Lead Network Engineer

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JOB-2278

Hybrid: Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan area
Duration: 12 months
Title: Lead Network Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide network expertise on projects as a Lead Network Engineer to architect, document, implement and oversee key IT initiatives, across multiple regions, data centers and mixed vendor technologies.
• Assess organizational needs and make recommendations to influence the technical direction of the team and organization, promoting efficiency, reliability, excellence, and continuous improvement
• Manage network policy changes using change management workflows and GitOps
• Lead incident investigations, diagnosis and service restoration of emerging network issues.
• Conduct reviews of network systems to proactively identify problems and design, pitch, implement, and lead technical solutions
• Consider Application state in relation to network infrastructure, while being able to advocate and explain mission to various levels of technical audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology related field of study with a network engineering focus, or equivalent experience.

• One or more relevant certifications such as CCNP and/or AWS Certified Advanced Networking
• Knowledge of IPv6 concepts and methods of deployment
• Experience leveraging Ansible, Terraform and GitOps for Configuration Management and related workflows
• Knowledge of Cisco Services Engine (ISE), Palo Alto Prisma Cloud, Prisma Cloud for AWS.
• Demonstrated experience integrating corporate networks, including point-to-point/VPN, with AWS as well as AWS via Direct Connect.
• Demonstrated experience working with Internal/External BGP enterprise deployments
• Experience working with wavelength-division multiplexing technologies
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, writing, documentation and customer service skills

Benefits

MWResource offers medical, dental and vision coverage through Capital Blue Cross, short- and long-term coverage, employer paid life insurance, and participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants.

MWResource does not discriminate based on , gender, , , origin, , , veteran status, or anything else that makes you part of any group.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening.

Please note we are not open to outsourcing our recruitment needs.