Cloud Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Responsible for the implementation, support, maintenance, and deployment of LAN/WAN using Cisco equipment and other vendor network equipment and software. Cloud onramp deployment and support. Contribute and engage to resolve real time production issues. Daily network health checks. Maintain internal client relationships. Assist internal leaders on developing solutions, guiding towards best practice. Identify and review opportunities and prioritize activities to optimize network deployments. Able to assist with project mobilization. Support others to achieve best in class service. Understand business challenges and goals. Formulate solutions based on expertise and capabilities. Create diagrams and asset lists to better our internal development. Develop practice area collateral, offerings, and supporting materials such as Method of Procedures (MoPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Contribute to the development of assets and intellectual property (e.g. playbooks, templates, etc.). Provides analysis, documentation, configuration, testing and implementation of networking solutions that interface with local and wide area networks. Participate in regular on-call shifts that stretch throughout the week and weekend. Tactfully collaborate with project teams to extrapolate customer technical requirements and assist in generating best practices integration, and migration plans for technology solutions. Provide advanced data center networking implementation, support and troubleshooting services. Monitors network to maximize its performance and troubleshoots network problems and outages, schedules upgrades and collaborates with Cisco network architects on network optimization. Identifies and deploys upgrades to network devices (routers and switches) including but not limited to IOS and Nexus. Capable of deploying circuits at the network level (Ethernet, Wave, and MPLS). Contributes to disaster recovery procedures including but not limited to developing and maintaining backups and documentation for configuration, hardware device recovery and asset inventory.

Cisco certified CCIE or CCNP with route/switch focus preferred. Education or experience equivalent to a four-year college degree. Strong delivery capabilities pertaining to overall network strategies and Cisco networking platforms including cloud networking. Consulting-relevant experience with a strong focus on Cisco subject matter expertise. Ability to work with and understand security based technologies to trouble shoot network issues (Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls). Exposure and experience with telco processes to install services into data centers and local offices. Requires analytical and technical skill to troubleshoot equipment and diagnose real-time problems to resolve issues immediately. Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with the ability to adapt and succeed in dynamic environments. Strong knowledge of IP routing protocols: BGP, EIGRP, OSPF. (ACI data center fabric understanding beneficial.) Strong knowledge of networking logical models such as vPC, LACP, IPMI, VRF, VSYS, Spanning-Tree, and others. Experience with networking automation with the use of Python, REST, Ansible, Terraform, and/or other tools to efficiently implement and change data center fabric policies. Ability to identify major technology trends and share point of view with leadership and internal clients in support of solutions. Skilled at hardware programming and support for the following: Cisco Nexus 5k, 2k, 9k, Catalyst 9k, 45xx, 37xx, 35xx, 29xx Series switches. ACi 9k, Spine, Leaf topology. IP, DHCP, DNS administration experience. IDS/IPS, firewall, DMZ, VPN, TACACS.

The Network Engineer will deploy and support the following; AWS and Azure cloud connectivity, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Cisco Nexus iOS, Catalyst iOS, Cisco SDWAN, Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA Center, Meraki, Cisco Wireless products, A10 load balancers. The Network Engineer will also work with engagement architects and internal customers to help maintain, deploy, and troubleshoot other infrastructure platforms managed by others. This position requires in-depth knowledge and understanding of all aspects of network routing. This includes all forms of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, network tagging, and cloud networking for AWS and Azure. Our Network environment includes all areas of the data centers, local offices, and cloud-based infrastructure that incorporate conventional route/switch technologies as well as software defined networks and other various solution offerings. This position will be required to perform regular on-call shifts including weekends, and use various troubleshooting applications for success. These applications primarily include Solarwinds, DNA Center, AppViewX, some Palo Alto understanding would be helpful, Service Now, and PagerDuty.

The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $100.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. 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, Health Spending Account (HSA), Transportation benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

This is a hybrid position in Newport Beach, CA. Application Deadline: This position is anticipated to close on Sep 5, 2025.

TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.