Network Engineer - Chicago IL

Network EngineerLocation: Chicago IL OnsiteType: ContractJob Description:Key Skills and Experience:• Minimum 10+ years experience in network engineering. Experience network engineering and operation with an enterprise organization preferred.• Minimum 5+ years of experience leading project teams and/or mentoring junior engineers.• In depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles, and the practical application of routers, switches, virtualization, storage, storage networking virtualization/zoning, load-balancers and network security.• Experience working with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, VMware VNX• Knowledge of network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion detection/prevention, and web application firewalls.• Strong technical knowledge and experience in several of the following (certification a plus):o Cisco Routing/Switching, spine/leaf architectureo F5 LTM/GTMo Cisco UCS & Nexuso Cisco ACIo Cisco WAAS, WCCPo Cisco security solutionso Cisco ISEo Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security solutionso QoS, prioritization of voice and videoo Network automation• Proven understanding of network segmentation/isolation, encryption architectures• Strong documentation skills and experience generating technical documents, diagrams, solutions specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.• Scripting skills are a plus• Excellent communications and customer service skills with proven ability to communicate professionally in a corporate environment.• Experience in standardizing and automating network configuration and deployment• Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting and system monitoring.