Network Engineer Local to VA (F2F Interview Mandate)

360 IT Professionals; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company in Virginia is seeking a Network Engineer responsible for designing and implementing network solutions while providing Tier 3 support. The role requires 7-10 years of experience with LAN/WAN/WLAN, routers, switches, and excellent communication skills. This position involves leading network services staff and ensuring effective service delivery within a higher education environment. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in IT and possesses advanced networking knowledge.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of related experience with network hardware and software.
• Strong knowledge of IP routing and load balancing.
• Excellent ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement internal network solutions.
• Provide Tier 3 network support for incidents.
• Lead network services staff to meet IT needs.

Skills

Network topologies (LAN/WAN/WLAN)

Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Network documentation creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Routers

Switches

Firewalls

Network appliances

Job description

Network Engineer Local to VA (F2F Interview Mandate)

Contract

360 IT Professionals is a Software Development Company based in Fremont, California that offers complete technology services in Mobile development, Web development, Cloud computing and IT staffing. Merging Information Technology skills in all its services and operations, the company caters to its globally positioned clients by providing dynamic feasible IT solutions. 360 IT Professionals work along with its clients to deliver high-performance results, based exclusively on the one of a kind requirement.

Our services are vast and we produce software and web products. We specialize in Mobile development, i.e. iPhone and Android apps. We use Objective C and Swift programming languages to create native applications for iPhone, whereas we use Android Code to develop native applications for Android devices. To create applications that work on cross-platforms, we use a number of frameworks such as Titanium, PhoneGap and JQuery mobile.

Furthermore, we build web products and offer services such as web designing, layouts, responsive designing, graphic designing, web application development using frameworks based on model view controller architecture and content management system. Our services also extend to the domain of Cloud Computing, where we provide Salesforce CRM to effectively manage one’s business and ease out all the operations by giving an easy platform. Apart from this, we also provide IT Staffing services that can help your organization to a great extent as you can hire highly skilled personnel’s through us.

We make sure that we deliver performance driven products that are optimally developed as per your organization’s needs. Take a shot at us for your IT requirements and experience a radical change.

Complete Description

Responsible for designing, testing, and implementing internal network solutions. Maintaining and providing Tier 3 support for the network infrastructure, including but not limited to switches, routers, firewalls, network appliances, and wireless APs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide leadership to the network services staff, ensuring the IT needs of faculty, staff, and students are met. Responsible for completing and delivering regular audits and assessments and providing reports as are required by regulatory agencies and management. Responsible for designing, testing, and implementing internal network solutions. Partner with project managers on network solution analysis, business requirements, and risk assessments. Provide Tier 3 support to all network related service desk incidents. Sustain technical expertise in all areas of LAN/WAN/WLAN capacity planning, network architecture design, unified communications, and engineering for a secure IT network. Maintain and coordinate the installation and configuration of hardware and software elements within the network, unified communications, and security areas with the proper use of OSI & TCP/IP standards. Perform security hardening per baseline configurations and established best practices. Perform all other duties associated with the administration of the Network Services as required to insure service delivery. This position will report directly to the Data Center Manager.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, related field, or equivalent experience. 7-10 years related experience of network topologies (LAN/WAN/WLAN), routers, switches, firewalls, packet analysis, and other network based hardware and software, including applications and scripting. Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, IP routing, LAN and WAN protocols, campus and data center switching, and load balancing. Excellent communication skills, specifically the ability to transfer clear information to technical and non-technical staff. Excellent problem-solving skills and a high degree of self-motivation. Strong network documentation creation and management. Knowledge of established security best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

CCNP, CCDP, and/or JNCIP certification. Experience implementing and supporting a network infrastructure in a higher education environment.