Senior Network Engineer / Cisco Network Technician
About The Position
Gr8ttek is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to support enterprise networking operations for a major healthcare organization in Longview, Washington. The role involves hands-on technical work, complex troubleshooting, and designing and maintaining reliable enterprise infrastructure. The position is a six-month contract-to-hire opportunity, with potential to transition to permanent employment. The engineer will work with enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments, primarily using Cisco equipment and technologies. The role also includes network monitoring, maintenance, documentation, incident response, collaboration with infrastructure and support teams, and occasional secondary desktop and laptop support. Participation in on-call rotations may be required.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on Cisco routing and switching experience.
- Demonstrated ability to configure and troubleshoot BGP and OSPF.
- Experience with enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, trunking, DNS, DHCP, NAT, SNMP, NTP, and QoS.
- Experience troubleshooting enterprise wireless networks.
- Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex networking incidents.
- Experience using network monitoring, packet capture, and troubleshooting tools.
- Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Cisco CCNA or CCNP certification.
- Experience with Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Viptela/SD-WAN, or Cisco Wireless.
- Experience with SolarWinds, Cisco Catalyst Center, ThousandEyes, or LogicMonitor.
- Experience with Wireshark and packet analysis.
- Familiarity with Azure or AWS networking.
- Knowledge of Python, Ansible, Bash, or network automation.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN infrastructure.
- Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, wireless access points, and network controllers.
- Implement and support routing protocols, including BGP and OSPF.
- Manage VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
- Diagnose complex connectivity, latency, packet-loss, routing, switching, and wireless performance issues.
- Monitor network availability, performance, and capacity.
- Perform configuration changes, firmware updates, device upgrades, and network maintenance.
- Support network incident response, change management, and service requests.
- Maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations, IP/VLAN documentation, and technical procedures.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, telecom, and desktop support teams.
- Assist with network optimization, technology refreshes, and infrastructure improvement initiatives.
- Provide secondary desktop and laptop support as needed.
- Participate in on-call support rotations as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
