Network Engineer - Remote

For this contract opportunity as a NETWORK ENGINEER with one of America's most popular and successful corporations, a qualified candidate will oversee the design, installation, documentation and maintenance of the client's network environment. THE CANDIDATE FOR THIS ROLE CAN WORK FROM ANY LOCATION, AS THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Design/develop the network infrastructure for clients as directed by the IT Businesses supporting the current growth in the ASP environment. The infrastructure will be updated as required by upgrades and new business requirements for the network equipment and/or configuration. This is to include any Datacenter network infrastructure as well as Customer Premise Equipment as appropriate.
- Produce the design documentation to include work instructions and Standard Repeatable Actions to the current ASP standard
- Oversee implementation(s) to ensure all design objectives are met and in line with the approved specifications.
- Conform to all ASP SOPs, Change Control and Policy and procedures.
- Develop and recommend strategies for network growth, security, and enhancements
- Maximize functionality of network equipment such as Routers, Firewalls, Switches, load balancers, proxies, cyclades and VPN appliances.
- Perform advanced network analysis, monitoring, testing, and capacity planning for organization's LAN/WAN environment.
- Responsible for network designs, installations and tests to support Internet and other data transport channels across LAN/WAN environment.
- Develop and administer network backup and recovery plans.
- Perform various network projects as needed or assigned.
- Act as Level 2/3 support for ASP trouble tickets.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

- 5+ years' experience as a LAN/WAN engineer or equivalent experience
- Advanced knowledge of CISCO equipment (Routers, Switches, ASA series), routing protocols (BGP,OPSF, EIGRP)
- Advanced experience with Security, Layer Two and Three Switching, VLAN, VPNs
- Advanced experience with WAN technologies such as MPLS, SONET, eWAN, DS3, T1s, etc.
- In-depth knowledge of network load balancing technologies (F5)
- Familiarity with appliance-based network applications: VPN appliances, Proxy Servers, network monitoring tools (Cisco ASAs, Cisco LMS, Sitescope, Cisco WLSE, etc.)
- In-depth knowledge of Checkpoint and Palo Alto strongly preferred
- Knowledge of Redundancy (Spanning Tree, VRRP)
- Knowledge of network design, monitoring and security best practices
- Strong documentation and verbal communication skills

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