Network Engineer- Goverment Sector- Local in Richmond, VA

Network Engineer - Richmond, VA Hybrid
Work schedule is HYBRID (3 days onsite a week in Richmond, VA) Need Locals
Interview is VIRTUAL AND ONSITE
Length of contract is 6 months with rolling extensions

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Responsibilities:
Expert level experience in routing & switching, Wi-Fi and network packet brokers to design, implement, and support our datacenter and campus networks.
Provide day to day operational support for VRS Arista LAN and Wi-Fi infrastructure
Reviews network designs for an EVPN, VxLAN, leaf-spine architecture and make recommendations for deployment, upgrades, enhancements or improvements as required
Deploying and maintaining Arista's NDR and AGNI Security solutions
Develop and maintain a network infrastructure monitoring and alerting strategy
Support interoperability between Arista and other networking solutions including Cisco and Palo Alto
Assist with configuration buildouts including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Chef or Ansible
Continuously improving processes and documentation for network assets
Participate in troubleshooting incidents for VRS and coordinate with vendor support as required
Build and maintain partnership with external vendors, including Arista TAC
Translate complex business requirements and objectives into leaf-spine network solutions
Continues technology, security, and networking training to maintain expertise
Supporting VRS business services by completing requests and resolving incidents in documented SLA timings; as well as following all change management processes
Ensuring security solutions, policies, and procedures are sufficient to meet and respond to threats to our network infrastructure
Other duties as assigned
Required Skills and Experience:
10+ years' working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks.
Expert working knowledge of CloudVision
Experience with Arista (preferably) or other commercial Wi-Fi platform
Expert knowledge of leaf-spine architectures
Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, VxLAN, VPN, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, IPsec, MACsec, Multicast, QoS, Wi-Fi, VoIP, and 802.1X
Expertise in at least one area of Data Center related technologies - Openstack, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers, Virtualization, Linux tools
Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is highly desired
Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
Excellent written skills and desire to document network infrastructures
Experience with working in an ITIL or similar service operational environment
Palo Alto firewall experience

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