Lead Network Engineer

Lead Network Engineer

4 month, contract-to-hire in Health Care Setting

Orange County, California – Fully Onsite

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience

· Minimum of CCNP or higher is a plus to have

· 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure as a Network Engineer in a Cisco environment

· Experience with Cisco Routing and Switching Technologies for networks utilizing Cisco IOS

· Expertise in Cisco Wireless and wired networking

· Must have Cisco ISE 2.3 or above experience

· Experience with virtualization is a plus to have

· Time management skills and have worked with projects

· Ability to work alone or in groups, managing multiple projects and finding solutions to keeping projects on track

· Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities

· Experience working in network design and implementation, data center routing switching, troubleshooting and operations

Strong hands-on knowledge and understanding of the following IT infrastructure technologies:

• VMWare administration, including:
• Wireless Access experience
• Cisco Catalyst 9xxx experience is a requirement
• Certificate based authentication
• SDWAN and SDA experience
• Experience in policy based
• Experience doing production cut-overs in a sensitive environment – formal change management experience
• Wired and Wireless troubleshooting expertise, specifically in Cisco
• Windows Operating System L2 & L3 support
• Device fingerprinting experience is a requirement
• ISE 2.3 experience or above
• Cisco ISE licensing experience
• ACI experience
• AV knowledge is ideal to have
• PowerShell scripting or of any Scripting language (Python, Perl, Bash, Shell, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with networking implementation and deployment
• Experience creating and maintaining high-availability systems.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in technical and security process design.
• Healthcare environment is highly preferred – Background in Healthcare or other regulated industries will be considered

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $85.00 - $92.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Newport Beach, CA 92663: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Cisco environment: 5 years (Preferred)
• IT infrastructure: 5 years (Preferred)
• Cisco routing/switching: 5 years (Preferred)
• Cisco ISE: 5 years (Preferred)
• SDWAN: 5 years (Preferred)
• ACI: 5 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CCNP (Preferred)

Work Location: In person