VISTAS is recruiting a full-time contract-to-hire Senior Network Engineer for one of our Fortune 500 clients at Scottsdale AZ.
Required Skills
· Expertise in Windows Server Administration and PowerShell Scripting
Responsibilities
· Provide technical expertise and assist with Windows Server Administration
· Oversees the day-to-day health of the enterprise and customer network infrastructure, with a focus on assuring stability, capacity and organizational productivity. The network is a converged IP network carrying data, voice and video with a variety security applications/services , web content filtering and nextgen firewall devices
· Provide advanced application-level support for the resolution of network-related requests
· Addresses and resolves technical problems relating to the installation, upgrade, and daily operation of local and regionally distributed network infrastructure across multiple data centers
· Interface with customers, vendors, and other technical staff to analyze business and technical requirements relating to network infrastructure
· Works closely with Datacenter Manager to establish and deliver consistent technical direction, collect and analyze performance metrics, establish and enforce service level agreements
· Document engineering standards and proposals, leads or assists in the development of network designs, changes, and configuration management
· Assist in evaluating current and emerging networking technologies, conducts technical assessments, and makes recommendations to IT Operations Team
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent work experience, with a minimum of 6+ years of hands-on experience in the implementation and administration of complex, multi-location, multi-vendor, converged voice/data networks in a geographically distributed environment
· Strong experience with networking products, including but not limited to Cisco, Extreme, Meraki
· Experience with client-to-site & site-to-site VPN technologies is a must
· Experience with Microsoft Azure
· Experience with NAC/NAP technologies such as Microsoft, Cisco ISE is a plus
· Hands-on experience with the implementation and use of network and security monitoring, fault management and performance analysis tools, including Syslog, SNMP, Splunk, Solar winds
· Creative problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and ability to “think outside the box”
· Significant experience with network security concepts, and technologies including, but not limited, to SSH, IPSec, RADIUS, TACACS, firewall policies, and 802.1x
Location Details
•Some travel to Vegas or other divisions
•Hybrid work - In the office at the Scottsdale datacenter at least once a week
•On-call rotation once every 5 weeks for an entire week, or as needed
•Based in Scottsdale or the valley
