Onsite Network Engineer (Cisco, MOPs) - 1 Year Contract

Motion Recruitment; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Voluntary Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

401(k)

Legal and Identity Protection Plans

529 College Saver Plan

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners is seeking a Network Engineer for a 1-year contract in Palo, Iowa. The role focuses on hands-on Cisco routing/switching, VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, OSPF, and robust documentation.

You will work on-site in a mission-critical environment, following MOPs and change management, performing rack/stack tasks, and coordinating with remote architects and senior engineers. On-site only with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Proven Cisco networking expertise (IOS/NX-OS) with VLAN/trunking, STP, and ACLs.
• Hands-on hardware experience: racking, cabling, SFP/fiber, data-center work.
• Knowledge of MOPs and change management in a mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Strong Cisco routing/switching: VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChannel, OSPF, TCP/IP, subnetting, ACLs and basic redundancy.
• Hands-on deployment: rack/stack, switch turn-ups, replacements, configurations, migrations, cutovers.
• Troubleshoot Layer 1–3 issues including fiber, cabling, switch ports, and connectivity problems.
• Execute MOPs/change plans, participate in maintenance windows, document results.
• Support network refreshes, site builds, migrations, or other deployments.

Skills

Cisco IOS/NX-OS

VLAN/Trunking

STP/EtherChannel

OSPF/TCP/IP

ACL Management

Physical Infra

MOP/Change Mgmt

Visio/Documentation

On-site Coord

Clear Communication

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners is seeking a Network Engineer for a 1-year contract in Palo, Iowa. The role focuses on hands-on Cisco routing/switching, VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, OSPF, and robust documentation.

You will work on-site in a mission-critical environment, following MOPs and change management, performing rack/stack tasks, and coordinating with remote architects and senior engineers. On-site only with potential for extension.