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We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients - including governmental agencies and private companies - throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years overall network experience
• CCNP certification desired
• Mid-Senior Level Consultant - 5+ year Cisco IOS experience
• 2+ Year SSL-based connectivity experience

Purpose:

As part of an effort to move certain customer applications of the Internet, CLIENT is building a new, standards-based solution, to support secure connectivity for customers and business partners. The solution will support secure connectivity via SSL VPN and/or IPsec VPN. Contract resources are required to assist with the build, testing, and migration of existing customer and business partner connections to the new solution.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the design phase including Proof of Concept (lab) and to-be solution. Prepare and/or update deliverables as assigned.
  
• Perform configuration, build and testing activities for Proof of Concept (lab), build and configuration of to-be solution, and during customer and business partner migrations.
• Prepare written test cases per functional, non-functional and quality requirements to support to-be solution and migration testing.
• Perform and record results for the unit, end-to-end and another testing to support Proof of Concept (lab), build and configuration of to-be solution, and customer and business partner migrations.
• Identify the document "run book" activities for pattern-based migration plans, based on requirements (schedule and resources) and direction from Architect or other project resources.
• As assigned, perform technical risk analysis or impact assessment, with written results, for other project dependencies, technical issues or challenges, customer and business partner requirements, etc.
• Perform client and business partner migrations, including testing and post migration support based on the schedule (likely to include evening and weekend work).
• Other project activities as assigned.

 Technical Skills and Certifications:

•  7+ years overall network experience
• CCNP certification desired
• Mid-Senior Level Consultant - 5+ year Cisco IOS experience
• 2+ Year SSL-based connectivity experience
• 1+ Year Cisco VPN IPsec experience, including ISR 44xx experience
• 1+ projects with Client VPN migration experience
• 2+ years combined experience with Checkpoint FW, Cisco ASA firewall and F5 Big IP (NAT, VIPs, etc.)
• Proficiency in creating network conceptual and detailed diagrams with MS Visio
• Proficiency creating written test artifacts

Other Requirements:

• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  
• Must perform with limited supervision, be a team player and have the ability to work in consensus-based culture
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Follow strict change management processes

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS

DURATION: 6+ Months Contract  

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