Network Engineer- W2

MUST already reside in Michigan as this is a hybrid role.

Our customer is looking for a strong Network Engineer to join their team to provide needed capacity while their primary network resource is out on leave. This person needs to be comfortable with Meraki switches and access points, Palo Alto VPNs and firewalls, and open to making architectural suggestions as they refine their networking strategy. This person will be doing a lot of backlog/operational work in addition to the strategy side.

Nice to have technologies include public cloud networking (primarily Azure, including remote access, Prisma connectivity, AVD networking), and High Availability Network Architecture.

• Perform operational analysis of new technologies and recommend necessary changes for architecture and infrastructure design.
• Design, plan, and implement projects, as needed, to support day-to-day production requirements.
• Build foundational capabilities and processes to address network needs in tactical and strategic terms.
• Evaluate existing internal environments and make recommendations for improving the environment.
• Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures for networking solutions, including routers, switches, firewalls, and other networking equipment.
• Design and implement improvements to network performance, capacity, and scalability.
• Proactively monitor systems and perform preventative maintenance and updates to prevent performance impacts to systems and business functions.
• Provide operational and technical support to ensure ongoing stability and optimization of the networking environment.
• Mentor team members on technical issues.
• Create, oversee, and test security measures.
• Maintain complete technical documentation.
• Motivate and grow the networking function to its next level of maturity, agility, and scalability.

• 7-10 years of hands-on network engineering/design and operation experience in large, high-availability, global enterprise environments.
• Experience with overall network infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, VLANs, routing, switching, load balancing, and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of network security, including firewalls, proxies, and VPN.
• Experience configuring and deploying Palo Alto firewalls, routers, and Cisco Meraki switches and access points.
• Configuration of port security.
• Layer 2/3 switching.
• Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS) fundamentals.
• Network and application security device configuration and management (e.g., Cisco, Barracuda, Palo Alto, Sonic Wall).
• Organizational and mentoring skills.
• Experience with network diagnostic, monitoring, and analysis tools.
• Familiarity with access control models and network security.

Network engineering, meraki, palo alto

This person should be comfortable working pretty independently and comfortable offering suggestions based on their knowledge of best practices. Any Cisco or Palo Alto certifications would be nice to have.

This is a Contract position based out of Birmingham, MI.

The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $70.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Hea…