Network Engineer

Job Title: Network Engineer Client Company: City of Baltimore Zip Code: 21202 City: Baltimore, MD

During COVID it’s REMOTE

Required Skills: Network design experience, load balancing, content filtering, Cisco Nexus series, Cisco wired 802.1

Additional Skills: CCIE

Apex Systems has an exciting, new Network Engineer with a local government agency. This is a contract opportunity that will be FULLY REMOTE until COVID is over. If you or someone you know is interested please apply today!

Position Description: • Network and Cybersecurity engineering, design and implementation • Cisco IOS - Routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, PfR, VPC, etc…) • Load balancing/Malware/Content filtering Management • Cisco Nexxus 9k and ISE engineering and implementation • Cisco Wireless and Wire Environment through 802.1x, and other protocols (MAB) including BYOD, Guests (Web-auth) and Sponsor portals, profiling and posturing. • Develop high availability, resiliency, contingency and recovery efforts and plans to ensure continuous availability and accessibility of network, security and infrastructure services. • Reviews plans for accuracy, completeness, and content and ensures compliance with security and best practice requirements. • Researches and identifies new solutions to automate/streamline the infrastructure and security in order to increase efficiencies • Works with Information Security and Systems teams to ensure complete collaboration and transparency • Mentors, teaches and trains junior personnel in network designs and architecture to ensure future requirements are planned for and met • Determines the solution configuration needed to develop, modify, and implement the network architecture and operations that permit the effective sharing and transmission of information among customers. • Develops recommendations that anticipate major effects on the IT systems and provide mitigation of adverse impacts. • Researches and makes recommendations for the most appropriate types of assessment tools to use.

Skills and Requirements

• Troubleshoots and investigates complex network and security system problems. • Coordinates the resolution of system problems by identifying issues and meeting with users, managers, and hardware/software vendors to identify solutions. • Provides expert guidance to management on network and security systems life-cycle including upgrades and potentially complete replacement of existing infrastructure with new technologies. • Provides expert interpretations of network and security administration regulations and guidance, advises on the purchase and specification of new technologies as well as supporting infrastructure. • Monitor usage and performance of environments for which responsible. • Develops and modifies complex network and security systems, and develops subsystems to enhance the overall operational environment. • Other duties as assigned • Utilizing various monitoring tools, perform active monitoring and remediation of rouge intrusions • Assess and resolve tier 2 and tier 3 operational and performance issues with the networking infrastructure, working with vendor support or other organizations as needed. • AWS or other cloud computing experience desired • All or any of the following a plus: • CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert) • CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) • CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) • CCSA (Check Point Firewall-1 administrator) • CCSE (Check Point Firewall-1 Engineer) • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

Thanks & Regards,

Mohan Kumar B | Technical Recruiter | Wave Solutions Inc. | 314 N. Lake St, Suite 6, Aurora IL 60506 Email: kumar@wavsols.com Direct #: 630-566-9398| Fax: 630-566-9398 Main #:6305669398, EXT: 108 Website: www.wavsols.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-b-b424467b/