Senior Network Engineer

Kforce Inc; Chelmsford (MA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and maintain their enterprise network infrastructure in Chelmsford, MA. The role involves ensuring network reliability, compliance, and mentoring junior team members. Comprehensive benefits are offered, and the position is contract-based.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Qualifications

• 7 - 10+ years of experience in Network Administration required.
• 3 - 5+ years of experience with current network security protocols required.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, deploy, maintain, and support enterprise network infrastructure.
• Provide support for mission-critical infrastructure systems.
• Analyze problems and recommend solutions.

Skills

Network Administration

Network Security

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

CCNP - Cisco Certified Network

Job description

This range is provided by Kforce Inc. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$70.00/hr - $80.00/hr

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in Chelmsford, MA. Overview: The Senior Network Engineer will work with the team to design, configure, deploy, maintain, and support our comprehensive enterprise network infrastructure. Your work will encompass supporting business infrastructure needs, regular care, and maintenance of these areas, and acting as a project leader for new initiatives. You will need to ensure reliability in the network communication systems, operational compliance with business standards, and will contribute to the advancement of our infrastructure through development of supporting procedures, best practices, and road map strategy planning. You will complete your work responsibilities in tight partnership with other IT colleagues and business stakeholders while also mentoring more junior members of the technical team. Essential Functions

• Design, configure, deploy, maintain, and support the company's enterprise network infrastructure including but not limited to Firewalls, VPN, SIEM, SD-WAN devices, Switches, Routers, Wireless, Voice gateways
• Provide support assistance for the company's 7x24x365 mission critical infrastructure systems, including on-call, change window, and unplanned emergency response
• Analyze problems, recommend solutions, products, and technologies to meet business objectives and requirements
• Actively protect our information technology assets and infrastructure from external or internal threats and ensure compliance with policies and procedures including regulatory requirements regarding information access, security, and privacy
• Oversee the configuration of firewall security settings and access permissions
• Enforce policies and procedures through monitoring and auditing for potential security violations while ensuring systems are updated and patched
• Assist the end user, other IT professionals, and external customers in network and security support requests
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field from an accredited institution required
• CCNP - Cisco Certified Network
• 7 - 10+ years of experience of recent professional experience in Network Administration required
• 3 - 5+ years of professional experience with current network security protocols, hardware and software required
• Previous experience with Network infrastructure design, including telephony and video required
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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