Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for lifecycle and reliability management including image governance/golden builds, ZTP/PNP onboarding, upgrades and ISSU, change control, and designing for high availability and redundancy across data center and campus
• Engage in monitoring and troubleshooting with SNMP/syslog/streaming telemetry, NetFlow, SPAN/ERSPAN, TACACS/RADIUS, and collaboration with Cisco TAC; implementation of security controls such as ACLs, 802.1X, DHCP snooping, CoPP, and MACsec
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum six years of recent experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, information technology, or a related field

• Experience with Cisco Nexus and IOS-XE platforms in a large enterprise environment
• Hands-on design, implementation, and operations of Cisco Nexus (3K/5K/7K/9K running NX-OS) in spine-leaf data centers and IOS-XE platforms (Catalyst 9000, ASR/ISR) in campus/edge at enterprise scale

• Deep L2/L3 expertise including vPC, VDCs, STP/MST, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF/BGP, QoS, multicast, and modern data center fabrics such as VXLAN EVPN
• Network automation and programmability using Ansible/Python and model-driven interfaces (NETCONF/RESTCONF, YANG), including CI/CD pipelines, pyATS/Genie testing, and configuration-as-code practices

• Certifications required: CCNP / CCIE
• Proven experience as a Network Engineer or in a similar role
• Strong knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and VLANs
• Hands-on experience with network equipment and technologies, such as Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto
• Familiarity with network monitoring tools and network security best practices

KPMG LLP ("KPMG") seeks a contractor in the United States to provide service to KPMG through one of our contracted employer/agency service providers. All applicants for any KPMG role are expected to act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm's respectful and courteous work environment. All applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).


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