Network Administration - Des Moines, IA 50309

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Company: Inteletech Global, Inc.

Location: Des Moines, IA 50317

Description:

Benefits:
  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching


Role: Network Administration
Location: Des Moines, IA 50309
Long Term Contract

***PLEASE NEED LOCAL REGIONAL CANDIDATES TO THIS POSITION WHO CAN BE ONSITE AS NEEDED

Job Description:
This senior-level position supports the computer networking responsibilities by managing firewalls, secure communications, network monitoring, and providing consulting and architecture services for network infrastructure.

The Senior Network Engineer will support the Department of Management (DOM) and Division Of Information Technology (DOIT) by managing and optimizing the organization's enterprise networking environment. This senior-level role is critical in maintaining secure communications, network monitoring, and offering both consulting and architecture services for network infrastructure. The position involves operational support for routers, switches, and firewalls, along with assessing and improving network infrastructure across various executive branch agencies.
KeyResponsibilities
  • Operational Support: Manage routers, switches, and firewalls to ensure security, performance, capacity, and availability of services.
  • Network Configuration and Maintenance: Configure and maintain secure network infrastructure in accordance with security standards and best practices.
  • Network Architecture: Provide network architecture support, including infrastructure assessments, creation of logical and conceptual network diagrams, monitoring, analysis, problem resolution, and changes.
  • Network Security: Manage networks and systems to prevent unauthorized access while ensuring efficient transmission. Perform log management and monitoring.
  • Firewall Management: Plan, schedule, and implement access through firewalls in line with security standards and best practices.
  • Incident/Change Management: Adhere to defined incident/change management processes.
  • Collaboration: Communicate regularly with other technical teams and business owners.
  • Customer Support: Work with customers to develop testing and implementation schedules as needed.
  • Documentation: Maintain and update technical documentation of the environment.

RequiredSkills and Experience
  • Network Fundamentals: Strong knowledge of network switching, routing, IP addressing, and Internet connectivity (10+ years).
  • Technical Support: Senior-level technical support experience in a complex enterprise networking environment, including analytical and problem-solving skills (10+ years).
  • IP Networking: Thorough working knowledge of IP networking (10+ years).
  • Security and Firewall Administration: Experience with security and firewall administration, including data network implementation (10+ years).
  • Advanced Diagnostics: Experience with advanced diagnostics equipment and tools, routing protocols, network management tools, remote access, Ethernet, and WAN technologies (7+ years).
  • Specific Technologies: Experience with F5 and Visio (2+ years).
  • Cloud Technologies: Experience with cloud networking, particularly AWS and Azure (1+ years).

Highly Desired Skills
  • Unix Scripting: Skills in Unix scripting languages such as Perl, Bash, TCL, and cURL.
  • VMware: Experience with VMware implementation and administration.

Qualification Insights
  • Top Priorities: Emphasis on network architecture and firewall management.
  • Key Technologies: Predominantly a Cisco environment with some Palo Alto gear and F5.
  • Cloud Technologies: Ideal candidates will have skills in AWS and Azure cloud networking.
  • Scripting and VMware: Not required but beneficial; can be learned on the job.
  • Team Collaboration: Will work closely with the network team.
  • Current Challenges: Maintaining system uptime, learning the environment, and potentially performing assessments and recommendations.
  • Upcoming Projects: No specific major projects planned.
  • Work Details: Some onsite work required. Standard hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with potential after-hours work likely.

Required/Desired Skills:

Skill | Required /Desired | Amount | Candidates Experience
  • Network switching, routing, IP addressing, and Internet connectivity | Required | 10 Years |
  • Full time senior level technical support experience in a complex enterprise networking environment including analytical, problem solving | Required | 10 Years |
  • Thorough working knowledge of network fundamentals including IP networking | Required | 10 Years |
  • Experience with security and firewall administration to include data network implementation | Required | 10 Years |
  • Experience with advanced diagnostics equipment and tools, routing protocols, network management tools, remote access, Ethernet, and WAN technologies | Required | 7 Years |
  • Visio skills | Required | 2 Years |
  • In-depth experience with F5 prodcuts | Required | 4 Years |
  • Strong preference for experience implementing Cloud technologies | Required | 2 Years |
  • Strong preference for Unix scripting skills (e.g. Perl, Bash, TCL cURL). | Highly desired | 1 Years |
  • Experience with VMware implementation and administration. | Highly desired | 1 Years |


Compensation: $52.00 - $68.00 per hour

About Us

We're more than Software Company with a creative side. We're a full-service creative studio with a serious technology background. We take a holistic view of sales and marketing, building digital brands that deliver real value to our client.

As a marketing agency, our innovative digital strategies grab and hold people's attention, and produce the communication and organizing tools needed for success. With a mix optimized to the specific goals of each client and the character of their target customer demographics, we provide true integration across media platforms and channels.

Our Vision
Inteletech Global, Inc provides consulting services to assist clients with their ongoing demand for changing IT environments. The early 2000s were an exciting time for IT. Digital technology was transforming our lives, and with each innovation, it became clear that digital was the future.
We use our Global Delivery Model for the success of every engagement. Improve effectiveness and efficiency of IT application environments by adopting re-usable software platforms. Our onsite teams work directly with our clients to understand and analyze the current-state of problems and design specifically tailored conceptual solutions.

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