Network Architect / Vacaville, CA,1-2 years Contract

Job PostingDuration: Long Term Contract 1-2 yrs. Location: Vacaville, CAMust HavesExtensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Load balancer.Work experience in AWS VPC, EC2, ELB, Transit gatewayExperience in implementing and managing DDoS solution with Cloudflare or AkamaiExperience in managing Pala Alto global protect VPN.Technical Knowledge And Skills:Expertise with Palo Alto Network Firewall, Global Protect VPN, Prisma Cloud and Cisco ASA and Firepower.Expertise with F5 Load Balancers and AWS ELB.Strong OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc.Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc.Expertise with various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configurationUnderstanding of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, Opmanager, Nagios, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear.Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment.In-depth knowledge of MPLS network.Experience in Cisco Fabric interconnect configurationMust have Nexus 9K and VPC experienceAdvanced knowledge of Cisco, F5, Palo Alto Firewall, Websense/Forcepoint, Juniper and other vendor equipment and configurationAdvanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc.)Must have experience in PulseSecure and Global Protect (Palo Alto) VPNIn-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automationExpertise and Hands-on experience with Ansible or Python scripting for Network automationDeep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private cloudsPreferred Skills:Experience deploying and maintaining wireless networks.Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Cloudflare DDoSWorking knowledge of AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gatewayExperience deploying and maintaining VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Content CenterProject Management ExperienceExperience with Scripting and Automation Technologies Suncap Technology