Senior Cisco Network Engineer at LingaTech

Location: Washington DCPosition Type:HybridHybrid Schedule: Onsite first 4 weeks transition into 3 days onsiteContract Length: 8 months extensionsPosition Overview:This contractor role supports the planning implementation and ongoing maintenance of a Cisco-based network environment within a hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded Cisco network engineer with an active CCNP and strong experience in network operations Windows server administration and virtualization using VMware.Duties:Perform daily operations maintenance configuration optimization and upgrades of network infrastructure including Windows servers Cisco ISE Cisco ASA firewalls routers and switches.Monitor performance capacity and availability of LAN WAN telephony and virtual systems.Diagnose and resolve incidents promptly to ensure continuity of services.Maintain network documentation configuration standards and change management processes.Implement and maintain information security and assurance requirements across all network activities.Support telephony systems including VoIP voice switching analog services ACD and IVR platforms.Enforce policies related to security compliance auditing disaster recovery and encryption.Use enterprise tools to analyze monitor troubleshoot and manage network and system health including Cisco ISE Cisco Umbrella Cisco FMC Cisco DNA Microsoft Active Directory tools Microsoft Intune Tanium Cayosoft SSH RDP IDS/IPS appliances firewalls VMware vCenter DHCP DNS and related utilities.Required Skills:4 years of experience in maintenance configuration optimization and upgrades of infrastructure including Windows servers Cisco ISE Cisco ASA firewalls routers and switches.4 years of experience monitoring performance capacity and availability of LAN WAN telephony and virtual systems.4 years of experience diagnosing and resolving incidents promptly to ensure continuity of services.4 years of experience maintaining network documentation configuration standards and change management processes.4 years of experience implementing and maintaining information security and assurance requirements across all network activities.4 years of experience supporting telephony systems including VoIP voice switching analog services ACD and IVR platforms.4 years of experience using Cisco ISE Cisco Umbrella Cisco FMC Cisco DNA Microsoft Active Directory tools Microsoft Intune Tanium Cayosoft SSH RDP IDS and IPS appliances.4 years of experience managing firewalls VMware vCenter DHCP DNS and associated utilities.Active current CCNP certification.Preferred Skills:Strong working knowledge of Active Directory VMware and Windows server administration. Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills EIGRP,Load Balancing,Routing Protocols,Network Engineering,BGP,LAN,Computer Networking,IPsec,OSPF,Cisco ASA,Juniper,MPLS Employment Type : Contract Experience: years Vacancy: 1