Network Engineer

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Network Engineer - Greenwood Village, CO

Job Summary
This 12 month contract opportunity is for a Network Engineer role for a major health care provider. The individual in this role will work directly with customers, vendors, and Strategic Partners to identify, troubleshoot, resolve data networking related issues and/or design network solutions. Monitor LAN/WAN connectivity to ensure that all users have the required LAN/WAN connections. Troubleshoot and resolve LAN/WAN connectivity issues as they arise in and Ethernet and Token Ring environment. Maintain data integrity through daily backup of all file server information. Ensure that an effective tape rotation is maintained. Troubleshoot hardware problems. Provide timely and accurate progress status on all ongoing support issues, with an emphasis on problems, issues, and concerns. Monitor telecommunications performance and make configuration changes to hubs, Routers, Switches, etc., as necessary to ensure that maximum network performance is maintained. Manage server disk space, memory, caching, and other performance metrics to ensure that all Servers are operating at peak efficiency. Work with client groups to ensure that end users have all required equipment properly installed and configured based on specific project requirements. Monitor print Servers and troubleshoot and resolve all network printing issues. Evaluate and recommend new or upgraded products to enhance the performance of the LAN/WAN.

Job Requirements:

Experience Level:
6-10 Years.

Skill Set:
Consultant would have a Bachelor's degree in MIS/Computer Science/Math or equivalent experience. 2+ years previous experience in the IT industry or four additional years of equivalent work experience.

Top 3 - 5 Daily responsibilities 

Provide guidance on and/or lead the design & engineering efforts, as well as expert technical input & support for engineering network & telecommunications solutions based on recognized standards and best practices. 
Direct organizations vendors and provide guidance & criteria for documenting design standards and engineering solutions. 
Assist leadership and collaborate and consult with stakeholders to develop solutions and coordinate, implement, and prioritize plans to meet standards & requirements. 
Work closely with project managers to upgrade or create designs to meet business requirements. Work with peers to assist and support other engineering initiatives. 
Follow all Change Management and Acceptance Testing processes. Validate and/or improve processes for performing change and quality assurance checks. 
Follow all Incident and Problem Management processes for operational support. 
Lead efforts in updates to processes, procedures, guidelines, and standards, including quality controls. Participate in investigations, analysis, reviews, pilots, and evaluations of advanced technologies. 
Work with peers in recommending improvements to existing systems and identify potential issues for escalation and resolution

Required Skills: 

Must have excellent oral and written skills.
Strong documentation and presentation are critical 
Must understand Cisco Firewalls appliances and FWSM 
Familiarity with MPLS/BGP, OSPF, QoS, WAN 
Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems. 
Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards. 
Considered functional expert (Subject Matter Expert SME) in field within KP. 
Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods. 
Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist. 

Desired skills: 
Previous experience in network services within the health care industry is desirable 
CCIe, CCNP, CCDE, or CCVP Certification 

Soft Skills:
Self Starter, Process Oriented Individual 
Must show the ability to think critically, creatively, independently and cooperatively. 
Be mentally flexible and agile 
Strong technical project engineering skills and excellent analytical problem solving skills 

Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 months
From
Enclipse Corp.
Published at
02.10.2014
Project ID:
783970
Contract type
Freelance
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