Cisco Network Engineer

Title: Network Engineer

Location: Miramar, FL (Open to remote for right candidate)

Duration: 12 months+

Compensation: $65.00 to $70.00 hourly

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US

Job Description:

• The Engineer is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, implementation, testing and transition to steady state support of Infrastructure such as; network, telecommunication, server, storage or software across the enterprise.
• They will partner with peer engineering teams on best practices, process, standards, and configuration management.
• The Engineer evaluates vendor supplied hardware, components and software packages for fit and performance and makes recommendations to IT management.
• This individual modifies and/or debugs vendor-supplied utilities and packages.
• The Engineer maintains technical documentation for telecommunications, network, server, storage and system software applications.
• The Engineer diagnoses isolates and debugs hardware and software problems and performs problem resolution.
• The role is responsible for delivering solutions that are stable,
• secure, scalable and cost effective, as well providing escalation support to the administrators.
• Participate in on call rotation
• Coaches others
• Research, evaluate and recommend network-related software and hardware products and services
• Perform capacity and resource planning for network systems
• Assess network risks and perform contingency planning
• Provide input to supplier management team to help establish the telecommunications and network-related vendor service agreements
• Install, configure, and maintain telecommunications and network systems (hardware and software)
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical communications and network issues (tier two support)
• Provide input to supplier management team to help manage telecommunications and network-related vendor service level agreements
• Stay up-to-date on telecommunications, networks and network-related technologies
• Serve as a technical resource for infrastructure initiatives that require telecommunications or network expertise

Skillset / Experience:

• Bachelor's or Technical degree in related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of work experience in an Infrastructure or technical function
• Excellent verbal / written communication skills, strong attention to detail
• Change Agent with Managerial Courage
• Delivers Results
• Holistic Thinking
• Strategic mindset
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Effective communication
• Ability to create, read, analyze, and interpret technical diagrams and written procedures
• Ability to arrange processes or data in order of patterns specific to policies, processes, or system requirements
• Ability to analyze and solve problems, think outside of the box and grasp technical concepts
• Ability to combine information or data to find relationships among seemingly unrelated events
• Experience in telecommunications and networking environments, security, storage, server and other infrastructure technologies that match infrastructure landscape
• Experience with design, implementation, configuration, tuning and optimization of technologies within landscape
• Must possess good problem-solving skills
• Understanding of hardware and software dependencies
• Coach, mentor and develop others
• The ability to translate business requirements to technical requirements
• Good verbal/written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong team player who can work across multiple functional areas and disciplines
• Capability to understand' application portfolio as well as how the different systems contribute to daily business
• operations
• Familiarity with ITIL concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Infrastructure engineering role as it relates to the hardware and software components that align to technologies supported
• Provide accurate and timely updates to work tickets, incidents, and outages
• ITIL Foundation certified

Specialized Skills and Technologies

• Cisco Networking
• Network and Cloud technologies
• Web Application Firewalls - Palo Alto and/or Cisco Firepower
• Anti DDOS protection
• Signature based intrusion detection
• Security groups in the cloud
• Knowledge of OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP's basic components, VLAN's and
• Multi-layer switching
• CCDP or CCNP equivalent Required
• Preferred skills: Strong Cisco ACI experience, Strong Azure and AWS networking architecture

Our benefits package includes: Comprehensive medical benefits Competitive pay, 401(k) Retirement plan and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions: As a leading information technology partner, we connect top IT talent with our clients to provide innovative business solutions through our IT Staffing, Professional Services, and Infrastructure Solutions divisions. We understand and value the unique needs of highly-skilled information technology professionals in the industry and always strive to stay above the curve. Our company was founded on the following core values: Be the Best, Understand the Urgency, Never Ever Give Up, Have the Courage to Excel, and Make a Contribution. We take pride in our business model and strive to create a positive workplace environment through an exemplary culture. INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.