Job Brief:
Lead and influence the design, delivery, automation, and support of network infrastructure services and solutions. This Lead Network Engineer position will have a primary responsibility for networking security solutions supporting our on-premises and off-premises cloud network services portfolio. Additional responsibilities will include providing lead engineering services supporting routing & switching platforms, load balancer platforms and shared network IP services platforms. The Lead Network engineer will be responsible to work with many diverse organizations to ensure we collaborate and communicate on the planning and delivery of all required technology and LOB solutions. Solid communications skills and the ability to prioritize work efforts are required.
Required Qualifications:
Education/Certifications: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or similar
5-10 years overall IT experience working in a large enterprise environment.
- 5-10 years' experience supporting and maintaining Palo Alto Network Security platforms to include set-up, maintenance, upgrades, and replacement of the latest Palo Alto systems.
- Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewall rules in a large, shared environment
- Demonstrate an ability to craft and understand Palo Alto firewall rule deployments
- Experience with other firewall technologies in Cloud Environments (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc)
- In-depth knowledge of both LAN/WAN designs and the support processes for large network deployments
- In-depth knowledge of IPSec/VPN technology supporting a large enterprise
- Significant experience with TCPDump, Wireshark and analyzing network traffic
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience with Cisco network technologies
- 5-10 years of hands-on experience with F5 load balancer technologies
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of the OSI and TCP/IP network models
- Significant experience in custom SSL, ciphers, and security traffic performance optimization
- In-depth knowledge of networking and systems administration; and the ability to troubleshoot problems
- Programming experience with Python, Ansible and Terraform for automation services
Essential Job Functions:
Independently builds, maintains, and documents infrastructure components for work assigned; performs reviews for all levels of engineering.
Designs solutions for the overall health, performance, and availability and actively works resolution of system and client experience impacts one or more environments, applications, or platforms.
Assigns work, mentors, and trains junior engineers; welcomes and encourages upward feedback and perspectives from all levels of engineering.
Advocates for new technology and improvements that will reduce expenses and/or improve efficiency; works cross-functionally to find synergies.
Recommends and influences IT standards (e.g. info security, audit, compliance, etc.).
Assists in the development of strategies for building and maintaining new and existing solutions and capabilities.
Creates technical documentation, specifications, and project artifacts to deliver mature monitoring, improved resiliency, and high availability.
Proposes high-level infrastructure architectural guidelines. Formulates and designs technical solutions to meet business needs and communicates cross-functionally to ensure viability of solutions.
Top 3 things looking when reviewing resumes.
- Must have hands on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
- Preferred hands-on experience with F5 load balancers.
- Preferred hands-on experience with Cisco routers and switches.
Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.
Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.