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Client: NYC Department of Education
Job Title: Network Engineer
Start Date: ASAP
Position Type: Contract
Duration: 36 Months
Location: Brooklyn NY 11201 (Remote)
Interview Type: Webcam
Ceipal ID: NYCNETWORK444IK
Description: The Network Engineer will support the design configuration deployment operations and management of Cisco network infrastructure across schools and administrative offices. This role ensures adherence to DOE Network Standards and involves collaboration with integration vendors and other DIIT engineering teams. The Network Engineer will troubleshoot technical issues during implementation manage progress reports and escalate issues as needed
Responsibilities:
Design & Implementation: Oversee the design implementation and operation of network infrastructure hardware and Data
Center infrastructure environments to DOE Network Standards. Ensure that the final network designs align with documented
specifications.
Vendor Coordination: Work with the integration vendor to ensure and enforce adherence to DIIT network standards
throughout the engineering and implementation phases for network infrastructure equipment.
Documentation & Reporting: Provide planned network documentation coordinate installation activities track installations
and document them to ensure best practices are followed. Provide appropriate reports showing work completions network
analysis and configurations.
Collaboration & Troubleshooting: Interface with other DIIT engineering teams and resolve technical issues that arise during
implementation operations and testing in piloting a solution.
Process Tracking: Track appropriate processes and documentation and ensure that the final design mirrors the
documentation.
Network Management: Lead develop configure maintain support and optimize all new and existing network hardware to
enable school or data center integration with the production network environment. Recommend network hardware for DIIT
infrastructure environments.
Support & Monitoring: Support deployment monitoring inventory control and reporting. Create configuration templates
and automate processes for network refreshes. Oversee network installation quality and verify operational readiness.
Quality Assurance: Provide Quality Assurance to deployment projects and day-to-day operations to upkeep schools and
central infrastructure operations.
As-Built Verification: Validate and verify the network integrators work ensuring it adheres to DOE network standards.
Education & Experience:
- 7 years of experience supporting daily operations in routing switching firewalls wireless networks and VPN technologies.
- 7 years of hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus and Catalyst Switches (6xxx 5xxx 4xxx 29xx 19xx) Cisco Routers () Cisco VPN 3000 and related devices.
- 7 years of experience with hands-on configuration of Cisco switches (C9K 68XX 4XXX 29XX) Cisco routers (C8XXX ISR 29XX ISR 4XXX) Cisco ASA 55XX firewalls and Meraki MS devices.
- 4 years of experience working with large LAN/WAN infrastructures and knowledge of communication protocols
- Cisco equipment and networking technologies.
- 2 years of experience creating network diagrams floor plans and schematics using Visio.
- 2 years of experience responding to emergency calls in the evenings and on weekends for WAN/LAN outages.
Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to a non-technical audience.
- Detail-oriented and process-focused with strong problem-solving abilities.
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