Network Admin / Engineer || Hybrid role at Highlands Ranch, CO || Contract

IT First Source - Highlands Ranch, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Highlands Ranch, CO

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Network Admin / Engineer position is a hybrid role based in Highlands Ranch, CO, focusing on managing and engineering network solutions within large datacenter environments. The role requires extensive experience in network engineering, particularly with advanced networking protocols and technologies, to design and implement secure, efficient, and scalable network infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Manage and engineer network solutions in large datacenter environments.
• Design highly-secure multi-tenant network solutions.
• Implement Cisco Nexus, Arista, Cumulus Linux, Palo Alto / Checkpoint, F5 LTM, and Cisco VPN solutions.
• Automate network tasks using scripting or configuration management tools such as Ansible, Python, or Perl.
• Create low-level network design documentation including detailed Visio diagrams.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of network engineering experience in large datacenter environments.
• CCIE certification or equivalent, and/or a Bachelor's degree preferably in Engineering is preferred.
• Expert-level understanding of LAN Switching and L2 protocols such as VLAN, STP, HSRP, VRRP, 802.1q.
• Advanced understanding of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
• Advanced understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols.
• At least 3 years of experience with datacenter network fabric technologies such as MLAG, VPC, FabricPath, VXLAN, MP-BGP, EVPN.
• Experience with SDN / SDDC solutions (Cisco ACI, VMWare NSX, Openstack, Docker).
• Linux administrator skills.
• Experience creating low-level network design documentation including detailed Visio diagrams.

Nice-to-haves

• ITIL certification preferred.
• Advanced process orientation and exhibited planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.