Network Engineer_Fort Lauderdale, FL_Only on W2_No Third Parties

Our company has a client seeking a Network Engineer in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Works under the direction of the Director of IT Infrastructure Architecture

Work with internal and external 3rd party vendors i.e. software and systems engineering teams to understand and implement technical requirements

Documents design, implementation and final configuration findings for both new and existing techniques and equipment

Provides support for incidents and end user request for services

Resolves Network issues; complete audits; identify trends; determine system improvements; implement changes

Escalates problems to vendors and/or senior manager for resolution

Opens up problem reporting tickets with OEM and vendor support, and accurately uses all problem tracking software systems

Contribute to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; design cost-effective networks which follow industry best practices

Achieve network design and operational objectives by designing and engineering, evaluating, recommending, formulating, testing and implementing plans for current and new technology

Maintain a healthy network by monitoring and evaluating network performance and issues, including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency to mitigate and prevent future issues

Responsible for the creation and maintenance of technical documentation and ensure it is updated and kept current

Ability to be on call and provide critical incident response 24 x7 x 365

Occasional night and weekend work

On call rotation

Travel up to 20%

Required Skills : -Must possess strong working knowledge of design and implementation experience for data networking, routing and switching, subnetting and network segmentation in a large, multi-sites (100) enterprise network with a keen focus around security, availability, resiliency and performance -Deploy, configure and troubleshoot network component, routers, switches, load balancers, VoIP gateways, Session Border Controllers, and other network equipment -Deep, hands-on knowledge, of the following required: o Cisco Routers-Switches, Nexus (9000, 7000), Catalyst (9300, 9200, 3800, 2960, 1000), ISR and ASR o Aruba Wireless o VMware VeloCloud o Palo Alto networks, PanOS and Panorama devices, both physical and virtual -Experience with following is a plus: o NSX Network virtualization o Azure Cloud Networking o Aruba ClearPass o F5, A10, AVI load balancers o Network automation -Strong communication and organizational skills -Ability to triage technical issues and problems -Bachelor's Degree and/or 10 years of experience