Datacenter Network Engineer Jobs

Position: Data Center Network Engineer

Location: %100 Remote

Client:United Health Group

Duration: Long Term Contract

Project Description:

Datacenter Engineering team consists of highly qualified network engineers that support Datacenter Network environments. The team is staffed globally and provides network analysis, design, engineering, support, and integration services.

Responsibilities:

• Provide 24-hour support for network infrastructure as part of an on-call rotation
• Work closely with vendors on implementation of products and services
• Contribute to and help lead multiple Network Engineering initiatives and projects consisting of design and development for complex products and platforms, including solution design, analysis, testing, and integration
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, peers, project managers, and stakeholders and provide feedback on projects status, milestones and risks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including written and verbal skills with the ability to create and maintain strong relationships with members of cross departmental teams and department team members
• Perform risk analysis to identify IT security issues and remediating plans. Identify and/or mitigate operational risks where appropriate
• Ensure security, governance and operational standards and procedures are maintained in accordance with UHG IT compliance requirements, HIPPA standards, and industry best practices
• Collaborate on the development of datacenter strategies; evaluate and select hardware and software products, implement, and integrate these products into comprehensive solutions meeting company's business requirements
• Provide specialized technical expertise in researching and resolving complex technology network infrastructure problems which may involve coordination of hardware and software vendor support
• Advise team members on procedures, techniques, and requirements to insure maximum performance and availability of the company infrastructure. Recommend areas for improvement in both processes and systems
• Author technical documentation such as network diagrams
• Performs after-hours systems support, installation, and maintenance as required
• Conduct implementations, conversions, and upgrades in a manner consistent with Standard Operating Procedures within company maintenance windows; including change management procedures

Skills Must have:

• CCIE or higher certification
• 8 Years of experience implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting converged IP networks
• 8 Years of experience in supporting Cisco, Arista or HPE/Aruba Network Infrastructure
• 8 Years of knowledge of core networking concepts Vlans, VRFs & VPNs
• 4 Years of experience working in a change-controlled environment
• 8 Years with advanced knowledge of routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with network automation utilizing Ansible, Python, Jinja2, Git & Jenkins
• 3 Years of Experience in Palo Alto firewall installation and management
• 4 Years of experience with SD-WAN Solutions
• 4 Years of Experience with F5 Load Balancing Technology
• ITIL Foundations v3 certification or higher
• 4 Years of experience with Cisco ACI software-defined-networking solutions