Senior Network Engineer (Infrastracture)

New York, NY
Contracted
Experienced
Client: Financial Services
Title: Senior Network Engineer (Infrastructure)
Salary: 140K-155K
FT/PT: Contracted
Location: NY/NJ Location (Hybrid : 1-2 times in office/month)

Summary:

Responsible for designing and implementing network infrastructure including WAN, MAN, LAN, WLAN, Proxy, Load Balancing, Firewall and Proxy components.


Major Responsibilities:
 
  • Help to drive network improvements and standardization for the network environments in both the Data Centers, Campus and Remote Branch Offices
  • Perform tasks including but not limited to planning, staging of hardware and software, implementation of the solution in the lab and production environment, providing post-cutover support, documentation, and end user training.
  • Test, debug, conduct performance analysis, and document network infrastructure components
  • Capacity management of network infrastructure
  • Assist in the implementation of test plans (including functionality, integrity, and stress testing; and definition of test methodologies and strategy) related to network infrastructure
  • Ensure that plans for the network integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical infrastructure
  • Assist in the development and configuration of the network infrastructure from conceptualization through stabilization
  • Assist in the implementation of the network infrastructure by performing product customization, and developing implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful installation of network hardware/software
  • Assist in providing production support for incidents / problems escalated from Network Operations team. 
  • Ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of network infrastructure required for new projects
  • Creates and maintains written documentation and diagrams for supported systems
  • Participates in a 24/7/365 weekly on-call rotation

Required Qualifications:
 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Technical or engineering, or computer science or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of experience supporting computer networks in a mission-critical environment.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting real-time market data and trading.
  • Certification and/or training with vendor-neutral or vendor-specific focus.
  • Basic understanding of operating system administration (Windows and Linux).
  • Basic scripting and automation.
  • Organized and methodical testing skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills.
  • In-depth experience with Cisco routing, switching, and datacenter technologies
  • Cisco ACI, Nexus, etc
  • Experience with Fortinet firewalls
  • Working knowledge with Cisco ISE

Tagged Systems:
 
  • OS: Linux & Windows.
  • Hardware: Cisco ACI, Cisco routers and switches, Checkpoint and Fortinet firewalls, web proxies, F5 LTM/ GTM, Network monitoring probes (Gigamon, Extrahop).
  • Applications: Cisco ISE, BlueCAT DDI, SSL/PKI
  • In-depth experience with F5 load balancing (LTM/GTM) and DNS-based solutions (BlueCat, Infoblox, etc)
  • Experience working with a Micro-segmentation solution


Location: Hybrid - NY/NJ/CT/PA
 
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