Senior Cisco Network Engineer / Phoenix AZ/ 6 Month(s)

Position: Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Work Location: Phoenix AZ
Duration: 6 Month(s)

Job description:
. Exciting opportunity for a seasoned Network Engineer. The responsibilities
for the successful candidate will include:
. Implement, support, and maintain 24x7 network services serving as one of
the highest levels of escalation for network and security issues.
. Make ongoing recommendations of network policies and standards.
. Act as lead network architect responsible for capacity planning and
configuration assessments for our routers, switches, network appliances,
host, and other communication devices.
. Manage multiple large scale projects in a fast paced environment and
provide leadership to other members of the team.
. Quickly turn business problems into technical solutions.
. Manage configurations and the deployment of equipment in compliance with
established technology policies.
. Recommend technical solutions that will enhance performance, increase
redundancy, and add flexibility to the existing infrastructure.
. Troubleshoot and report of network performance issues.
. Maintain system and network availability and monitoring of services.
. Participate in rotating 'on-call' schedule with engineering team.
. Maintain the appropriate relationships with 3rd party vendors and evaluate
vendor hardware, software, and communications products and to provide
recommendations for purchases with our corporate objectives in mind.

Must skills:
. Possess a clear understanding of capacity planning in various scenarios.
(Single/Redundant Circuits, Load Balancing, Aggregation,etc.)
. Knowledge of Cisco routing/switching and Firewalls software including
Cisco IOS, CatOS and ASA OS, and NX-OS
. Knowledge of Cisco Load Balancing solutions including Cisco CSS, CSM and
ACE products
. Knowledge of advanced services modules for the Catalyst 4500 and 6500
series switches, Nexus series switches including the Nexus 7000, 5000 and
2000 series.
. Knowledge of F5 BIG-IP Load Balancing solutions including LTM, GTM, and
ASM solutions
. Experience configuring and troubleshooting VPN issues on different types
of IPSec endpoints including Cisco Firewalls, Cisco VPN Concentrators, and
Cisco Routers.
. Experience configuring and troubleshooting firewalls including Cisco ASA
Firewalls and Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) in a single and multi
context environment.
. Strong knowledge of Layer 2 technologies, including Spanning-Tree, VLANs,
VTP, UDLD, VDC, and CDP
. Strong knowledge of Layer 3 technologies, including IPv4, BGP, EIGRP,
OSPF, IPv6, HSRP, and VRRP
. Experience working with Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools
including What's UP Gold, SolarWinds, CA NetQos, and Wireshark.
. Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work as a productive member of
a team
. Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
. Demonstrated capability to achieve results under pressure.
. Manages time effectively and according to priorities.
. CCNP certification

Thanks and Regards