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We have a 6 - 9 month contract to hire position open for a Network Engineer position located in Seattle. This is a hybrid, primarily work from home position but may need to go into the office for emergency situations in Seattle. The candidate should be local and must be a US Citizen. Working hours are Monday - Friday 8 - 5 pm. The Network Engineer-III is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-III will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regard to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-III serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors, and other third-party providers. This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, GTM, Remote access, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network. Other responsibilities will include Forescout device profiling in a Software Defined Access environment, and managing SolarWinds device monitoring for the Data Center and Enterprise environment.
Job Responsibility
Perform design requirements and recommendations for the enterprise network
Perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing, installations, and upgrades
Create maintenance plans, including detailed documentation & change management coordination
Perform maintenance and upgrades of both hardware and software
Scripting and testing of maintenance plans for all upgrades and changes
Work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance implementations
Develop or conform to client Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) & Method of Procedures (MOP’s)
Implement network standardization practices
Document informational content for specialized network designs to be used for training needs
Present and/or Train on new network topologies, hardware, and technologies to internal teams
Lead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking practices
Determine baseline requirements for our network needs
Provide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing, and software recommendations
Create network lab mockups for error testing
Automate repetitive Engineering tasks
Knowledge of Forescout management, profiling, and maintenance
Manage and maintain SolarWinds monitoring and backups for network gear
Manages the team’s ticket queue and responds on-site to issues
Work with teams for escalations, POC’s, and other related problems
Initial deployment of new products and services
Monitor capacity and plan for bandwidth additions
Requirements
Fair amount of Current F5 - VIP F5 Knowledge
CCNA
Need to be able to work independently and learn at a quick rate
High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering
At the manager’s discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
Minimum 5-7 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, including load balancing and application delivery
Knowledge of SolarWinds Monitoring and Forescout NAC
Must have certifications: CCNA and F5 101
Advanced level experience working with most of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flow spec, RTBH, GitHub, API’s, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching
Multi-vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), ASR NCS (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Aruba wireless and ClearPass