[Remote] Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer (Remote from anywhere in Colorado)

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NEOGOV is part of the State of Colorado's Governor's Office of Information Technology, focusing on improving the lives of Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. The Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer will provide network engineering services to the statewide enterprise network, acting as a subject matter expert in designing, implementing, and supporting complex networks for state agencies.


Responsibilities

  • Provide network engineering services to the statewide enterprise network and all State agencies.
  • Act as a subject matter expert providing design, implementation, and support of highly complex networks including LAN/WAN, Wireless, data center, cloud technologies.
  • Act as the technical lead for the planning, testing, administrating, and implementing network solutions and establishing best practices standards.
  • Make decisions and provide detailed input that affects the State core network and agencies network infrastructure.
  • Perform network architecture design and implementation which impact all supported agencies and their locations across Colorado.
  • Establish network technology standards to be used within the State network infrastructure.
  • Interface with the network operations, security operations, and telecommunications teams to provide network services to customers.
  • Support the strategic interface to other entities including state, federal, and local agencies; private sector groups; and the public.
  • Design, configure, administer, and deploy mission critical network hardware and applications to provide network as a services (NaaS) for State agencies to include wireless, software defined access and wide area networks.
  • Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems, addressing security concerns, responding to and resolving outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with internal and external partners on network optimization.
  • Provide subject matter expertise on network design, solution, and implementation for new network projects.
  • Analyze performance and comparative costs of products to determine the most cost effective solution.
  • Provide recommendations and solutions to leadership.
  • Partner with customers and vendors to clarify rationale for technical decisions and concepts so they can understand the basis for the decisions.

Skills

  • Five years experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position, to include: Configuring Cisco based routing and switching solutions for local campus and Wide Area Network, Leading and planning network projects, Cisco DNAC, Network monitoring applications, Developing Network topologies.
  • Three (3) years professional engineering experience in network design, architecture, and implementation.
  • Cisco Professional and/or Expert certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Cisco Certified Internet Expert (CCIE).
  • Professional networking experience with wireless technologies.
  • Professional networking experience with Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) application.
  • Professional networking experience with Cisco DNAC.
  • Professional networking experience with data center technologies.
  • Professional networking experience with Software-Defined Access technologies.
  • Professional networking experience with Software-Defined WAN (SDWAN).
  • Professional networking experience with scripting and automation.
  • Understanding Agile/Scrum Methodologies or having Agile/Scrum Methodologies certification(s).

Benefits

  • This position is eligible for State employee benefits
  • Travel Requirement: These roles will require occasional travel within the state to areas outside of your assigned geographic location. These instances will be planned in advance and expenses will be reimbursed per the existing policies and procedures.

Company Overview

  • NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.neogov.com.

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