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

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking a Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer to provide network engineering services to the statewide enterprise network and all State agencies. The role involves acting as a subject matter expert in designing, implementing, and supporting complex networks, while also establishing best practices and standards for network solutions.

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, administering, 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 impacts 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

• A minimum of five (5) years of hands-on professional experience designing, implementing, testing, and documenting complex Cisco based network solutions
• Expertise in Software-Defined Access, Cisco DNAC, and Catalyst technologies is highly preferable
• Three (3) years professional engineering experience in network design, architecture, and implementation
• The ideal candidate will have a thorough understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, and Cisco products, and will work on planning and improving enterprise network solutions
• 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 scripting and automation
• Experience in Agile/Scrum Methodologies or Agile/Scrum Methodologies certification(s)

Benefits

• This position is eligible for State employee benefits and may be extended as the situation warrants.
• This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of approximately two years from the date of hire.
• This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of two years from the time of hire. The position may be extended if additional funds permit it. This position is eligible for State employee benefits.
• A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.
• Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.
• This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.
• This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.
• If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.
• While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position.
• OIT candidates and employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.
• The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.
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