Senior Network Engineer / Cisco Network Technician
About The Position
Gr8ttek is seeking experienced Senior Network Engineers to support enterprise networking operations for a major healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest. The position is based in Springfield, Oregon, and involves hands-on technical work, complex troubleshooting, and designing and maintaining reliable enterprise infrastructure. The role is a six-month contract-to-hire opportunity with the potential to transition into permanent employment. The engineer will design, implement, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN infrastructure, primarily using Cisco technologies. The role also includes network documentation, incident and change support, collaboration with technical teams, network improvement initiatives, secondary desktop and laptop support, and participation in on-call rotations as 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.
Benefits
- Six-month contract-to-hire career opportunity.
- Opportunity to work with enterprise networking infrastructure in a healthcare environment.
- Opportunity to contribute to network reliability and infrastructure improvements.
- Potential transition to permanent employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
