Network Engineer II; Remote WashU IT

Network Engineer II (Remote) — WashU IT, Washington University in St. Louis, Clayton, Ohio, USA

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Firewall-focused Network Engineer provides complex technical and analytical work in serving as a resource for networking enterprise network planning, high-level troubleshooting, security network system administration, and/or networking products and services. Work includes the design review of internal and external infrastructure requirements, technology evaluation, testing, and developing guidelines for implementation. Consults with clients and/or vendors to determine future network systems requirements, costs, design additions, solutions to complex network problems, and the design of network security systems.

Serves as an expert on the network and network services, including serving as a resource to more junior analysts in network problem solving and design. This includes determining needs and researching new technology additions and improvements to the network. May function as a technical specialist for network management systems or telecommunications networks (data, video, and voice-over IP), network architecture, network systems administration, network services and converged network services.

Requires a general understanding of all aspects of networking (routing and switching, data center, wireless, security, etc.) with a specialty in at least one area.

• Works with customers to develop requirements for network services and then designs cost‑effective secure and reliable solutions to meet those requirements.
• Prepares and maintains detailed network documentation for the networking team and end users.
• Configures and manages central network components, including network firewalls, site‑to‑site VPN firewalls, and remote‑access VPN firewalls to provide service to end users and departments; triages and evaluates daily firewall requests into security policy and NAT rules.
• May serve as team leader for more junior‑level analysts.
• Provides tier‑three resource for various network performance and connectivity issues; assists the Network Operation Center (NOC) analysts when called upon.
• Works with SOC to establish policies and procedures for managing the network.
• Stays current with new technologies focusing on routing, switching, wireless, and security.
• Configures and manages security perimeter devices (firewalls and VPN gateways) to provide service to end users and departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment.

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or a table.

Equipment

• Office equipment.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Certifications/Professional Licenses: No specific certification or professional license is required.
• Work Experience: 4 years in networking and server administration.
• Skills: Not applicable.
• Driver’s License: Not required.

Candidate will have extensive knowledge of routing (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF), switching (VLANs, Spanning Tree), and network firewalls including Cisco ASA, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Palo Alto NGFW. Detailed understanding of technical issues to design architecture for stable technologies. Familiarity with Python scripting, including the requests library for API calls to automate firewall and network device configuration and management. Experience managing and configuring Palo Alto NGFW and VMs, including dynamic updates, monitoring threat logs, and managing Global Protect VPN software.

• Education: No additional education unless stated elsewhere.
• Certifications/Professional Licenses: No additional certifications or licenses unless stated elsewhere.
• Work Experience: No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere.
• Skills: Customer Service, Leadership, Communication, Negotiation, Network Infrastructures, Organizational Planning, Project Administration, Technical Consulting, Technical Solution Design, Technical Support, Technology Solution Delivery.

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$75,200.00 - $ / Annually

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