CCNP Cisco Network Engineer

Blue Stone Recruiting is a national search firm with a focus on placing top Web and Applications talent with prestigious organizations nationwide. We are working with a large healthcare company who is seeking a highly-skilled, versatile CCNP Cisco Network Engineer with exposure to Linux Systems Administration.

Network Engineer will be involved in a Dev Ops and Service Reliability Engineering role where you will deliver 24/7 administration and support for business owners. This career opportunity requires a solid understanding of Cisco and Linux technology. Must have 2 years real world IT Support experience with a broad range of technologies and skills.

• Cisco CCNP Switching and Routing equivalent level knowledge
• Cisco Catalyst (preferably 6500 series) experience
• Cisco Content Switching Module
• ASA/PIX Firewall Service Module
• Cisco ASA Firewalls and VPN
• Competency with an administrative language such as perl, python or ruby
• Familiarity with application protocols such as DNS, HTTP, SIP
• 1+ years of experience administering and supporting linux based systems
• Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, preferably RHEL/CentOS
• Familiarity with infrastructure orchestration and automation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a focus on collaboration between team members and other teams.

Additional skills:

• Familiarity with Solaris & Windows
• Familiarity with virtualization, preferably Citrix Xen Server or open source Xen
• Familiarity with monitoring systems (Zenoss, Nagios, etc.)
• Familiarity with enterprise storage systems such as Net App systems
• Familiarity with AWS services EC2, S3 & Route 53
• Familiarity with No
  
  SQL technologies, preferably MongoDB
• Familiarity using and administering Apache HTTP, Nginx, Memcache, Varnish, MySQL, Posfix, Free Switch
• Familiarity with the ELK stack, elasticsearch, logstash and kibana
• Familiarity with performance, profiling and analytics tools like New Relic or App Dynamics

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.