Cloud Network Lead Engineer

Genesis10; Brooklyn (OH); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent technology staffing firm is seeking a Cloud Network Lead Engineer for a remote 4-month contract-to-hire position. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Palo Alto Network Security, firewalls in cloud environments, and Cisco network technologies. This role includes mentorship of junior engineers and responsibility for network security solutions. Competitive hourly compensation is offered.

Benefits

Access to numerous clients

Experienced recruiting team

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K

Commuter Benefits

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of diversified IT experience in a large enterprise environment.
• Experience with Palo Alto firewall rules and technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of LAN/WAN designs and network support processes.

Responsibilities

• Build and document infrastructure components independently.
• Design solutions for network health and availability.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Advocate for technology improvements and efficiencies.
• Recommend IT standards related to security and compliance.

Skills

Palo Alto Network Security expertise

Firewalls in Cloud Environments

TCPDump and Wireshark

Cisco network technologies

F5 load balancer technologies

Programming in Python, Ansible, Terraform

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar

Job description

Overview

Genesis10 is seeking a Cloud Network Lead Engineer. This is a remote 4-month contract-to-hire position with a client located in Brooklyn, OH.

Compensation: $40.00-62.50/HR W2

Job Description

This Lead Network Engineer position will have a primary responsibility for networking security solutions supporting our on-premises and off-premises cloud network services portfolio. Additional responsibilities will include providing lead engineering services supporting routing & switching platforms, load balancer platforms and shared network IP services platforms. The Lead Network engineer will be responsible to work with many diverse organizations at the client to ensure we collaborate and communicate on the planning and delivery of all required technology and LOB solutions. Solid communications skills and the ability to prioritize work efforts are required.

Responsibilities

• Independently builds, maintains, and documents infrastructure components for work assigned; performs reviews for all levels of engineering.
• Designs solutions for the overall health, performance, and availability and actively works resolution of system and client experience impacts one or more environments, applications, or platforms.
• Assigns work, mentors, and trains junior engineers; welcomes and encourages upward feedback and perspectives from all levels of engineering.
• Advocates for new technology and improvements that will reduce expenses and/or improve efficiency; works cross-functionally to find synergies.
• Recommends and influences IT standards (e.g. info security, audit, compliance, etc.).
• Assists in the development of strategies for building and maintaining new and existing solutions and capabilities.
• Creates technical documentation, specifications, and project artifacts to deliver mature monitoring, improved resiliency, and high availability.
• Proposes high-level infrastructure architectural guidelines. Formulates and designs technical solutions to meet business needs and communicates cross-functionally to ensure viability of solutions.

Requirements

• Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems Management or similar
• 5-10 years overall IT experience working in a large enterprise environment.
• 5-10 years' experience supporting and maintaining Palo Alto Network Security platforms to include set-up, maintenance, upgrades, and replacement of the latest Palo Alto systems.
• Extensive experience with Palo Alto firewall rules in a large, shared environment
• Demonstrate an ability to craft and understand Palo Alto firewall rule deployments
• Experience with other firewall technologies in Cloud Environments (GCP, Azure, AWS, etc)
• In-depth knowledge of both LAN/WAN designs and the support processes for large network deployments
• In-depth knowledge of IPSec/VPN technology supporting a large enterprise
• Significant experience with TCPDump, Wireshark and analyzing network traffic
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience with Cisco network technologies
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience with F5 load balancer technologies
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the OSI and TCP/IP network models
• Significant experience in custom SSL, ciphers, and security traffic performance optimization
• In-depth knowledge of networking and systems administration; and the ability to troubleshoot problems
• Programming experience with Python, Ansible and Terraform for automation services

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

About Genesis10

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Benefits of Working with Genesis10

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)