Lead Network Engineer

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End Client: University of South Carolina

Job Title: Network Engineer - Project Lead

Duration : 6 Months, with extension

Location : Columbia, SC 29208 (fully 5days onsite)

Interview Type: 2 Rounds Virtual

Ceipal ID: SSC_NETW296_SN

Job Code : 13296

Scope of Project: Network Operations and Infrastructure Support for the University of South Carolina, including enterprise wired and wireless network infrastructure, network security, field deployments, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, and infrastructure improvement activities.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor, maintain, and support enterprise wired and wireless network infrastructure, including switching, routing, and connectivity services.

• Perform field installation and deployment of network equipment, including configuring, racking, stacking, cabling, and testing switches.

• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve network connectivity, performance, and security-related issues.

• Perform root cause analysis and field-based troubleshooting while coordinating repairs and escalations.

• Participate in on-call support activities to maintain service continuity.

• Perform routine network maintenance, upgrades, patching, configuration changes, and performance optimization.

• Maintain network diagrams, operational documentation, incident records, and runbooks.

• Collaborate with network engineering, architecture, security, infrastructure teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

• Support and maintain firewalls, VPNs, and related network security controls.

• Assist with troubleshooting and responding to security-related incidents.

Required Skills

• 2+ years of experience with enterprise network technologies, including switching, routing, wireless networking, and TCP/IP protocols.
• 2+ years of experience configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, AND Fortinet network devices.
• 2+ years of experience diagnosing and resolving network connectivity, performance, and security-related issues using standard troubleshooting methodologies and tools
• 2+ years of experience with network security, including firewalls, VPNs, access controls, and security best practices
• 2+ years of experience installing, configuring, and supporting network infrastructure equipment, including field deployment activities such as racking, stacking, cabling, and testing.
• 2+ years of experience maintaining technical documentation, network diagrams, and operational records
• 2+ years of experience with routing protocols and technologies such as OSPF, BGP, VLANs, spanning tree, and high-availability architectures.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or higher education network environments.
• Experience with wireless network administration and troubleshooting in dense-user environments.
• Experience supporting network security technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, network access control (NAC), and multi-factor authentication solutions.
• Familiarity with network monitoring, logging, and performance management tools.
• Experience with network automation, scripting, or infrastructure management tools (e.g., Python, Ansible, APIs).
• Experience performing network upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle replacement projects.
• Experience working in ITIL-based operational environments, including incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Any of the following certifications: CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, JNCIS/JNCIP, ACNT, ACSA, ACMA, FCA, FCP

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