Network Engineer

Job Description: We are seeking a skilled Network Infrastructure Engineer to join our team on a yearlong contract.
Top Skills Details:

• Strong network skills, specifically in routing and switching, as well as firewall skills with an emphasis on Palo Alto firewalls. Candidates with strong firewall skills but limited network skills will also be considered.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in both project-related work and day-to-day operational support as a member of the Enterprise network team.
• Provide general support across multiple network environments, including campus, data center, and WAN.
• Provide firewall support, including troubleshooting connectivity requests and VPN tunnels.
• Complete after-hours changes as needed.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Work on-site to support campus network environments.
• Collaborate with multiple customers, stakeholders, and system owners to produce requirements, determine feasibility, analyze cost/benefits, and recommend design solutions.
• Provide training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Cisco CCNA or equivalent experience desired.

Experience:

• 5-10 years of network and security experience in various network areas, including routing/switching, data center, wireless, security, VPN, collaboration, virtualization, disaster recovery/high availability, acceleration technologies, and cloud provider/services.

Competencies - Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Ability to work well with technical and non-technical clients.
• Familiarity with NIST standards and controls.
• Intermediate system and programming knowledge of:
  • Cisco ISR and ASR Routers
  • Cisco Catalyst and Nexus Switches
  • Next Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto)
  • Campus Network Design
  • Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points
  • NAC/Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
  • Network Load Balancing (F5)
  • SD-WAN Technologies
  • Routing Protocols: BGP / OSPF / EIGRP
  • First Hop Redundancy Protocols: HSRP / VRRP / GLBP
  • VRF implementation and design
  • VSS and VPC technologies
  • MPLS WAN infrastructure
  • IPSEC VPN Tunnel design, implementation, and support
  • User VPN (Palo Alto Global Protect)
  • IPS, IDS, SSL Decryption, and URL Filtering
  • Enterprise QoS
  • IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
  • Scripting and Network Automation (Python, VBScript, PowerShell)
  • Experience in maintaining network monitoring systems
  • Experience in taking and reading network packet captures
  • Familiarity with AWS infrastructure (VPCs, Security Groups, Direct Connect)
  • Familiarity with supporting multi-cloud environments (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)

Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $70.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Lincoln,NE.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Mar 17, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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