Senior Network Engineer (Infrastracture)

Client: Financial Services
Title: Senior Network Engineer (Infrastructure)
Salary: 140K-155K
FT/PT: Contracted
Location: NY/NJ Location (Hybrid : 1-2 times in office/month)

Summary:

Responsible for designing and implementing network infrastructure including WAN, MAN, LAN, WLAN, Proxy, Load Balancing, Firewall and Proxy components.


Major Responsibilities:
 

• Help to drive network improvements and standardization for the network environments in both the Data Centers, Campus and Remote Branch Offices
• Perform tasks including but not limited to planning, staging of hardware and software, implementation of the solution in the lab and production environment, providing post-cutover support, documentation, and end user training.
• Test, debug, conduct performance analysis, and document network infrastructure components
• Capacity management of network infrastructure
• Assist in the implementation of test plans (including functionality, integrity, and stress testing; and definition of test methodologies and strategy) related to network infrastructure
• Ensure that plans for the network integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical infrastructure
• Assist in the development and configuration of the network infrastructure from conceptualization through stabilization
• Assist in the implementation of the network infrastructure by performing product customization, and developing implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful installation of network hardware/software
• Assist in providing production support for incidents / problems escalated from Network Operations team. 
• Ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of network infrastructure required for new projects
• Creates and maintains written documentation and diagrams for supported systems
• Participates in a 24/7/365 weekly on-call rotation

Required Qualifications:
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical or engineering, or computer science or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience supporting computer networks in a mission-critical environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting real-time market data and trading.
• Certification and/or training with vendor-neutral or vendor-specific focus.
• Basic understanding of operating system administration (Windows and Linux).
• Basic scripting and automation.
• Organized and methodical testing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• In-depth experience with Cisco routing, switching, and datacenter technologies
• Cisco ACI, Nexus, etc
• Experience with Fortinet firewalls
• Working knowledge with Cisco ISE

Tagged Systems:
 

• OS: Linux & Windows.
• Hardware: Cisco ACI, Cisco routers and switches, Checkpoint and Fortinet firewalls, web proxies, F5 LTM/ GTM, Network monitoring probes (Gigamon, Extrahop).
• Applications: Cisco ISE, BlueCAT DDI, SSL/PKI
• In-depth experience with F5 load balancing (LTM/GTM) and DNS-based solutions (BlueCat, Infoblox, etc)

• Experience working with a Micro-segmentation solution

Location: Hybrid - NY/NJ/CT/PA

Salary : $140,000 - $150,000