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ID #23292890
State Illinois
City Chicago
Job type Permanent
Salary USD competitive competitive
Source Huxley Banking & Financial Services
Showed 2021-11-23
Date 2021-11-22
Deadline 2022-01-21
Category Et cetera
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Lead Network Engineer

Illinois, Chicago, 60290 Chicago USA

Vacancy expired!

The Senior Network Engineer (Level 3) supports and improves the customer's large-scale IT environment with SLRs/SLAs for high availability and uptime.

This enterprise environment: -Cisco routers and switches -Cellular, MPLS, T1s, Private Fiber, and P2P VPNs from remote offices via independent Internet connections. - Palo Alto, and ASA firewalls, F5 load balancing, and Infoblox IPAM, DHCP, and DNS services.

Day to Day: -Configure and install network routers, switches, wireless access points, and appliances, including IMAC requests, following ITIL best practices using ServiceNow-Maintain configurations and perform troubleshooting on Palo Alto and ASA firewalls, F5 Big-IP, and Infoblox, as needed-Configure/modify firewalls and ACLs, set up multiple types of VPN tunnels (IPSec/GRE, SSL, Site-to-Site, Remote Access VPNs, DMVPNs)-Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve or escalate incidents and problems with internal and external groups (Data Center Services, application/desktop support teams, the NOC, vendors, ISPs, etc.)-Perform day-to-day operational tasks to maintain the network-Work with operations and application owners for redundancy, resiliency, and fail-over-Optimize bandwidth utilization and plan network capacity based on the customer's evolving needs (e.g., new circuits, applications, etc.)-Collaborate with the Senior Network Architect on design improvements, capacity planning, and changes in business requirements-Respond to network-related security alerts from the SOC

Requirements: - MUST HAVE A CCNP certification (if expired company willing to renew) -Hands-on experience with installing/configuring switches and routers locally and remotely -5 years of experience in multi-site networks supporting 5000+ usersTroubleshoot enterprise-wide network problems in a diverse infrastructures -Thorough understanding of network-related security (ACLs, firewall rules, NAT/PAT, IAM, etc.) -Thorough understanding of VPN technologies including configuring IPsec VPNs via Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, VPN Controllers, Routers -Hands-on experience with configuring and troubleshooting TCP/IP and IP subnetting -Hands-on experience with configuring and troubleshooting network routing protocols in an enterprise environment -Hands-on experience with configuring and troubleshooting spanning-tree protocols -Hands-on experience with configuring VTP, VLANs, Trunking, Tunneling, vPCs, etc. -Hands-on experience maintaining Big IP, Infoblox, and Palo Alto firewalls. PCNSE certification a plus -Document implementation, test, contingency, and backout plans, network diagrams, etc.

Must be eligible to work in the US. No sponsorship offered on this role.

Full Time

Location: Remote- must be in commuting distance to Chicago IL

EOE Statement: Specialist Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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