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Location: Columbia, SC Duration: 12+ months Rate: Open This position will be 75% hands on administration of networks and 25% R&D. Assists in the planning, forecasting, implementation, and identification of resource requirements for network systems (including wireless) of moderate complexity. Participates in network planning, network architecture design and engineering. Integrates and schematically depicts communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software, transmission and signaling links and protocols into complete network configurations. Evaluates new products, performs network problem resolution and assists in the development and documentation of technical standards and interface applications. Monitors protocol compatibility, performs system tuning and makes recommendations for improvement. Scope Of Project The intent of this work order is to provide implementation and maintenance support on network and networked systems. Key areas are virtual Private Networking (VPN), TCP/IP, Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Internet security. Individual will administer networking, firewalls, configurations, and routing, and security of agency components. Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as support specialist. Support contractor must demonstrate an expert knowledge of Cisco, Brocade, and Industry Leading Network components. Knowledge of VMWare and Windows 2008/2012. General duties include managing internal agency network for agency and branch offices, effectively researching and provide guidance leading to solutions with our strategic direction initiatives, monitoring network infrastructure and security, assisting in supporting disaster recover/failover scenarios. Engineer will be a team member that ensures the stability and integrity of network, data and server services through monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all server and infrastructure systems. This individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group. General Responsibilities Non-Technical - Effectively interact and communicate with peer to Director-level IT professionals. - Provide feedback to team regarding product issues, enhancements and new features. - Must have initiative, drive and be a self-starter. - Ability to ask pertinent questions of others. - Proactively seek to identify, communicate and implement process related improvements. - Effectively manage multiple tasks and activities concurrently and able to provide periodic status updates to key stakeholders - Collaborate extensively with peers and management to resolve client issues while actively contributing to a growing knowledge network that improves the effectiveness of our team and the information available to our clients. - Prioritize numerous issues of varying severity, and effectively manage the resolution of all issues within accepted service levels. This includes ownership of the data entered into the Helpdesk system and appropriately updating both client and appropriate employees of status of all issues on a timely basis. - Good customer skills, be attentive to detail, and responsive to customer tickets. Technical - Troubleshoot and recommend technical solutions. - Develop workaround solutions as appropriate. - Monitor and assess current systems and recommend hardware and software enhancements - Act as technical resource for other IT analysts and business units by resolving complex computer equipment and systems problems - Diagnose and resolve problems related to hardware, software, or operator error, and resolve or repair - Escalate complex problems to other groups, Help Desk, or vendors for resolution or for support under maintenance agreements; oversee vendor work - Install, configure, test, monitor, and maintain system and application hardware, software, and peripherals for users; install and configure servers in collaboration with WAN group - Perform equipment and software upgrades - Lead and execute small projects - Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products - Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote information security among coworkers - Qualified candidate will be responsible performing root cause analysis/resolution. - Performs other duties and special projects as assigned. Skills Required: - At least 8 years experience in NETWORKING SUPPORT in Information Technology. - Expert on Cisco, Brocade, Network Protocols - Experience with firewalls, including Palo Alto, web filters - Experience with highly segmented and secure network architecture - Hands-on technical knowledge of network and server operating systems - Current working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards, including TCP/IP, and DNS, DHCP. - Experience in developing and maintaining documentation for policies, procedures, and best practices. - Experience in monitoring infrastructure systems for Windows environments - Experience with Virtual Environments - Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills a must. - Able to conduct research into infrastructure issues and products as required. - Leading effective team meetings - Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language. - Highly self motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail. - Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Experienced hardware troubleshooting. - Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment. - Strong customer service orientation. - Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. - The ability to lift and transport moderately heavy objects up to 50 lbs, such as servers and peripherals. - Ability to craft proactive and automated scripts and tools Skills Preferred: Highly Preferred - Experience within a NIST and/or PCI environment. - CISCO technology solutions - Current industry certifications for Microsoft, Security, VMware, Brocade, Cisco - Support of web-based applications for internal (intranet) sites and external (Internet) sites. - Knowledge of Change Management - Extensive working knowledge of Internet protocols, tools and techniques including but not limited to: o Internet Information Server, o Server operating systems installation and configuration, o Internet security, o Virtual Private Networking (VPN), o TCP/IP, Local Area Networks (LAN), o Wide Area Networks (WAN), Preferred - BA, PM, QA certifications & experience - Experience with Projects operating under PMI methodology - Advanced on Windows Server 2008, 2012, Active Directory, GPO administration Thanks Sandeep Sandeep Jain Software People Inc. <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Ph: 631-863-0299, 631-410-4741, 631-921-2111 C Fax: 631-574-3122 Twitter: Software People @spincjobs Certifications: SBA 8a/SDB, NY MWBE, VA SWaM, DE OMWBE, MA MWBE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Exact Match" group. 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