Senior Network Engineer (Cisco & Fortinet) - Remote

United Data Technologies, Inc.; Athens (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

UDT is a technology enabler that helps clients in major industries evaluate, architect, provide, secure, and manage technology on the go, in the rack and in the cloud. The Senior Network Engineer role focuses on provisioning services and maintaining a carrier-grade Cisco/Fortinet network, providing technical leadership and support for internal teams and customers.

This is a full-time remote position with residency required in the United States (AK, FL, GA, NC, SC, OK, TN, TX, MO, VA).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience is required.
• CCNP and Fortinet NSE-4 FortiOS/FortiGate Administrator are required. RHCE is a plus.
• A strong candidate must have 10+ years’ experience working with various routing protocols and technologies such as OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, QoS, Multicasting and working in switched environments with strong understanding of layer 2 networks and topologies as it relates to design in Metro Ethernet deployments.
• A strong candidate will also have 4+ years’ experience working with automation tools like Ansible or using code to run scripts (Python).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, implement, and support new network architectures in a predominantly Cisco & Fortinet environment. Serves as a technical lead on new contracts. Responsible for design standardization that is maintained throughout the team.
• Administer and maintain existing service provider network. Troubleshoot complex customer issues and coordinate third party vendor interaction to ensure prompt and professional resolution. Serve as an escalation point within the team.
• Works with the Engineering team to address capacity issues throughout the network. Assist Engineering leadership on capacity planning and growth for the service provider network.
• Write and deploy automation and scripting to make the service provider group more efficient at service provisioning and service support.
• Create technical documentation for customers and for other departments to share knowledge. Serves as technical consultant to our sales teams. Leads the team through knowledge transfer, cross-training, and documentation in a group setting.
• Assist in researching, evaluating, and recommending new technologies to management for consideration.
• After-hours on-call support rotation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Routing protocols (OSPF/EIGRP/BGP)

Automation with Ansible/Python

Network design (Cisco/Fortinet)

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

CCNP

Fortinet NSE-4 FortiOS/FortiGate

RHCE

Job description

UDT is a technology enabler that helps clients in major industries evaluate, architect, provide, secure, and manage technology on the go, in the rack and in the cloud. The Senior Network Engineer role focuses on provisioning services and maintaining a carrier-grade Cisco/Fortinet network, providing technical leadership and support for internal teams and customers.

This is a full-time remote position with residency required in the United States (AK, FL, GA, NC, SC, OK, TN, TX, MO, VA).