Senior Network Engineer

Job Description

Senior Network Engineer w/heavy Python Scripting

Bravotech, a leader in IT staffing and staff augmentation services, seeks a strong Senior Network Engineer for a long-term contract in Richmond, VA

The Ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in: Cisco Products, Fortigate/Fortinet Firewalls, Cisco ASA, Building scripts from scratch using Python (automation), Cisco Meraki, Cloud Security (Azure), VPN Security, Security Compliance, SAML, Radius, Cisco (Routers/Switches/ASA Firewalls), F5 Load Balancing
Senior Network Engineer with expertise in Networking who will be responsible for implementing highly scalable solutions on the Microsoft Azure Public Cloud and On-Premises environment. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's network architecture to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability. As a member of the team, you will work alongside reliability teams to ensure site reliability and that all releases seamlessly move from development through staging and into production.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the planning and execution of network projects, provide technical leadership to the team, and collaborate with cross-functional departments to meet business objectives.

• Design, implement, and manage complex network solutions to support business operations.

• Responsible for safeguarding an organization's computer systems and networks from security breaches, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.

• Lead network architecture planning, including hardware and software upgrades.

• Provide technical expertise in troubleshooting network issues and implementing solutions.

• Collaborate with IT teams to ensure network security measures are in place.

• Conduct regular network performance monitoring and optimization.

• Mentor and train junior network engineers to enhance team capabilities.

• Evaluate new technologies and make recommendations for network improvements.

• Develop and maintain network documentation for reference and compliance purposes.

Looking for:

• Proven experience as a Senior Network Engineer or similar role in a large-scale environment. Experience in the planning, design, deployment and support of LAN/WAN/SDWAN/Spine and Leaf and IP architectures.

• In-depth knowledge of networking protocols, hardware, and software solutions including deploying network services and protocols such as TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, LAN Switching Technologies, Next-Gen Firewalls (Fortinet preferred), and Load Balancing (F5 preferred), etc.

• Extensive experience in traditional route/switch, Wireless technologies, VPN, SSL, DNS, DHCP, and ISE.

• Conduct network security assessments & recommend remediation actions. Hands-on experience with network security. Design and maintain security controls for network infrastructure. Enhance security monitoring and detection systems to identify abnormal behavior.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead projects and teams effectively.

• Experience utilizing a public cloud solution (Azure, AWS, GCP)

• Prior experience working with industry network tools: monitoring (Splunk, NetScout, Zabbix), management (Prime, ISE, Aruba Central), inventory management (Netbox, IPAM), and DNS solutions. Design and implementation experience related of DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) solutions will be preferred.

• Scripting experience with scripting languages (python,) and tools (versioning, GitHub) as well as experience utilizing REST APIs, JSON, and YAML.

• Experience with multiple hardware/software platforms such as:

• Cisco

• Fortinet

• F5

• NetScout

• Strong teamwork skills, ability to learn quickly, excellent written and spoken communication.

• Experience working with Agile methodologies.

• Monitor and Troubleshoot network performance and integrity. Resolve escalated issues by troubleshooting both cloud and local infrastructure.

• Automate tasks and assess their effectiveness.

Education and/or Experience:

• 4+ years of network architecture design and/or solution engineering of data center

• 2+ years of network design or administration involving cloud infrastructure AWS, Azure, Google, etc.

• 2+ years of scripting or coding experience with one or more languages

• 8+ years of relevant IT experience in large/complex IT architecture environments

• 4-year degree in IT related course of study

• Preferred Professional certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP etc.).

3 days onsite in Richmond, VA
Must do final interview onsite
Must have college degree

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