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Please send resume in Word Format if you are interested in this Sr. Network Engineer w/AWS opportunity in Washington D.C (20005). This is a full-time, permanent opportunity with a salary of $165K - $180K + Bonus + Excellent Benefits. The ideal candidate will have a strong Networking background in Cisco and configuration experience with AWS. Resumes can be sent to or The Sr. Network Engineer will maintain high availability for IT infrastructure related systems with a focus on automating Cloud systems installation and management. Responsible for ensuring security and best practices, while maximizing business value with Cloud services. Continually trains junior staff members to support and troubleshoot the IT infrastructure environment both on premise and in the Cloud.
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS- A minimum of five years of experience in a networking role maintaining computer hardware/network support.
- Minimum of two years of experience in a virtual environment supporting and implementing virtual servers and services. Experience in deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
- Experience with remote connectivity, VPN, L3 switching, Load Balancer, firewall security, internal/external DNS, and SMTP.
- Must have skills working with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012/2016 operating systems. Experience with Windows 2012/2016 Active Directory experience a plus. AWS Cloud Certification required.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to interact at all levels of the organization and effectively present informational training and respond to inquiries. Must have the ability to write detailed polices, reports, procedures, training instructions, and document system requirements.
- Desired certifications and skills: AWS Certified Practitioner, Cisco CCNA, Palo Alto, Juniper and Cisco core switching technologies. Must have the ability to work independently and must possess strong communication skills, teamwork skills, and a strong attention to detail.
- Identifies and implements solutions for high availability and to monitor network for security events
- Implements AWS landing zones to include VPCs, account structures, segmentation and more with Cloud Formation Templates (CFTs)
- Manages Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, proxies, Application and Network Load Balancers (ALB/NLB), IDS/IPS, WAFs, AWS Transit Gateway routing and several AWS services
- Develops and revises, as needed, IT policies and procedures and ensures compliance
- Stays informed of new AWS services and features to continuously improve security, availability, and resiliency, while reducing costs
- Establishes tests to ensure systems are compliant with standards
- Continuously keeps the organization in line with industry best practices
- Works with software development teams to deliver infrastructure as code
- Monitors and configures LAN/WAN equipment and associated systems for the organization’s office, multiple datacenters, development environments and Cloud environments
- Routinely upgrades network equipment to keep it current and patched (redundant?)
- Monitors system availability and security at the network and operating system level, reporting breaches of security and anomalies to management
- Ensures networked systems are patched to reduce known security vulnerabilities (redundant?)
- Provisions user accounts, permissions, and systems consistent with policies and procedures
- Monitor performance and ensure systems availability and reliability
- Monitor systems resources utilization, trending and capacity planning
- Work within established configuration and change control management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes mode to network infrastructure
- Leads research, coordinates testing, and recommends IT solutions to business and management problems
- Ensures that all IT infrastructures comply with industry standards and best practices where applicable
- Provides support for the delivery of Ops & Tech technology delivery process and initiatives
- Actively monitors, troubleshoots, and repairs failures of the network in a timely manner
- Provides 24x7 on-call support on a rotational basis.
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