Principal Engineer - Network Architect

Immediate need for a talented Principal Engineer - Network Architect. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Cary, NC (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. 

Job ID: 24-53451

Pay Range: $100 - $120/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Tier-3 Network Operations for medium/large scale enterprise contact center networks.        
• Manage and maintain Cisco routing and switching solutions (multiple datacenters).        
• Manage/operate F5 load balancers.       
• Manage/operate ACME SBCs.        
• Optimize network performance and availability, operational incident management.        
• Review ACL list/Firewall changes and partner with Security team for execution.        
• Troubleshoot network performance issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.        
• Apply patches to devices for firmware and OS ugprades.        
• Analyze network capacity to anticipate future needs.        
• Develop/maintain network documentation: diagrams, configuration, and runbooks         
• Operate within a structured change management model.         
• Support and implement changes during scheduled maintenance windows Off hrs).         
• Plan, test, and implement network changes.  Communicate with stakeholders.        
• Adhere to established policies and procedures and recommend new policy.        
• Work closely with others to support projects and resolve escalated issues.        
• Engage circuit repair teams as required to resolve connectivity issues.       
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior network engineers and staff.        
• Stay current with industry trends, and emerging technology

Key Requirements and Technology Experience: 

• Key skills; Network, Firewall, F5 Load Balancing, Router Switching.
• 7-10 yrs of advanced experience in IP Network routing, switching,  Cisco ACI,  ACME SBC, Voice Networking, F5 Load balancing  
• Palo Alto Firewall experience, Juniper experience, general infrastructure support in a highly available, multi-datacenter environment.   
• 4-year degree desired. CCNA. CCIE-level certification valued.
• Targeted Years of Experience: 10+ years  

Our client is a leading Telecom Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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