Network Build Engineer

We are partnering with a premier Airline headquartered in the Greater Seattle Area. The Network Build position will mainly support integration work. The primary responsibilities will be to build and safely deploy network gear to Airport and Campus locations. Deployments may include after-hours work. In addition, the engineer will need to be able to work onsite at the client's office and be able to provide smart hands and feet and layer 1 support for the rest of the Network Build team. Other duties will include network documentation, deployment validation and cleanup and gaining a thorough understanding of the network architecture.

• Contract Duration: 12 months
• At least 4 days a week onsite - must be located locally in the Greater Seattle Area
• Hourly Rate: $45 - $60/hour DOE

• Execute life cycle process for network equipment including OS patching and upgrades.
• Perform installations and configurations of enterprise network devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Deliver and maintain reporting on completion of work and upcoming tasks.
• Coordinate with Station (Airport) leadership and staff and Field Services teams to organize outage windows to complete the work.
• Create proper change request, execution plan and timeline and obtain approvals for the work.
• Obtain system performance baselines prior to any work being performed.
• Verifying out-of-band management is reachable and backup and recovery processes are executed prior to the change.
• Ensure the site’s network and critical systems are functional and maintained after the work has been completed.
• Update documentation as necessary regarding any relevant changes to the production environment, including updating SolarWinds and the NetOps team when necessary.
• Track to completion of all deliverables for the project.
• Maintain a high level of detail and organization in all work completed; from configuration to labeling.
• Be able to work from the office 4 days a week on a regular basis.

Required

• 4 years of hands-on experience with Cisco IOS and Juniper OS route/switch infrastructure and Fortinet firewalls or related experience in a large enterprise environment with hundreds of firewalls using centralized management.
• Recent Working knowledge of Layer 2 switching technologies, VLANs, stacking configuration and checks, spanning-tree, and Cisco and Juniper switching best practices and procedures.
• Have working experience with Wi-fi technologies from Cisco and/or Juniper.
• Good understanding of Layer 3 routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc), SD-WAN and VPN technologies.
• Experience using TFTP, SCP for file transfers.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Familiarity with ITIL process and procedures.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the airline industry in a networking capacity.
• Experience with Solarwinds, OpenGear OBM, and Bomgar remote client access.
• Familiarity with Forescout, Infoblox and ZPE OBM is a plus

• Excellent ownership of the work from start to finish
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to methodically manage and organize instruction, projects and deployments
• Great attitude with a team work ethic!
• Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable

Hardware:

• ZPE
  1. OOB modems
  2. OBM
• Juniper
  1. Switches: EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400
  2. WAP: Mist
• Cisco
  1. Switches: 2960x, 9200, 9300
  2. WAP: 9124, 9120, 9124, etc
• Fortinet/Fortigate
  1. Firewalls: 80F, 100F, 400F, 81F
  2. Modem: FortiExtender
• Cradlepoint
  1. Modem: W1850, E300, E3000, legacy

Software:

• Solarwinds
• Cisco WLC
• Infoblox
• Fortimanager
• SecureCRT
• Forescout
• Ivanti
• TACACS