Network Engineer

Ztek Consulting INC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ztek Consulting INC is seeking a Network Engineer to join our onsite Chicago team. The role involves designing, deploying, and supporting network solutions for international business units, partners, and customers.

You will collaborate with engineering and operations to implement robust WAN/SD-WAN architectures. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in network engineering with branch WAN migrations and strong knowledge of security, virtualization, and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in network engineering.
• Experience with branch site WAN migrations is required with focus on Zscaler solutions.
• In depth knowledge of networking technologies, design principles, and practical application of routers/switches.
• Knowledge of network security solutions (firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, WAFs).
• Certifications in Zscaler SD-WAN ZTB or Cisco/ Palo Alto are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Migrate branch sites from MPLS to Zscaler SD-WAN as part of a global transform project.
• Analyze business needs; gather requirements, design, install, troubleshoot, and support network solutions.
• Participate in meetings with customers and IT staff to qualify opportunities and technical solutions.

Skills

Networking basics

WAN migrations

Firewall security

SD-WAN

Cisco ISE

Network automation

Monitoring tools

QoS/VOICE

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Center

SolarWinds

ThousandEyes

Palo Alto firewalls

Job description

Job Title: Network Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite)

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description

The Network Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assist in designing solutions for International business units, partners and customers. The Network Engineer will build, deploy, and support the solutions in conjunction with other engineering and operations resources.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Migrate branch sites from MPLS to Zscaler SD-WAN solution as part of global branch transformation project.

Analyze business needs; gather requirements, designs, installs, troubleshoots, and supports technical solutions in a world-class infrastructure.

Participate in regular meetings and conference calls with customers and IT staff to help qualify opportunities and technical solutions.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

In depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles, and the practical application of routers, switches, virtualization, storage, storage networking virtualization/zoning, load-balancers and network security.

Knowledge of network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion detection/prevention, and web application firewalls.

5+ years' experience in network engineering. Experience with branch site WAN migrations is required with focus on Zscaler solutions.

Strong technical knowledge and experience in several of the following (certification a plus):

• Zscaler SD-WAN ZTB solution
• Cisco Wireless
• Cisco ISE
• Network automation using Cisco Catalyst Center or similar tools
• Network Monitoring tools such as Solarwinds and Thousand Eyes
• Cisco Routing/Switching, spine/leaf architecture
• QoS, prioritization of voice and video
• Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security solutions
• F5 LTM/GTM

Proven understanding of network segmentation/isolation, encryption architectures

Strong documentation skills and experience generating technical documents, diagrams, solutions specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.

Excellent communications and customer service skills with proven ability to communicate professionally in a corporate environment.

Experience in standardizing and automating network configuration and deployment

Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting and system monitoring.

Ability to work nights and weekends as needed for implementations and being a point of escalation