We are looking for an experienced Telecommunications Networking Engineer who takes pride in their work, enjoys leading efforts, and making a difference for our customers. This individual will be part of a team responsible for designing, executing, monitoring, and performing O&M on network solutions that provide maximum uptime. The team will design system configurations, document and manage the pre-installation and testing of networks, and perform upgrades to hardware and software. Flexible hours / flex schedules will be considered. #LI-KK2 **Required Skills and Education** The Network Engineer must have all of the following education, experience, and skills: - Bachelors' degree (or equivalent experience). - Demonstrated 15 years on-the-job competencies in engineering, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting in the Network Telecommunication field with diverse hands-on experience including all of the following: - Routing, switching, load balancer and firewalls - Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) design - Routing Protocols (i.e. OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP) - Gateway Redundancy Protocols (i.e. HSRP, VRRP, and GLRP) - Multicast, STP, VTP, Virtual LAN's and Trunking (VLAN's) - Firewalls, ACL, IPSec Tunnels, and Crypto - Implementing solutions using various networking vendors such as Cisco and Juniper; and - Demonstrated hands on experience working with Cisco's Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAc) or equivalent; and - Demonstrated hands on experience working with network intrusion detection systems such as SNORT or equivalent; and - Demonstrated on-the-job experience working with Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology and vendor (e.g. Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)) along with engineering, designing, configuring, and implementing experience with cloud technology; and - Demonstrated on-the-job experience with Network Management (e.g. Cisco Security Manager, Cisco Prime, etc.), Network Monitoring (e.g. HP Openview etc.), and Network Access (e.g. TACACS, etc.); and - Demonstrated extensive experience implementing remote access VPNs such as Cisco AnyConnect; and - Demonstrated experience with scripting languages, such as: JINJA, Python, YAML. **Preferred Skills and Education** It is desired that the Network Engineer have demonstrated on-the-job experience in the following areas: - 20 years on-the-job engineering, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting and resolving problems with different firewall technologies (e.g. Cisco ASA, McAfee G2, etc.) - Network Security technologies (e.g. IBM IDS/IPS, McAfee IPS, etc.) - Adopting and implementing new technologies - Troubleshooting and resolving network DDoS attack - Engineering, designing, configuring, and implementing experience with cloud environments - Collaborate with other IT disciplines (e.g. Storage, Platform, Middleware, and Application) to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems - SONET, ATM, MPLS, POS, and Multicast - Experience working with different network security vendors such as Cisco (ASA 5585's, SSS0's, multi-context, and clustered) and Microsoft G2 Sidewinder