Job Description
Currently, we are looking to hire a Network and security Engineer (on-site & remote mix - Hybrid) in CA preferably.
We’re looking for someone to assume this position with a limited transition and be ready to hit the ground running, must be a 100% hands-on tech enthusiast, and help IT Operations smoothly run Network Infrastructure for all locations of our client (by working closely with the Sr. Network Engineer). Participate in the re-architectural/re-engineering/network-refresh. Contribute to the IT Security Vision and participate in the rollouts. Bring ideas to the team to brainstorm, think out of the box and embrace a mature & fast-growing heterogeneous infrastructure. Building something from the ground up and challenging the status quo and helping with Next-Gen infrastructure.
Required Duties & Responsibilities:
We’re looking for someone to assume this position with a limited transition and be ready to hit the ground running, must be a 100% hands-on tech enthusiast, and help IT Operations smoothly run Network Infrastructure for all locations of our client (by working closely with the Sr. Network Engineer). Participate in the re-architectural/re-engineering/network-refresh. Contribute to the IT Security Vision and participate in the rollouts. Bring ideas to the team to brainstorm, think out of the box and embrace a mature & fast-growing heterogeneous infrastructure. Building something from the ground up and challenging the status quo and helping with Next-Gen infrastructure.
Required Duties & Responsibilities:
- Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks.
- Troubleshooting security and network problems.
- Responding to all system and/or network security breaches.
- Operational support of data communications and security systems including design, architecting, deploying, troubleshooting, technical analysis, and problem-solving expertise to perform daily network management, security proactive monitoring, network defense, and network HA/contingency, network performance & stability.
- Proactively participate in problem management and root cause analysis and maintain 24x7 availability and monitoring of business-critical Network & Security infrastructure.
Installing, Configuring, Deploying, Migrating, Troubleshooting and Managing:
- Network switching (Juniper JunOS primarily), routing and security infrastructure on-premises & cloud (such as Azure / AWS).
- Plans, designs, deploy and optimizes fixed (LAN, WAN) and wireless network communications systems.
- Troubleshoot and support Firewall, VPN and IPSec Tunnels.
- Secure Wireless (WIFI Juniper MIST or any other) management in the environment of a multi-office location.
- Experience working in a Highly Demanding and Mission Critical 24x7 Network & Security Operations Environment
- Troubleshooting skills in BGP/OSPF/Spanning Tree.
- Hands-on experience with IDS/IPS, HIDS. Experience with NAC.
- Experience with End Point Protection Systems (Symantec, Carbonblack, Cylance, CrowdStrike etc.)
- Able to assist and deploy and manage QoS in the video, voice, and data networks.
- Takes part in business continuity and disaster recovery planning and testing and system backup and recovery.
- Maintains the integrity of network security systems to ensure data is appropriately protected.
- Strong documentation and written communication skills.
- Sniffer and debug network and application problems.
- Participate in on-call schedule including maintenance windows.
- Proactively Provides Fanatical Customer Service with Problem Resolution.
- Ensures problem resolution by initiating and tracking problem assignments.
- Establishes strong working relationships with internal customers.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.
- 7+yrs of IT Security Operations Experience as a primary job function.
- As a Core Network Engineer 4+ yrs are required.
- Fundamental understanding & troubleshooting of TCP, UDP, IP, and IP addressing/subnet masking/design.
- Experience with network architecture design in mid to complex networks.
- Hands-on experience with Cloud Platforms such as (MS Azure Network Services Virtual Networks, Amazon AWS VPC/ELB, etc.) as well as SaaS/MSP/MSSP (Security as A Service) cloud, Next Gen Firewalls.
- Experience using WAN Optimizers, and Packet Shapers.
- Experience participating in optimizing monitoring and trending (open-source Linux based and 3rd party) Tools/Systems like Nagios, Zenoss, Zabbix, Cacti, Graphite, SolarWinds etc.
- Knowledge of routing protocols (e.g. OSPF, EIGRP, BGP) and their implementation is required.
- Knowledge of network security, including Firewall, VPN and IPSec Tunnels, etc. is a plus.
- Knowledge IAM/IDM (MFA “Multi-Factor Authentication”), OAUTH, OpenID, SAML 2.0, Federated Identity.
- Knowledge of SDN, NFV, DMVPN, MPLS, VxLANs, SD-WAN, IPv6 networks (Dual-Stack).
- Familiarity with Linux (Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu) desired.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
- High degree of honesty and integrity.
- Team player, positive attitude, and flexible.
- Must be willing to take up challenges & creative in the dynamic startup culture environment.