Network Engineer

Senior Network Design Engineer – Strong SecurityJoin our client for a 12 month contract position as a Senior Network Design Engineer. This position may be located in Harrisburg, PA or Ashburn, VA. The Senior Network Design Engineer is a member of a mission critical data center network operations team. The team's primary responsibility is the management of a Cisco network infrastructure supporting hundreds of Microsoft Windows server instances, Client and IBM mainframe/mid-range, and AIX platforms.Key Responsibilities:Functions as technical lead on complex network troubleshooting issues and incoming design and architecture requests.Administer and maintain high availability, enterprise, datacenter network in support of client SLAsConfiguration of Cisco switches and routers series such as Nexus 7000, 5000, 2000 and Catalyst 6500, 3800, 2800, etc. Familiarity with Cisco Virtual Switching System (VSS) preferred.Design and management of Juniper firewalls using CLI and Junos Space.Administer F5 Load-Balancing modules for application delivery and load balancing.Proficient with EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VLANs, Wireless LANs and VPN appliances.Assess current and proposed network designs and proactively makes recommendations based on customer requirements.Assess team's process delivery and makes recommendations for process improvements.Participate in solution architecture meetings design meetings.Provide Technical Peer review with Design Engineers.Technical and Behavioral Skills- Advanced Cisco certifications highly desired (CCIE, CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, etc.) - Strong network security methodology, concept, design and support experience - Proven operational experience with high availability, enterprise data center networks. - Excellent oral and written communication skills to clearly communicate with clients are a must. - 1+ years of experience as a Network Engineer with emphasis on data center routing, switching, and network security standards/best practices, design, and implementation - Familiarity with ITIL v3 based service delivery model using change/incident/problem management highly desired. - Must be available to participate in an on-call rotation