Network Engineer – Enterprise Infra & Security

County of San Mateo; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The County of San Mateo's Technology Services Department seeks a Network Engineer - IS Communications Specialist II to design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot the county's enterprise network, including security, routing, switching, WLAN, WAN, VPN, and VOIP.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with L2/L3 networking, routing protocols (EIGRP/OSPF/BGP), VPNs, ACLs, VLANs, and wireless with Aruba Clearpass/Airwave. Strong documentation and vendor coordination skills are needed.

Qualifications

• Advanced network infrastructure engineering, configuration, installation, and maintenance methods and techniques.
• Management of L2 and L3 technologies and security including adjacency/convergence protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP).
• IP traffic redistribution and route filtering.
• VPN setup and troubleshooting including IPSec and GRE.
• ACLs and VLAN Configuration Management.
• Aruba Wireless managed environment including Clearpass, Airwave and Controller(s).
• Configuring and building an industry standard network monitoring and alert system (SolarWinds experience is desirable).
• Technical writing and diagraming skills for producing use case documentation and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Defines, assists in design, and implements system infrastructure and solutions.
• Evaluates and responds to requests for assistance from users experiencing problems with telecommunications, wireless, and network systems; diagnoses problems; trains users.
• Implements new systems, programs, and hardware and software upgrades.
• Maintains policies and procedures for telecommunications and network administration.
• Writes and maintains user and technical operating instructions and documentation; provides training to users and staff.
• May serve as technical lead for assigned projects, including gathering requirements and coordinating with vendors.

Skills

Network engineering

Routing protocols

VPN setup

ACLs and VLANs

Network monitoring

Technical writing

Education

Information systems coursework

Tools

Aruba Wireless

Clearpass

Airwave

Arista CloudVision

Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager

SolarWinds

Cisco ASA

Palo Alto

Job description

The County of San Mateo's Technology Services Department seeks a Network Engineer - IS Communications Specialist II to design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot the county's enterprise network, including security, routing, switching, WLAN, WAN, VPN, and VOIP.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with L2/L3 networking, routing protocols (EIGRP/OSPF/BGP), VPNs, ACLs, VLANs, and wireless with Aruba Clearpass/Airwave. Strong documentation and vendor coordination skills are needed.