Network Admin - Cisco - Ampcus Incorporated

Network Admin - Cisco

Responsibilities:

• Monitors and manages incoming work, provisioning of network workflows, and incident requests.
• Other support tasks, duties, and responsibilities may be assigned depending on workload and the employee’s skill level. Examples include hardware installations, troubleshooting, and DNS / DHCP administration.
• Utilizes scripting, automation, and infrastructure as code to standardize and simplify network hardware and software deployment, configuration, and management:
  • The purpose of infrastructure as code (IaC) is to enable developers or operations teams to automatically manage, monitor and provision resources, rather than manually configure discrete hardware devices, operating systems, applications, and services. IaC is sometimes referred to as programmable or software-defined infrastructure.
• Supports and automates highly available network infrastructure across LAN and WAN network environments:
  • Network automation refers to the process of automating deployment, configuration, testing/validation, and operation of LAN / WAN network devices that can be physical (routers, switches, access points, firewalls, etc) or virtual (public cloud networking, virtual machines, containers, virtual network functions, etc). Network automation can be applied to a broad range of enterprise and service provider network services.
• Occasional after hours and weekend work may be required in order to perform tasks that cannot be done during business hours.
• The engineer will be expected to participate in the Network Engineering on call rotation and will carry a pager and/or cell phone 24x7.
• Complies with all Network Engineering services, policies, and procedures.
• Uses the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions, and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Valid Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
• Valid Wireless certification is desirable (CCNA and/or CWNA).
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5 years’ experience with networking and internetworking devices and software. Experience with large mission-critical internetworks required.

Skills and Abilities:

• Cisco Routing and switching knowledge with Nexus, Catalyst, Integrated Service Routers, SDA, SD-WAN, and Catalyst Center.
• Knowledge of Cisco Wireless Controllers and Wireless Access Points.
• Knowledge of routing protocols – MPLS, BGP and OSPF.
• Knowledge of network protocols – Spanning Tree, VLANs, 802.1Q, and VPC.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies.
• Experience with administrating DNS / DHCP systems.
• Customer Service.
• Project Management.
• Teamwork.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to learn and be self-directed.
• Independent.
• Diligent in regard to creating and maintaining detailed computer incident logs.
• Dependable in regard to providing regular status reports.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

iTech Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.

Since 1995, iTech Solutions Inc., has been providing IT Consulting and Direct Hire Services to the Insurance, Financial, Communications, Manufacturing and Government sectors with local offices in Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, North Carolina, and New Jersey / Pennsylvania area.

Our recruiting strategy is simple, if you want to find qualified IT professionals then use IT professionals to find them. So at iTech Solutions, our personnel are all career IT professionals with a wide range of IT experience. We can honestly say our staff understands the technologies, the complexities of finding and selecting the appropriate personnel and the pressures of running successful IT projects.