Job description

UNIVERSAL Technologies is seeking a Senior Cisco Network Engineer for a 100% onsite position in Brooklyn, NY. Applicants should be prepared for onsite work in Brooklyn, NY from day one.

Position: The selected candidate will serve as the technical support person responsible for configuration and maintenance of a hybrid cloud data center, WAN networks, and troubleshooting application hardware/software to maintain a high level of support. This role will require significant knowledge of Cisco Catalyst/Nexus/ASR/ACI platforms, Firepower/ASA firewalls and load balancers. The Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer must have excellent troubleshooting skills in order to provide a high level of support.

WHO WE ARE:
UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is a Women-Owned (M/WBE) IT solutions and consulting company focused at delivering enterprise systems that significantly improve our client’s IT performance. We work across the IT spectrum including Development, Business/Systems/Data Analysis, Project Management, Cyber Security, Network Engineering, and High-Level System Architecture.

The pride in the services we provide and the accessibility and flexibility we provide to employees are what make Universal Technologies stand out from the rest! We hope to propel your IT career to the next level and excite our employees with new and challenging projects.

WHAT WE OFFER:
Our W2 employees can expect the following benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Health/Dental Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• 401K
• HSA/FSA
• Pre-Tax Transportation Program
• Generous Paid Time Off/Holiday Policy

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of experience in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco routers and L2/L3 switches (Nexus 9k/7k/5, ASR, Catalyst, and ACI).
• 7+ years of experience routing protocols such as, BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
• 5+ years of experience in network security (Cisco ASA & Firepower).
• 5+ years of experience with network monitoring, packet capture analysis (NetScout & Wireshark).
• 5+ years of packet analysis to resolve complex technical issues.
• CCNP or VMware certification.
• Experience with SDWAN, vManage, Meraki.
• Experience in VMware NSX and NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

PREFERERD SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE:

• Prior education industry/project experience.
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work well independently and in a team.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate in a credible and confident manner at all levels in the organization, especially on technical issues to a non-technical audience.
• Detailed and process oriented.
• Experience using Splunk SIEM and Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
• Experience Azure/AWS cloud infrastructure and Express Route.
• Experience in implementing network security best practices.

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

• Serve as lead technical resource for day-to-day network administration tasks including network equipment installation, configuration, and upgrades, testing and troubleshooting.
• Configuration, maintenance, and support including but not limited to Cisco Nexus, ASR, ACI, Catalyst and SDWAN platforms.
• Perform troubleshooting and recommend improvements to network including operating systems and related software and provides tactical and strategic input to overall network planning and related projects.
• Isolate and resolve network problems in a timely manner.
• Provide solution design and operational support of Cisco ASA and FirePOWER (FMC/FTD/FXOS) network firewalls including AnyConnect remote access VPNs as well as isakmp/IKEv2/VTI/IPSEC/GRE site-to-site tunnels.
• Provide Network design and configuration of major network protocols and technologies including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, VXLAN, VPC, VDC, 802.1Q, QoS, STP, TCP/UDP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, SIP, RTP, and ACLs.
• Collaborate with applications and support teams on design and implementation of application load balancing solutions (F5, Avi Networks/NSX Load Balancer).
• Apply tools (e.g., Netscout, Wireshark, tcpdump) to perform packet-level analysis for monitoring for security risks and troubleshooting network traffic.
• Manage Azure/AWS cloud networks and firewalls.
• Assist with planning, implementing, upgrading, or monitoring security measures for the protection of computer networks, systems, and information.
• Collaborate with vendors and resolve network outages in a timely fashion to meet internal SLAs and/or Metrics.
• Provide operational support to include problem-determination, resolution, root cause analysis, and future mitigation.
• Create and update Standard Operating Procedures, network documentation, and diagrams using Visio/Lucidchart.

UNIVERSAL Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $80.00 - $90.00 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brooklyn, NY 11201: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• configuring and troubleshooting Cisco routers: 7 years (Required)
• L2/L3 switches (Nexus 9k/7k/5/ASR/Catalyst/ACI): 7 years (Required)
• routing protocols such as, BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP: 7 years (Required)
• network security (Cisco ASA & Firepower): 5 years (Required)
• network monitoring (NetScout/Wireshark): 5 years (Required)
• packet capture analysis (NetScout/Wireshark): 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• CCNP or VMware (Required)

Work Location: One location

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