – Plan, develop, and implement network solutions 
  • Research new network technologies
  • Develop network infrastructure roadmap
  • Design and implement network solutions
• Monitoring – Monitoring company's network elements to ensure security and availability, including:
  • Responsible for the security, availability, and reliability of the corporate IP infrastructure.
  • Create and deliver IP infrastructure performance metrics to IT management
  • Monitor IP infrastructure to ensure performance meets IT service-level expectations
  • Analyze IP infrastructure performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Technologies – Support company’s infrastructure technologies, providing hands on technology support and review for all products in use and provide guidance for technology fit products. 
  • Management of company’s WAN, LAN, Firewall, Routers, Switches, Wireless, Voice infrastructure, etc
  • Participate in departmental initiatives to improve the corporate IP infrastructure
  • Establish and maintain IP infrastructure standards
  • Recommend IP infrastructure vendors and solutions to IT management.
  • Responsible for voice infrastructure including call routing and call center technologies
  • Coordinate external repairs, RMA’s, & retirement of end-of-life networking devices
  • Participate on corporate and departmental project teams 
• Supporting - Provide support for the company environment and user community: 
  • Diagnose and resolve problems/issues related to the IP infrastructure
  • Adhere to corporate, departmental, and team policies and procedures
  • Ensure end-user customer satisfaction
  • Participate in after-hours & emergency support protocols.
  • Perform additional IT duties as assigned
• Maintain Knowledge Base – Keep abreast of latest network/security best practices, advisories, alerts, and vulnerabilities pertaining to the company and its mission. Advise IT organization with current information about information network/security technologies. Lead the design and deployment of information network/security architecture and infrastructure. 
• Education and Training – Coordinate the development and delivery of communication and training programs to support the network and telecommunication services.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• 10+ years experience and expertise of core network and WAN technologies including MPLS, IP VPN, and telecoms systems such as:
  • Cisco routers/switches/firewalls (ie. ASA 5500 Family, 2900/3800 ISR Routers, Catalyst 3750X stacks, 4500/6500 chassis switches, Nexus & WaaS)
  • Cisco Wireless technologies
  • Experience with Layer 2 technologies (Spanning-Tree, Virtual Port Channel, Virtual Switching System)
  • Palo Alto firewalls
  • Juniper switches
  • Juniper Mist wireless
• System management and monitoring: SolarWinds Orion, WebSense, sysLogging, etc.
• Strong experience in dynamic routing protocols (ie. EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, etc.)
• Strong experience with enterprise networking technologies
• Experience in fiber channel switch technologies

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