Senior Network Engineer

Scope of Work The Network Engineer will serve as the principal line of communication for the project team. The duties and responsibilities of this position are as follows: Cross-train staff at all experience levels

Diagnose and resolve problems across a variety of hardware platforms and vendors, including Aruba, Cisco, Pulse Secure, Hewitt Packard (HP) Aruba, ClearPass, Airwave, Palo Alto Firewalls, etc.

Communicate and work within cross-departmental teams

Identify opportunities for automation and improvement to optimize the operation, such as documentation and monitoring adjustments

Develop and maintain technical specifications, standards, procedures, and systems documentation

Work with OIT and users to perform server installations, upgrades, and configuration changes; and

Research and recommend appropriate technical solutions to meet functional requirements.

Required Qualifications A bachelor s or master s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required. Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable. Experience working in a large (2,500 users or more) enterprise network environment Experience deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining the following technologies: Local Area Networks (LAN)

Wide Area Networks (WAN)

Amazon Web Services/Microsoft (MS) Azure cloud instances

Voice over Internet Protocol (IP)

Quality of Service (QoS)

Jitter

Latency issues

Software defined WAN

Velo Cloud

Cradle Point

Routers

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW)

Wireless Access Points

Load balancers in cloud platforms

ExpressRoute and Direct Connect connections

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud and Azure Virtual Network peering

Native cloud and 3rd party virtual firewalls (including installation and support)

Maintain simultaneous encryption protocols, including Dynamic and Static Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC), Group Encrypted Transport Visual Power Manager (GETTVPN), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)

Knowledge of designing and deploying Network Access Control via Aruba ClearPass.

Experience with managing Aruba Airwave.

Experience using command-line configuration with Cisco, HP Aruba, and Linux; and

Proficiency in programming in Python and PowerShell scripting.

Preferred Qualifications Experience at configuring and applying best practices to Next-Generation firewalls (NGFWs), including Palo Alto

Knowledge of Cacti, Nagios, Solar Winds, Wireshark, and Internet Performance Working Group (IPERF)

Experience configuring and troubleshooting HP/ Aruba switches and Cisco routers

Knowledge of mapping physical network layouts and logical data flows with MS Visio to ensure the design accurately meets customer needs

Knowledge of VoIP configurations

Experience with managing Aruba Central Mobility Controllers

Experience designing wireless networks with an emphasis on security, creating Heat Maps, creating RF channel plans, and troubleshooting interference issues

Experience with Linux system administration

Experience applying IT standards in a criminal justice environment

Experience working with MyFloridaNet (MFN2) configuration and design and the State Division of Telecommunications

Experience with Florida state government projects

Experience with the Offender-Based Information System (OBIS) Modernization Project.