Network Engineer II; Remote - WashU IT

Position: Network Engineer II (Remote) - WashU IT

Position Summary

Firewall focused Network Engineer provides complex technical and analytical work in serving as a resource for networking, enterprise network planning, high-level troubleshooting, security, network system administration, and/or networking products and services. Work includes the design, review of internal and external infrastructure requirements, technology evaluation, testing, and developing guidelines for implementation. Consults with clients and/or vendors to determine future network systems requirements, their costs, design additions, solutions to complex network operating problems, and the design of network security systems.

Serves as expert on the network and network services, including serving as a resource to more junior analysts in network problem solving and design. This includes determining needs and researching new technology additions and improvements to the network. He or she may also function as a technical specialist for network management systems or telecommunications networks (data, video, and voice-over IP), network architecture, network systems administration, network services, and converged network services.

Employee requires a general understanding of all aspects of networking (routing and switching, data center, wireless, security, etc.) with a specialty in at least one.

Primary

Duties & Responsibilities

• Works with customers to develop requirements for network services and then to design cost‑effective, secure and reliable solutions to meet those requirements.
• Prepares and maintains detailed network documentation both for networking team and end users.
• Configures and manages central network components (including network firewalls, Site to Site VPN firewalls, and Remote Access VPN firewalls to provide service to end users and departments. Triage and evaluate daily firewall requests into security policy and NAT rules.
• May serve as team leader for more junior‑level analysts.
• Provides tier three resource for various network performance and connectivity issues; assists the Network Operation Center (NOC) analysts when called upon.
• Works with SOC to establish policies and procedures for managing the network.
• Stays current with new technologies, with a focus on routing, switching, wireless and security technology.
• Configures and manages security perimeter devices (firewalls and VPN gateways) to provide service to end users and departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Location /Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk or a table

Equipment

• Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications Education

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications / Professional Licenses

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience

Network And Server (4 Years)

Skills

Not Applicable

Driver’s License

A driver’s license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Candidate will have extensive knowledge with routing (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF), switching (VLANs, Spanning Tree) and network firewalls to include Cisco ASA, Cisco Secure Firewall, and Palo Alto NGFW. Detailed understanding of technical issues to design architecture for stable technologies. Familiarity with Python scripting language to include the requests library used to make API calls to automate firewall and network device configuration and management.

Candidate will have experience with managing and configuring Palo Alto NGFW and VMs and understanding operational aspects and configuration such as dynamic updates, monitoring threat logs, and managing Global Protect VPN software.

Preferred Qualifications Education

No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Certifications / Professional Licenses

No additional certification/professional licenses…