Firewall Engineer

Where

Jersey City, NJ

What you'll be doing

The selected engineer will be responsible for business requirements analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of load balancing infrastructure to support business needs. Must be able to create load balancing implementation plans and configurations, deployment of F5 load balancers, migrating Cisco ACE load balancers to F5 load balancers, ensure network interoperability, document existing and propose load balancing infrastructure, maintain relationships with product engineering and other teams within GNS, and provide fourth tier load balancing troubleshooting and support. A solid understanding of available network operating systems, network devices and networking protocols is essential. The individual must be experienced in large enterprise or service provider network architecture, analysis, and engineering implementation.

What your background should be

This position is required an understanding of the networking needs of the organization as a whole and the ability to present a vantage point on the best infrastructure solutions. Strong interpersonal skills are required with below expertise, excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills. Ability to work effectively and add value as a team member. Experience designing and implementing load balancing solutions for large enterprises. Knowledge and demonstrated experience required with F5 load balancers and Cisco load balancers (CSS and ACE). Applicant must have an understanding of load balancing strategies/techniques, expertise in application switching/traffic management, knowledge of persistence and SSL certificates. Knowledge and demonstrated experience in IP Routing (BGP & OSPF), SSL termination, layer 4-7 content forwarding, ethernet switching, VPNs, security, QoS, , WAN acceleration, IP services such as DNS, Web proxy, Socks, Multicast, geographic and/or local server load balancing, Unix OS, Windows 2K03/2k08. F5 load balancers - BigIP, GTM, LTM and LC Appliances and Cisco CSS, ACE and ANM. 5+ years related experience.

Required Schooling / Training

BS/BA (EE/CS) is a plus.

Who is the client company

The largest private talent management firm in the world that provides IT staffing solutions and IT services.

If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com