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Network Engineer at Washington DC 20003 (Hybrid)
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Position :- Network Engineer
Location :- Washington DC 20003 (Hybrid)
Type :- Contract
Job Description
We are looking for exceptional problem-solvers to help address our most compelling Infrastructure needs. You will work alongside top engineers and technical thought leaders building Network solutions to help shape the future of our enterprise.
What you will do.
Support the implementation of core network/computing components and document critical design and configuration details to support enterprise Infrastructure initiatives. The Network Infrastructure Engineer will be primarily responsible for utilizing technical skills to coordinate enhancements and deployment efforts and to provide insight and recommendations for implementing business customer solutions. The engineer will work closely with other Infrastructure teams, project managers, other System Admins, and functions.
Responsibilities include:
- Identify hardware, software, and external service cost estimates and resource requirements.
- Inform stakeholders of the strategy for deployment of new implementations, as well as the maintenance and upgrades of existing equipment.
- Ensure compliance with incidents, problem, and change management procedures and execute ticket-based requests with little or no additional help.
- Participate and manage technical project review meetings to ensure technical designs meet the DC Water s operational requirements and infrastructure/security standards.
- Work with the Infrastructure Services Team to develop and operate a technology roadmap based on established priorities to meet strategic engineering goals, such as Enterprise Architecture, Quality Assurance, Performance, Operations and Support.
- Improve infrastructure operations through better use of monitoring, Configuration, and scripting best practices.
- Deliver fully functioning network services with secure access points across all premises, cloud service environments.
- Identify on-premises technologies and their cloud counterparts and automate infrastructure migration to cloud environments.
- Perform network engineering tasks relating to perimeter security, encryption, micro-segmentation, firewall configuration, connectivity, and protocols.
- Manage and develop technical artifacts, such as an Implementation Plan, System Administration Guide, Operational Turnover Plan, System Security Plan, etc.
- Understand software development and Agile best practices as it relates to work coordination, acceptance criteria, and deployment management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of technology consulting or other relevant industry experience
- Prior professional experience in IT Strategy, IT Business Management, Cloud & Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering
- Experience working independently with minimal supervision and guidance.
- Focus on results and be delivery oriented, with a keen interest on quality and the ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with experience exercising mature judgment.
- Ability to write clearly, succinctly, and in a manner, that appeals to a wide audience.
- Compute: Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, Consolidation, Tiered and Virtualized Storage, Automated Provisioning, Rationalization, Infrastructure Cost Reduction, thin Provisioning
- Experience with Operating systems and Software: Upgrade Planning and Implementation, Clustering and Grid Computing.
- Experience with Virtualization: Virtualization Server, Storage, Desktop, Network; Reducing Sprawl; Advisory on Migration Disposition/Type (Re-host, Re-platform, Refactor, etc.)
- Experience with Infrastructure-Based Processes: Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Facilities Management, Performance Tuning, Asset Management, Disaster Recovery, Data Center support.
Preferred:
- Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Firewalls, Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction
- Possess one of the following additional certifications for the design/development of distributed solutions on a leading infrastructure platform is optional:
o Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)or equivalent industry certification
o Network + certification
o Microsoft Azure certifications
o VMWare Certifications (Data Center Virtualization, Cloud Management and Automation, Network Virtualization)
o AWS Solutions certifications
- Experience with legacy system engineering assessments, discovering the build and details surrounding the system towards transitioning into a new hosted environment - developing detailed technical migration plan documents illustrating the future state architecture of the system in its new environment, supporting the functionality of the system and meeting all required specifications for security, performance, and otherwise as indicated by the business customer.
TheInfrastructure Services Team
The DC Water Infrastructure Services Team focuses on providing and managing an enterprise-wide network, wireless, and telephone connectivity; house computational resourcesand proactively plan for the evolving technical needs and challenges of the Authority.
In support of the DC Water Blueprint, the Infrastructure Services Team is positioned as a partner to provide, through customer engagement, outstanding technology infrastructure, services and solutions that empower staff to provide exceptional services, effectively manage and protect corporate data in advancing the Mission of DC Water.
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