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Job Details
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Position Title: Network Lifecycle Contractor/Network Engineer - W2 Requirement
Position Type: 6 months CTH
Location: Houston, TX 77077 (4 days onsite and 1-day work from home)
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen or
Seeking senior level Network Lifecycle Contractor to help replacing/upgrading network equipment for various businesses within the Friedkin Group. Role will act as subject matter expert on enterprise network platform and support the locations and equipment being replaced, ensuring all services are restored. Will work in daily operations support before, during, and after each lifecycle event (exchanging equipment) through projects. This role will provide design, steps, and architectural support, serve as point of escalation for all network related issues related to the replacement of equipment, and be expected to document before and after.
As a Network Lifecycle Contractor you will, while working with TFG Network team and local site representatives:
- Gather specifications and use cases that the equipment is currently (and in future) providing, documenting the current environment fully
- Ensure the appropriate equipment is acquired, delivered, and configured in replacing the equipment being replaced
- Travel domestically to sites where lifecycle event will occur
- Migrate to the new equipment during off-hours (evening or weekend)
- Perform analysis of any networking problems after migration is completed, ensuring the businesses at that location can provide the same services they did before
- Ensure changes to network configurations are made with minimal down-time and in accordance with change management policies
- Ensure configuration standards and support documentation is complete
- Reduce security risk by securing network platforms from vulnerabilities and maintain patching cycles of all network software and hardware
- Collaborate and work well with peers, across teams, and with customers in developing solutions and problem resolution
What We Need From You
- Bachelor's Degree Req
- 8 experience; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience. Required
- Aruba and Cisco switching/routing and how various network services connect to the networking equipment at the sites where lifecycle is occuring
- Network monitoring and management (Solarwinds, FortiManager, Ansible, and Fabric Composer preferred)
- CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional Preferred
- CCIE or equivalent in Aruba Preferred
