Immediate required Network Engineer C2C jobs Tempe AZ (Hybrid)

 Sr. Network Engineer

Job Location: Tempe AZ (Hybrid) need local only

Duration: 6+ Months

End Client: American Airlines though mindlace 

Description

Why you’ll love this job

• This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.

• Responsible for the technical leadership, execution, and delivery of next generation software defined infrastructure; firewall technologies, intrusion detection/prevention technologies, micro-segmentation, SD-WAN other data center technologies and continuous process improvements. This role will lead the corporate execution and delivery of software defined infrastructure working with internal subject matter experts and partners/vendors to deliver the solution.

What you’ll do

• Install, configure, and manage a highly available and scalable datacenter and cloud networks.

• Design, implement, and maintain robust firewall infrastructure to protect the organization from external and internal threats.

• Monitor firewall performance and manage configuration changes to ensure the security and stability of the network.

• Configure and manage Azure networking components such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and NSG.

• Manage and configure firewalls (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper) for optimal performance and security.

• Transforms the organization by leveraging and enabling automation, orchestration, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).

• Serves as an advocate for business stakeholders into IT and helps evangelize the role of network engineering technology back to the business

• Provides well-considered counsel to leadership and other business service leaders on the strategic two to three-year technology roadmap for all software defined technologies

• Presents innovate forward thinking concepts and technology to improve business processes

• Contributes to our positive, team-oriented culture by developing and maintaining cooperative relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, and accepting and providing constructive feedback

All you’ll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training

• 5 years of experience in a highly technical professional environment

• 5 years of experience in a Network environment working with route switch, firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS

• 2+ years of experience in Microsoft Azure or AWS/Oracle/IBM networking technologies.

• Senior Level experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions: VPN, Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto firewalls.

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training

• Airline Industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• CCNP – Security, DC, Routing, Switching, CCIE, PCNSE (Palo Alto)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert is desired.

• Proven ability to build, cultivate, and promote strong relationships with internal customers at all levels of the organization, as well as with IT counterparts, business partners, and external groups.

• Ability to deploy and execute datacenter and cloud network technologies; firewall technologies, intrusion detection/prevention, micro-segmentation, and software defined network, and software defined WAN.

• Extensive experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions: Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto (FW + IDS/IPS functions), Cisco VPN and Zscaler VPN

• Extensive experience with programming/scripting languages and frameworks in support of automation, such as Python or Ansible

• Ability to design Ansible networking playbooks (and/or via Python scripts, REST API) for Palo Alto, Zscaler, Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS

• Have good hands-on knowledge on Panorama and its template hierarchy.

• Have a comprehensive knowledge on routing protocol BGP (community strings, route maps, route filters. attributes).

• Strong experience in building site to site VPN tunnels for both Cisco and Palo Alto’s platform.