Cisco Network Technologist

Position Overview:

This is a 6-month contract operating on a Hybrid schedule (4 days onsite per week).

The Network Technologist will work with internal and external partners to deliver complex building campus and real estate network solutions aligned with business needs and overall network strategy. This includes end to end design deployment and validation across LAN MAN WAN data center wireless branch and extranet environments.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver network designs across LAN/MAN/WAN data center wireless (WiFi) and building/campus networking environments.

Secure funding for proposed designs through governance processes including review of technical design documentation and Bills of Material.

Configure and deploy network hardware across building core and wireless network domains.

Conduct network equipment deployment and testing aligned with risk profile requirements including:

Network stability

Compliance with regulatory and mandatory policies

Closure of audit findings and assurance issues

Ensure strict adherence to change management processes.

Produce complete and accurate documentation for all deployments.

Provide knowledge transfer to operational support teams.

Prioritize and manage workstreams with business and IT partners.

Deliver committed workstreams within agreed timeframes.

Support Build Engineering efforts to ensure reliability performance scalability and availability.

Perform incident management troubleshooting and proactive risk identification.

Implement automation to reduce manual work (Python Ansible GitLab).

Implement secure configurations controls and network protections.

Collaborate with architects product managers and technical teams to define infrastructure requirements.

Qualifications:

Candidates should possess knowledge or experience in a combination of the following technologies:

Cisco Routing & Switching (Cisco ACI NXOS Arista ASR CSR CSP EVPN NDFC Cisco campus WiFi)

Routing protocols such as TCP/IP BGP OSPF EIGRP

F5 Load Balancers (LTM/GTM iRules TLS API/HTTP troubleshooting)

Fortinet FortiGate FortiManager FortiAnalyzer; Cisco Firepower/ASA

Experience designing and supporting complex data and building networks

Automation experience: Python Ansible GitLab

Highly Valued Skills & Certifications:

Juniper Routing & Switching

Bluecoat / Symantec Proxy / Zscaler / Infoblox / Forescout / NetScaler

Cisco Certified (minimum CCNP Enterprise)

FortiGate Associate or Professional

F5 LTM/GTM Certified Technical Specialist or equivalent

Tools and Technologies:

Cisco Arista Fortinet F5 Python Ansible GitLab WiFi DAS Core Networking Data Center Networking Routing Switching.