Network Engineer

Network EngineerImmediate need for a talented Network Engineer with experience in the Telecom Industry. This is a 12+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Warren, NJ.Key Responsibilities:Manage cloud and local networking infrastructure including but not limited to Palo Alto, Cisco and/or Meraki firewall and VPN equipment.Monitor and configure systems to detect and alert potential malware and endpoint protection.Work and coordinate with IT and backend server team on introducing new technologies as desired.Manage Microsoft Exchange Server.Able to support IT members with Tier 2/3 support as necessary.Key Requirements and Technology Experience:Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.Thorough understanding of AWS Networking concepts, including VPCs, route tables, IGWs, security groups and NACLs, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and WAF.Thorough understanding of IPSEC and PPTP VPN technologies, and their implementations. Experience with GlobalProtect Cloud Service and GlobalProtect definitely a plus.Experience handling networking requirements for geographically distributed networks, remote employee support.Excellent written and oral communication skills.Excellent ability to express complex networking configurations in professional diagrams.Ability to proactively take ownership of networking functions and governance.Server administration and automation experience.Experience with Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).Cisco Meraki administration.Previously experience with SSO, Azure AD.Experience with log analysis tools like Splunk.