Network Engineer

Data Networking Implement & Maintenance
O FALLON, MO Onsite
Contract
Rate $50/hr

Description:
Design and troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 network flows.
Support IP movement, routing, failover, traffic draining, and recovery.
Analyze TCP connection and socket behavior during maintenance and failure scenarios.
Perform packet-level diagnostics and root-cause analysis.
Partner with proxy developers on stateful traffic movement and connection preservation.
Participate in integration, performance, resiliency, and production-readiness testing.

Required skills :
Strong hands-on Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking.
TCP/IP, socket behavior, routing, ARP/GARP, VLANs, NAT, and high-availability patterns.
Linux networking and troubleshooting systems.
Wireshark, tcpdump, or equivalent packet-analysis tools.
Practical experience with resilient or active-active network services.

Preferred experience:
Fortinet, Cisco, F5, HA Proxy, NGINX, Envoy, or similar technologies.
Financial transaction, telecom, network-appliance, or other mission-critical environments.
Linux kernel networking, eBPF, or low-level network diagnostics.