Senior Network Engineer - Washington, DC

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Client Industry: Information Technology

Location: Hybrid, Washington, DC. NOTE: This position requires a mixture of onsite and remote work. 1 day per week.
Duration: The contract is 06/03/2024 - 12/31/2024 with a possibility of an extension

Position Summary: Providge is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to assist our client with their ongoing need for skilled technology personnel to assist with projects headed by the client. Information technology services will be required for work that requires a senior network engineer with a strong background in data center routing and switching.

Responsibilities:
-Support major network architecture changes, like new device deployment and placement, network architecture redesign, hardware configuration changes, wireless deployments, and implementation/modification of test/development/medical device enclaves.
-Assist the networking team with daily operations and ongoing projects, including troubleshooting routing and switching issues, developing new designs, managing maintenance windows, and handling any other tasks as required.

Required Qualifications:
-Minimum of 10 years’ experience in computer system or network engineering.
-Must demonstrate knowledge of the most current Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards.
-Minimum of 10 years’ experience in supporting enterprise-grade routers and switches inva large data center environment
-Minimum of 5 years’ experience in computer system or network engineering.

Citizenship:US citizen 

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
-Thorough knowledge of local and wide area networking technologies, protocols, and equipment as well as network security and business continuity.
-Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).
-Apply DevSecOps principles, agile software engineering best practices, and tools to IT infrastructure and operations
-Extensive expertise in BGP and OSPF, traffic engineering, route optimization
-Demonstrating expertise in supporting and configuring the following technologies: BGP, OSPF, STP in NXOS and IOSXE platforms
-Experience designing, planning, testing, implementing, supporting and troubleshooting large data center networks
-Experience with Cisco Nexus switches (9K, 7K, etc) and Cisco Catalyst switches and Routers failover scenarios.

Desired Qualifications:
-XVLAN, Wireless, and AWS networking are a plus
One of the following certifications preferred: ITIL, CCNA, CCNP, Network+, etc.