Job Title: Network Engineer
Job Location: Columbus, OH (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: $85/hr-$90/hr
Contract Length: 05/13/2024-09/13-2024
JOB DESCRIPTION

The OS Platform Engineer (Network Operations) develops the operational vision and direction for the team in collaboration with the Network Operations managers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Makes decisions of a global, strategic nature by analyzing complex data systems and incorporating knowledge of other lines of
• Spearheads complex programs that span multiple inter-organizational units and interfaces with more experienced
• Is a leader in identifying critical, high pay-off technology strategies and prioritizes team efforts accordingly.
• Possesses advanced knowledge of business application
• Responsible for coaching and mentoring less experienced team members.
• Provide Level 3/4 engineering support for the corporate enterprise network.
• Maintains current professional and technical skills.
• Keeps abreast of current and emerging technologies, how they integrate and drive value.
• Performs advanced break/fix troubleshooting and mentors junior engineers.
• Provides failure or root cause analysis when required.
• Resolves the most complex issues in the environment with little to no supervision, relying on his/her ability to pull together technical resources to gather accurate information to provide data driven solutions.
• Provide after hours and on-call support as needed.
• Understand network triggers and execute appropriate workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to engineer reliability through automated response.
• Supports the development and improvement of technical engineering documentation in accordance withstandards.
• Author operational documentation and knowledge base articles of known issues and solutions.
• Experience automating workflows to troubleshoot, integrate systems, and eliminate toil.
• Knowledge and experience with core network automation skills: Python, JSON, Linux, Java, DevOps, and Git.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Critical thinking skills, must be a self-starter, able to direct activities of the team, dependable and reliable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive infrastructure, applications and security knowledge and experience
• Must own ability to learn fast, adapt to new technology and keep current with industry
• Embrace and focus on emerging technology and evangelize to the rest of the team
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
• Experience in AWS CloudFormation, AWS EC2, VPC, S3 and similar technologies a strong plus
• Experience with database technologies and other data services technologies
• Experience with any programming language: C, C++, Java, Python or C#.
• Experience supporting complex production network environments.
• Experience with Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls, Proxies, F5 LTM/GTM/ASM, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI/MSO), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco DNAC and Infoblox DNS/DHCP.
• In-depth experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design
• Advanced understanding of performance and monitoring
• Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology
• Technical certifications such as Cisco CCNP-Enterprise or Datacenter, CCIE, Palo Alto PCCSA, PCNS, PCNSE, or F5.
• Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and ability to work both independently and in a group.
• Experience in an enterprise environment and previous banking/financial industry experience is a plus.
• An outcome obsessed engineer with a focus on reliability. Drive decisions through data and base them on business outcomes: MTTR, MTBF, Business Delivery.

• Experience with coding/scripting/automation/orchestration platforms(Python, Ansible), including interfacing with APIs
• Experience writing Ansible Playbooks in YAML
• Experience in Network monitoring tools (i.e., NetFlow Tracker, Elastic, and Splunk) is a plus
• Experience in Software Defined Network is a plus

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.