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Primary Skills

Job Title - Network Engineer

Location - Salt Lake City, UT

Work Model - Remote 

Pay Rate - 65/hr C2H (Contract 6+ months.)

Bill Rate - 75/hr C2H

Client - Smith Johnson Tech
End client - Confidential ( Non Govt.)
Visa - USC GC, H4 EAD

Client Interviews - 2 to 3 stages

IMPORTANT CLIENT NOTES : -

1]  preference for SLC located candidates." Even though it says remote, believe me, client will prefer UT candidates.

2] Requirements listed in order of priority - Data Center experience/Years of Experience, Spineleaf topology - VXLAN and 

EVPN, and BGP and OSPF.

3] it seems like it is REMOTE position. But again, they will always prefer local UT people, I promise. So we should try find locals first. But you find an absolute rockstar who is not in UT, I think they consider them too

4]  it is REMOTE position. But again, they will always prefer local UT people, I promise. So we should try find locals first. But you find an absolute rockstar who is not in UT, I think they consider them too

Job Description:

• Design and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available network solutions across data centers, branches, and cloud environments
• Lead or participate in the evaluation and implementation of new networking technologies and tools
• While collaborating with peers, develop and establish long-term objectives and modernization efforts for the network infrastructure   
• Develop and contribute to automations efforts for critical and reoccurring tasks within the team
• Mentor other members of the team and provide technical assistance to cross-functional teams
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical incidents

Qualifications:

• 8 or more years in a network engineering role 
• Significant experience in designing, implementing, and supporting datacenter networks in Spine-Leaf topologies, leveraging VXLAN and EVPN with Cisco Nexus infrastructure
• Significant experience with advanced routing configurations, with special attention to BGP and OSPF
• Experience in designing, implementing, and supporting, cloud-managed network solutions which include SD-WAN, switches, and wireless (Special attention to those with Cisco Meraki experience)
• Experience in leveraging scripting languages and automation to simplify and support complex networks. This can include the use of Python, Ansible, and Terraform
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field required

Preferred Requirements: 

• Understanding of a wide range of infrastructure technologies like virtualization, containerization, load balancing, DDoS protection, security
• Industry network certifications such as CCIE and CCNP
• Experience in designing and supporting cloud environments, with particular attention in GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Experience with network monitoring and performance tools such as SolarWinds, Grafana with Prometheus, Wireshark, and similar