Network engineer - onsite

Location : Dallas , TX

What you'll do

• Install, configure, and manage a highly available and scalable datacenter and cloud networks.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust firewall infrastructure to protect the organization from external and internal threats.
• Monitor firewall performance and manage configuration changes to ensure the security and stability of the network.
• EOSL projects for datacenter switches and firewalls.
• Configure and manage Azure networking components such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and NSG.
• Manage and configure firewalls (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet) for optimal performance and security.
• Transforms the organization by leveraging and enabling automation, orchestration, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI / CD).
• Serves as an advocate for business stakeholders into IT and helps evangelize the role of network engineering technology back to the business
• Presents innovate forward thinking concepts and technology to improve business processes
• Contributes to our positive, team-oriented culture by developing and maintaining cooperative relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, and accepting and providing constructive feedback

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training
• Airline Industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• CCNP - Security, DC, Routing, Switching, CCIE, PCNSE (Palo Alto)
• Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified : Azure Solutions Architect Expert is desired.
• Proven ability to build, cultivate, and promote strong relationships with internal customers at all levels of the organization, as well as with IT counterparts, business partners, and external groups.
• Ability to deploy and execute datacenter and cloud network technologies; firewall technologies, intrusion detection / prevention, micro-segmentation, and software defined network, and software defined WAN.
• Hands on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Nexus switches.
• Hands on experience in Cloud Networking for Azure and AWS.
• Extensive experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions : Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto (FW IDS / IPS functions), Cisco VPN and Zscaler VPN
• Extensive experience with programming / scripting languages and frameworks in support of automation, such as Python or Ansible
• Ability to design Ansible networking playbooks (and / or via Python scripts, REST API) for Palo Alto, Zsclaer, Cisco IOS / IOS-XE / NX-OS
• Have good hands-on knowledge on Panorama and its template hierarchy.
• Have a comprehensive knowledge on routing protocol BGP (community strings, route maps, route filters. attributes).
• Strong experience in building site to site VPN tunnels for both Cisco and Palo Alto's platform.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with business to deliver project timelines.
• Good with tools like Power BI or be able to create dashboards for projects.
• Good in IAC for Cloud and Datacenter deployments.