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 Identity 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 disability coverage, employer paid life insurance, and participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants.

MWResource does not discriminate based on race, gender, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, 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.