IT - SCDOR - Network Engineer - Consultant

Columbia, SC

$80–$85 Per Hour
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5 days ago

Job Description

Job Title: Network Engineer
Job Location: Columbia, SC, 29210 (Hybrid. 3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote per Week)
Job Duration: 12 months

Job Summary:

This specific Statement of Work is for a contractor that demonstrates an expert knowledge of designing, implementing, and support of agency VMWare solutions.
This individual will need to work with various application and infrastructure groups to understand requirements for each area of the organization. Design documentation will need to be produced documenting final deployment details along with support procedures as needed.
General duties include effectively researching and providing guidance leading to solutions with our strategic direction initiatives that include but are not limited to monitoring system infrastructure and security; assisting in supporting disaster recovery/failover scenarios.
This position at the Department of Revenue is one of multiple that will form a team of highly experienced IT professionals with time sensitive challenging projects. This contractor will be an expert in some or all the fields of networking, virtual environments, security, encryption, network automation, Microsoft server, and networking environments.
The intent of this work order is to provide implementation and maintenance support on the network and networked systems at the Department of Revenue.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an engineer reporting directly to a functional manager.
Contractor will be a team member that ensures the stability and integrity of data, and server services through monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all server infrastructure. This individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group.

Job Description:
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.
Perform equipment and software upgrades.
Install, configure, test, monitor, and maintain system and application hardware, and software.
Diagnose and resolve problems related to hardware and software; and escalate complex issues to other groups or vendors for resolution.
Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products.
Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote information security among coworkers
Perform other duties and special projects assigned.

Required Skills:

13+ Years of Experience in IT
3+ Years of Government Experience (Federal/State/Local Municipality)
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Certification OR 5+ additional Years of Experience in VMware.
8+ Years of Experience with Enterprise environments with known issues on both the SAN and VMware front.
8+ Years of Experience with VMware ESX administration.
Experience with Capacity Planning based on technical analysis research.
A bachelor's degree in information technology systems, computer science, or related field

Preferred Skills:

Experience with NIST, PCI, or a Pub 1075 environment
Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards, including TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP.
Advanced knowledge in Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019

Numbers & Facts

Location	Columbia, SC
Salary	$80–$85 Per Hour

Skills

Automationunmatched
Capacity Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Networksunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Consultingunmatched
Cryptographyunmatched
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)unmatched
DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Environmental Issuesunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Failoverunmatched
Federal Governmentunmatched
Help Deskunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
Internet Protocolsunmatched
Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
Network Administration/Managementunmatched
Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
Network Protocolsunmatched
Network Supportunmatched
Network System Hardwareunmatched
Network Systemsunmatched
On Callunmatched
PCIunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Resolve Customer Issuesunmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Upgradesunmatched
Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
Storage Area Network (SAN)unmatched
Strategic Planningunmatched
Systems Maintenanceunmatched
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)unmatched
Technical Analysisunmatched
Technical Researchunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
VMWareunmatched
VMWare Certified Professional (VCP)unmatched
VMWare ESX/ESXiunmatched

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