Cisco Network Engineer - Enterprise NaaS & SD-Access Lead

State of Colorado; Colorado; On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Colorado’s Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and support the statewide enterprise network, including LAN/WAN, wireless, data center, and cloud technologies.

This term-limited role leads network architecture efforts and collaborates with security, telecommunications, and operations teams. Candidates should have at least five years of hands-on Cisco experience and strong SD-Access expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on professional experience designing, implementing, testing, and documenting complex Cisco based network solutions.
• Expertise in Software-Defined Access, Cisco DNAC, and Catalyst technologies is highly preferable.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, administer, and deploy mission critical network hardware and applications to provide network as a services (NaaS) for State agencies to include wireless, software defined access and wide area networks.
• Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems, addressing security concerns, responding to outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with internal and external partners on network optimization.
• Providing subject matter expertise on network design, solution, and implementation for new network projects.
• Analyzing performance and comparative costs of products to determine the most cost effective solution.
• Providing recommendations and solutions to leadership.
• Partnering with customers and vendors to clarify rationale for technical decisions and concepts so they can understand the basis for the decisions.

Skills

Cisco networking

Software-Defined Access

Cisco DNAC

Catalyst switches

Network troubleshooting

Job description

The State of Colorado’s Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and support the statewide enterprise network, including LAN/WAN, wireless, data center, and cloud technologies.

This term-limited role leads network architecture efforts and collaborates with security, telecommunications, and operations teams. Candidates should have at least five years of hands-on Cisco experience and strong SD-Access expertise.