Principal Network Engineer (Remote/Full Time)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Configure and troubleshoot IPSEC VPNs with different clients who have firewalls from different vendors
• Configure and install various network devices, e.g.: Cisco Routers, Cisco Nexus Switches, Cisco ASA firewalls
• Configure network services (e.g., Site-2-Site VPN, Remote access VPN, VLAN, BGP, MPLS-VPN, Firewall policies, NAT/PAT/Port-Forwarding)
• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including firmware updates and patches.
• Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and the success of changes made to the network infrastructure
• Select and implement security tools and policies.
• Troubleshoot performance-related issues in infrastructure and clients virtual environments.
• Troubleshoot BGP peering issues.
• Open tickets with internet/MPLS service providers, and with vendors to resolve various issues
• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability
• Monitor system resource utilization
• Take regular configuration backups

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills (All clients are north America based)
• Must have 10 to 15 years of practical experience with firewalls 
• Cisco ASA
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic, and network analytics tools
• Experience with high-end Routers e.g., ASRs
• Experience with Cisco switches Nexus 5K, 3K, 6500, 3800, 3700, etc.
• Experience with PAT, NAT, IPSEC Site-to-Site VPN, Remote access VPN, Spanning tree, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, Access control lists, MPLS.
• Familiar with DHCP, DNS, NTP, Dell Sonic wall, Palo Alto firewall, Checkpoint firewall, and Vyatka firewall is a plus.
• CCNP security or higher (CCIE Security) is desired