Job Opportunities API

Duties and Responsibilities · Implement and support enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, firewall, network access control, cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN technologies. · Independently complete network engineering assignments and tactical infrastructure projects with limited supervision. · Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, VPN services, and related network platforms. · Implement production network changes, including: o VLANs, trunks, port channels, and switch-port configurations o Static and dynamic routing changes o Firewall policies, NAT rules, security zones, and DMZ configurations o Site-to-site and remote-access VPN configurations o Wireless SSIDs, authentication policies, and access controls o Network Access Control and AAA integrations o WAN circuit activations, migrations, and failover configurations · Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 network incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, internet connectivity, and application traffic flows. · Perform packet-level and protocol-level analysis to identify root causes of performance, availability, and connectivity issues. · Lead or participate in network infrastructure projects such as office openings, site relocations, hardware refreshes, network migrations, circuit upgrades, and technology deployments. · Coordinate circuit installations, upgrades, cross-connects, handoffs, testing, migrations, terminations, and outage remediation with carriers, local exchange carriers, and data-center providers. · Develop implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, validation steps, and supporting documentation for network changes. · Maintain accurate logical and physical network diagrams, IP address documentation, circuit inventories, configuration standards, and operational procedures. · Monitor network availability, capacity, performance, and configuration compliance using SolarWinds Orion or similar network-management platforms. · Review monitoring alerts and performance trends to identify recurring issues, capacity constraints, and opportunities for proactive improvement. · Ensure network-device configurations are backed up, standardized, and maintained in accordance with organizational security and operational requirements. · Perform root-cause analysis for significant incidents and recommend corrective and preventative actions. · Provide technical guidance to service desk, infrastructure, security, application, and site-support teams for network-related issues. · Coordinate and validate work performed by telecommunications carriers, managed service providers, cabling vendors, field technicians, and other third parties. · Participate in an on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical network incidents as required. · Follow established Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, and configuration-management processes. · Contribute to network standards, reference architectures, lifecycle planning, resiliency improvements, and technology evaluations. Technical Skills · Strong working knowledge of enterprise TCP/IP networking, including subnetting, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and packet flow. · Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 technologies such as: o VLANs o Spanning Tree Protocol o Link aggregation and port channels o MAC address learning o Switching loops and broadcast-domain issues · Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 3 technologies, including static routing and dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP. · Experience supporting Cisco, Juniper, Meraki, or comparable enterprise routing and switching platforms. · Experience managing enterprise firewalls, security policies, network address translation, security zones, and site-to-site or remote-access VPNs. · Exper