Network Engineer- Remote

Location: ONSITE- Chicago or Remote
Duration: 6 months


Role: Network Engineer

Descriptions:

The Network Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assist in designing solutions for AJG US and International business units, partners and customers. The Network Engineer will build, deploy, and support the solutions in conjunction with other engineering and operations resources.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Migrate branch sites from MPLS to Zscaler SD-WAN solution as part of global branch transformation project.
Analyze business needs; gather requirements, designs, installs, troubleshoots, and supports technical solutions in a world-class infrastructure.
Participate in regular meetings and conference calls with customers and IT staff to help qualify opportunities and technical solutions.
In depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles, and the practical application of routers, switches, virtualization, storage, storage networking virtualization/zoning, load-balancers and network security.
Knowledge of network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion detection/prevention, and web application firewalls.
5+ years' experience in network engineering. Experience with branch site WAN migrations is required with focus on Zscaler solutions.
Strong technical knowledge and experience in several of the following (certification a plus):
Zscaler SD-WAN ZTB solution
Cisco Wireless
Cisco Client
Network automation using Cisco Catalyst Center or similar tools
Network Monitoring tools such as Solarwinds and Thousand Eyes
Cisco Routing/Switching, spine/leaf architecture
QoS, prioritization of voice and video
Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security solutions
F5 LTM/GTM
Proven understanding of network segmentation/isolation, encryption architectures
Strong documentation skills and experience generating technical documents, diagrams, solutions specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
Excellent communications and customer service skills with proven ability to communicate professionally in a corporate environment.
Experience in standardizing and automating network configuration and deployment
Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting and system monitoring.
Ability to work nights and weekends as needed for implementations and being a point of escalation

SKILLS: Digital : Zscaler Cloud Security Services, Palo Alto, EIS : Network Engineer, CNS_Network Security_Cisco