Network Engineer

Role: Network Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA Local only

Duration:  12+ Months Contract

Responsibilities:

Responsible for designing, testing, implementing, and supporting network infrastructure.

Provide consultation and direct technical support in life cycle planning, problem management, integration, and network configuration. 
 

-Supports and administers firewall environments in line with IT security policy. 

-Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations. 

-Reports network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing projects. 

-Performs basic configuration of firewalls. 

-Provides remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation. 

-Provides remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation. 

-Communicates with customers via email and phone for initial requirement capture. 

-Undertakes data network fault investigations in local and wide area environments, using information from multiple sources. 

-Secures network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, and defining and monitoring access. 

-Upgrades data network equipment to the latest stable firmware releases. 

-Configures routing and switching equipment. 

-Configures hosted IP voice services. 

-Performs capacity management and auditing of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers. 

-Establishes networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards. 

-Designs and implements new solutions and improves resilience of current environment. 

-Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimization. 

-Communicates with project management teams, third-line engineers and service desk engineers on a regular basis.