Network Engineer

Primarily remote, but employees will need to come into the office 4-6 times a year, as well as for the first three days of their employment. The client will not pay for travel.

Our direct client has an opening for a Network Engineer 1355.

Rates $45-$52w2.

This position is up to 2 years with the option of extension. The client is in Phoenix, AZ.

Tentative Shift Start Time 9:00 AM. Tentative Shift End Time 5:00 PM in the Arizona Time Zone.

• Working closely with other IT teams including Information Security, Service Desk, Quality Assurance, Production Support and product vendors to plan, deploy and sustain a stable, highly performing and available infrastructure and application environment.
• Ownership/oversight and hands‑on planning, deployment and operational upkeep of ASRS’ infrastructure and applications.
• Proactive monitoring, identification and resolution of the most complex infrastructure and application problems.
• Promoting and advancing team efficiencies and capabilities through Dev Ops/automation improvements.
• Maintain timely, accurate and complete documentation and desk procedures for systems and team functions.
• Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Administration and management of multi‑tiered COTS applications, public‑cloud services, physical and virtual servers, mid‑tier storage arrays and SAN, security appliances, active directory and group policy, secure remote access, remote desktop/VDI.
• Adherence to Incident, Problem, Configuration and Change Management processes and controls.
• Perform IT Service Management functions including creating tickets, communicating with users and IT staff, fielding incident escalations, performing troubleshooting operations and thoroughly documenting progress/status.

• Through understanding of multi‑tiered application architecture.
• Technical knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and client operating systems.
• Technical knowledge of Linux Server operating systems.
• Ability to automate operational tasks and routines using Power Shell and/or other automation platforms or methods.
• Proven customer service skills and ability to work professionally and effectively with all levels of staff.
• Proven organizational skills.
• Demonstrated problem‑resolution skills and analytical/critical thinking abilities.
  
  Ability to work within established operational policies and guidelines.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the agency.
• Experience working in a 24x7, mission‑critical enterprise public cloud and on‑premises data center environment.

• One or more industry‑accepted certifications related to AWS, Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare, etc.
• BS in Computer/Information Systems or five years of experience as a server/network administrator in a medium‑large enterprise.