ACI Network Operations Engineer (Infrastructure)

Please submit candidates that will be on your own W2 (no layers) – thanks!

All roles have a potential of f-f interview in NYC (or possibly Jersey City)

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This contract has an initial duration of six months and will convert to Full Time Employment

Key skills: Aci and Fortinet, Financial experience, Load balancing and Upgrades

Location is Hybrid - Location: Metro Park office 2-3 days every other week. NYC office one week of every six. On-call support one week of every six.

Visa status – USC or GC

Local candidates strongly preferred

This is for a foreign bank

Job Title: ACI Network Operations Engineer (Infrastructure)

Department: Information Technology

Reports to: Director of Network Operations

Summary:

Seeking a Network Operations Engineer to support network infrastructure, including WAN, LAN, WLAN, Cisco ACI, load balancing, firewalls, proxies, BlueCat DNS, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and support network infrastructure.

• Manage daily support of LAN, WAN, WLAN, Cisco ACI, firewalls, proxies, load balancers, and DNS.

• Monitor and optimize network, DNS (BlueCat), and tools like Extrahop, OpsRamp, Splunk, SolarWinds, and BackBox.

• Escalate critical production issues as needed.

• Participate in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years of experience in mission-critical network environments.

• Ability to work in fast-paced environments with real-time data and trading.

• Vendor-neutral or vendor-specific certifications/training preferred.

• Basic Windows and Linux administration knowledge.

• Scripting and automation experience.

• Technologies Used:

• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows

• Hardware: Cisco ACI, routers/switches, Fortinet firewalls, F5 LTM/GTM, web proxies, Extrahop monitoring probes, BlueCat DNS

• Applications: Cisco ISE, BlueCat DDI, SSL/PKI