Network Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Technology Engineer

Location: Hartford, CT 06183

Duration: 6-7 Months

Minimum Salary: $50.00 per Hourly

Maximum Salary: $54.00 per Hourly

Job Description:

Temp-to-Perm

JOB SUMMARY

• We are seeking to hire a motivated and talented Senior Technology engineer to support and manage network connectivity services for Client WAN backbone, global data center interconnects, cloud infrastructure, SDWAN environment, offshore and onshore field offices, as well as inter-business exchange connections in Equinix co-location facilities that provide access to applications and public cloud services in AWS, GCP & Azure.
• Successful applicant will design, configure, install, test, troubleshoot and maintain the network components leveraging code-based management to support connectivity for 30,000+ employees and business partners with focus on transition to cloud.
• Under general supervision, demonstrates a thorough understanding of the activities performed related to engineering support, installation and/or operations of infrastructure technologies.
• Plans at an operational level designing and developing technology solutions interfacing with appropriate customers, management and technical resources.
• Facilitates and/or participates in the design, development, and implementation of large complex technology solutions supporting one or more business and/or technology areas.
• Develops and implements appropriate solutions that may involve multiple platforms, databases, software/hardware technologies and tools.
• Strong ability to multi-task in an environment of changing priorities.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for design, engineering, configuration, analysis, and troubleshooting of the company’s cloud and on-prem network infrastructure and services.
• This includes switches, routers, firewalls, SDWAN, WAN protocols, and dynamic routing.
• Responsible for the implementation of network solutions in any of the following environments to support business applications: Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Global Wide Area Network, Core Data Center Network, Remote/Campus/Offshore Offices, Internet/DMZ, Business to Business connections
• Ensure that industry best practices and methodologies are applied to design, deployment and operations of infrastructure technology
• Develops tactics and operational plans in alignment with strategic objectives for assigned technologies and projects
• Maintain detailed documentation of IT infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Education, Work Experience and Knowledge

• Five years of experience in Technology preferred.
• Experience providing technical direction to project teams preferred.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies such as Network, Database, Server, Storage etc. preferred.

Advanced knowledge and experience designing and supporting the following:

• Telecommunications technologies (MPLS, internet, Optical Networks, ISPs, CDNs, Managed Services, SLAs) required
• WAN, LAN, Routing, BGP, OSPF, IPv6, QoS, Traffic Profiling, Anomaly Detection,
• Native cloud services in AWS and/or GCP/Azure required
• Automation coding required (Terraform, Python and Ansible)
• Cisco Networking (Nexus 5K/7K/9K & ASR / ISR routers), Check Point firewalls & SDWAN technologies required
• Network management and performance analysis tools (BroadCom Performance Center, Appneta, Wireshark) required
• Emerging technology support (SDN, SDWAN, VxLAN, NFV)