Allied Consultants, Inc.Remote
Cisco Network Engineer
United States
Contract
6 hours ago
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Cisco Command Line InterfaceCISCO suite of toolslarge enterprise network operationsSecureCRTnetwork infrastructure monitoringproject managementCommunicationCollaborationFirewall
About this role
Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. They are currently seeking an experienced Cisco Network Engineer to support the agency's network operation, security, and maintenance while collaborating with other departments and external organizations.
Responsibilities:
- The network engineer is responsible for supporting the agency's network operation, security, maintenance and collaboration with other agency departments and external organizations to provide a secure and effective network solution
- This would include responding to remote site circuit outages, router/switch/firewall issues, configuring and monitoring core to remote network equipment and similar tasks
- The network engineer also monitors the circuits daily to check for anomalies that may cause outages
- This role also assists in providing any network support for all programs used in all client
- The role is 100% remote but does require an individual to live in Texas with a strong preference in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin or San Antonio
- The network engineer maybe asked to attend a meeting in the client's headquarters in Huntsville Texas but will be provided advance notice with all travel and meal costs covered
- This is a full time role so the network engineer must be available from 8 to 5 each day and may be required to address problems after hours
Requirements:
- Use of SecureCRT, Cisco Command Line Interface, and OSI
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to take on projects and work independently meeting all deadlines
- 8 years of experience supporting large enterprise network operations
- 8 years of experience implementing, upgrading and maintaining products from the CISCO suite of tools
- 8 years of experience planning, designing and implementing local and wide area networks
- 8 years of experience monitoring network infrastructure
- 8 years of experience performing ongoing maintenance and problem resolution
- CCNA, CCDA, CCNP