Onsite Interview local of NJ / NY — Network Engineer

Location: Englewood, NJ

 

Note: Need local candidates who can attend In person interview.

 

Job Description:

• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, and data center networks.
• Configure and support Cisco, Arista, and Juniper networking equipment.
• Manage TCP/IP, VLANs, STP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP/HSRP, ACLs, NAT, QoS, DNS, DHCP, and VPNs.
• Administer Palo Alto Firewalls including Security Policies, NAT, GlobalProtect, IPSec VPN, HA, URL Filtering, and Threat Prevention.
• Configure and support Arista EOS, MLAG, LACP, Port Channels, Spine-Leaf architecture, and firmware upgrades. VXLAN/EVPN preferred.
• Design and support AWS networking including VPC, Route Tables, Security Groups, Transit Gateway, AWS Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPN, ALB/NLB, and hybrid connectivity.
• Support Corporate Wi-Fi, Wireless Controllers, Guest Wi-Fi, and 802.1X authentication.
• Support low-latency Market Data Networking including IP Multicast, PIM, IGMP, multicast routing, and exchange connectivity.
• Work with Palo Alto, Arista, Cisco, AWS, ISPs, telecom providers, and market data vendors.
• Participate in production support, incident response, root cause analysis, documentation, and change management.

 

Must Have Skills

• Enterprise Routing & Switching
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• Arista Switching
• AWS Network Architecture & AWS Direct Connect
• Corporate Wi-Fi
• Market Data Networking (IP Multicast, PIM, IGMP)
• VPN & Hybrid Networking
• Wireshark, tcpdump, Datadog, Splunk
• Vendor Management

 

Good to Have Skills

• Linux Administration (RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu)
• Python/Bash
• Ansible
• Terraform
• VMware
• Docker
• Kubernetes Networking
• HAProxy
• NGINX

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8+ years of enterprise networking experience.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

 

Preferred Certifications 

• CCNA (Required)
• CCNP Enterprise
• Palo Alto PCNSA/PCNSE
• AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
• Arista ACE
• RHCSA/RHCE (Good to Have)

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Appian Infotech Inc

Email:- Prakash.k@appianinfotech.com