Description

We are offering a contract to hire employment opportunity for a Network Administrator / Engineer role in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering engineering services for network infrastructure and working closely with teams across systems, network, applications, and information security.

The Network Admin/ Engineer will deliver engineering services for network infrastructure and partners with our systems, network, applications, and info sec personnel in support of integration and development.

Supports a sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure including end-point devices, on prem data center-hosted servers, cloud services as well as virtualized applications, and storage systems.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

SECURITY

Conducts regular security assessments to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities. Monitors security logs and alerts to detect and respond to security incidents in a timely manner.

TROUBLESHOOT

Network operating and maintenance concepts and methods used to troubleshoot network problems for LAN, WAN, VPN, SD-WAN, and VoIP. Installs, configures, upgrades, and manages Next Gen Firewalls. Troubleshoots complex network (LAN, WAN, DNS, etc.) and firewall-related issues.

TECHNICAL

Performs routine upgrades, sets up VPN tunnels, and implements network changes for integration work. Identifies, develops, plans, implements, and supports enterprise security systems. Develops new and/or updates existing controls that limit the risk exposure for the company and optimizes security system performance. Proactively pinpoints and eliminates network performance bottlenecks impacting business workloads and steadily improves network uptime.

Requirements

Interviews are currently being conducted, for immediate consideration please apply

The successful Network Administrator / Engineer will have:

The successful Network Admin / Engineer will have:

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, preferred.

Three (3) years' working experience with firewall administration in a business environment, preferred. CCNA, CCNP, Security+, or other professional certifications, preferred. Or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.

Palo Alto experience desired.

PCNSE required within the first year of employment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment drug test and background investigation.

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