Job#: 2026949

Job Description:

Job Title: Network Engineer Job Location: Columbus, OH (Hybrid) Pay Rate: $85/hr-$90/hr Contract Length: 05/13/2024-09/13-2024 JOB DESCRIPTION

The OS Platform Engineer (Network Operations) develops the operational vision and direction for the team in collaboration with the Network Operations managers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Makes decisions of a global, strategic nature by analyzing complex data systems and incorporating knowledge of other lines of
• Spearheads complex programs that span multiple inter-organizational units and interfaces with more experienced
• Is a leader in identifying critical, high pay-off technology strategies and prioritizes team efforts accordingly.
• Possesses advanced knowledge of business application
• Responsible for coaching and mentoring less experienced team members.
• Provide Level 3/4 engineering support for the corporate enterprise network.
• Maintains current professional and technical skills.
• Keeps abreast of current and emerging technologies, how they integrate and drive value.
• Performs advanced break/fix troubleshooting and mentors junior engineers.
• Provides failure or root cause analysis when required.
• Resolves the most complex issues in the environment with little to no supervision, relying on his/her ability to pull together technical resources to gather accurate information to provide data driven solutions.
• Provide after hours and on-call support as needed.
• Understand network triggers and execute appropriate workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to engineer reliability through automated response.
• Supports the development and improvement of technical engineering documentation in accordance withstandards.
• Author operational documentation and knowledge base articles of known issues and solutions.
• Experience automating workflows to troubleshoot, integrate systems, and eliminate toil.
• Knowledge and experience with core network automation skills: Python, JSON, Linux, Java, DevOps, and Git.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

   

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of relevant experience

• Critical thinking skills, must be a self-starter, able to direct activities of the team, dependable and reliable.

   

Preferred Qualifications:

Extensive infrastructure, applications and security knowledge and experience

Must own ability to learn fast, adapt to new technology and keep current with industry

Embrace and focus on emerging technology and evangelize to the rest of the team

Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud

Experience in AWS CloudFormation, AWS EC2, VPC, S3 and similar technologies a strong plus

Experience with database technologies and other data services technologies

Experience with any programming language: C, C++, Java, Python or C#.

Experience supporting complex production network environments.

Experience with Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls, Proxies, F5 LTM/GTM/ASM, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI/MSO), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco DNAC and Infoblox DNS/DHCP.

In-depth experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.

Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design

Advanced understanding of performance and monitoring

Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology

Technical certifications such as Cisco CCNP-Enterprise or Datacenter, CCIE, Palo Alto PCCSA, PCNS, PCNSE, or F5.

Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and ability to work both independently and in a group.

Experience in an ent