Network Engineer at Seattle

Job Description

Job Classification: Contract Job Description: - Creates and maintains short and long-term network architecture plans and connectivity strategies. - Recommends, documents and implements disaster recovery and redundancy plans. - Leads the recovery from a disaster or a major network or system outage. - Provides detailed project management documentation for all major network projects and strategic plans. Design- Identifies, evaluates, recommends, new network technologies. - Works with Project Management to design, provide estimates (cost/LoE), and implement new network infrastructure projects. - Assists in designing configuring, implementing, security management tools. Change Management- Initiates change requests and reviews with appropriate IT staff and Manager ahead of the change. - Communicates and reviews post change status and results. - Updates network documentation to reflect change. - Notifies and communicates emergency changes with appropriate IT staff, stakeholders and Manager. - Identifies required updates to network devices and maintains a published maintenance schedule. Troubleshooting and Problem Resolutions - Manages the logging, documenting, and communication of problems and resolutions. Assists with creating and implementing problem incident response procedures. - Provides assistance to Network Engineers with escalated issues when necessary. - Assists with coordinating technical staff support (internal and external) for escalated problems. - Provides reporting that proactively identifies more complex problem areas with trending activities. - Performs identification, isolation and resolution of issues with documented solutions. - Works to resolve all issues in a timely manner. Operations- Responsible for identifying security breaches and responding to these breaches - Responsible for identifying, evaluating, and implementing HW and SW security devices. - Responsible for auditing the network. - Responsible for creating and maintaining security incident response procedures - Responsible for WAN circuits; Ordering, installation and documentation. - Creates and maintains network documentation. - Identifies and implements performance and operational improvements. - Oversees the monitoring and identification of performance and operational problems. - Oversees network performance trending, documenting, and reporting. - Does network capacity planning and implementing and oversees capacity monitoring and reporting. General- Assists with: monitoring, auditing, and reporting; workstation asset management and licensing reporting; and remotely installing patches to workstations. Assists FSTs with documenting and reporting. - Promotes positive interpersonal relationships with fellow employees, physicians and patients. - Ensures confidentiality of patient information. - Has regular and predictable attendance. - Participates in on-call rotation and responds to on-call requests in a timely manner as defined by management. Education:- BS/BA required or comparable experience. - 5+ years of network engineering experience focused heavily on designing, planning, implementing, and maintaining secure local and wide area information system networks. - Expertise with: TCP/IP, DHCP/DNS, Extranet/VPN/Firewall/PPTP/IPSEC, Layer 2/3 design. - Expertise with routers/switches, wireless systems, Cisco, Juniper, Foundry and Palo Alto equipment. - Experience with a variety of network and Server monitoring tools. Preferred Certifications:Certifications/diplomas: Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Juniper Networks Certification (JNCIE/JNCIP/JNCIS) Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:- Proven ability to effectively plan (including cost estimates), develop and implement strategic, disaster recovery, and redundancy plans. - Identify, plan (including cost estimates) and implement new data network and server technologies and projects. - Do network capacity planning and implementation. - Set up backup/restores of systems, identify and install network and server patches, and create and maintain network documentation. - Build a server completely from scratch with current Server Operating systems in use. - Recover servers from different kinds of failures with minimal downtime/data loss. - Utilize network sniffing and server monitoring tools to log, analyze and resolve pervasive network issues. - Troubleshoot and recover a degraded or failed server cluster. - Negotiate final server specifications based on vendor/project criteria. - Configure and troubleshoot WAN, LAN and WLAN technologies. - Expertise in Network operating systems; network security procedures, audits. Quality of service (QOS) products. VOIP, TCP/IP, OSPF, ATM, SNMP, PPP, MPLS, and frame relay. OSI model with specific emphasis on layers 1 through 4. VLAN trunking, tagging and routing. 802.11 a/b/g/n Connectivity options for centralized storage (iSCSI, CIFS and NFS, fiber channel). How to protect a network from both internal and external attack. - Ability to be professional, calm and collected, even in the face of serious adversity. - Ability to provide guidance and mentorship to others. - A working understanding of the change management (ITILv3) process. Join TEKsystems and get your career on the fast track. As the leading technology staffing and services firm, we are passionate about deploying high-caliber IT and communications expertise. To satisfy our constant need for expertise, we actively seek talented Technical Professionals with all levels of information technology and communications skills. TEKsystems knows that every professional has different needs, so well work together to determine a suitable benefits package. We offer options to our Technical Professionals that could include: a health plan, 401k, provisions for vacation and holiday pay, and technical and professional training. With a foundation as the nations largest IT staffing firm, weve become a billion-dollar services company by blending superior client service with an unrivaled ability to source and manage talent to precise specifications, resulting in successful technology executions. Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. M/F/D/V

Job Requirements

• Cisco Networking, Route/Switch, Security/Firewall, LAN/WAN

Country: USA, State: Washington, City: Seattle, Company: TEKsystems, Inc.