Network Engineer

Culture Fits LLC

Tallahassee, FL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Administrative Skills, Authentication, Backlog Prioritization, Change Management, Cisco Network Systems, Communication Skills, Customer Relations, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System), Data Migration, Documentation, Establish Priorities, F5 Network Software, Firewalls, Government, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, IP (Internet Protocol), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), Identify Issues, Incident Management, Internet Application, Local Government, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows System Administration, Network Architecture/Engineering, Network Operations Center, Network Routing, Network Switching, Organizational Skills, Production Support, Production Systems, Public Health, Remote Team Management, Software Patches, State Government, Subnet, Subnetting, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), VMWare
LOCATION
Tallahassee, FL
POSTED
2 days ago

Core required skills

  • Strong Cisco networking experience
  • Expert understanding of TCP/IP, subnetting, routing, switching, VLANs, trunks, and Layer 2 / Layer 3 design
  • Experience with IP renumbering / re-IP projects
  • Experience supporting site migrations, data center moves, or application/infrastructure cutovers
  • Hands-on experience with physical device installation, cabling, patching, labeling, and migration validation
  • Experience supporting production migration windows with strong troubleshooting ability
  • Ability to document migration steps, issues, and outcomes clearly
  • Strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Infrastructure / platform skills

  • Experience with VMware administration or migration support
  • Experience with Nutanix environments
  • Experience with Windows server/application infrastructure commonly tied to enterprise apps
  • Experience tracing application dependencies across network, server, virtualization, and storage layers
  • Familiarity with DNS, DHCP, firewall dependencies, and authentication/integration touchpoints

Application delivery / traffic management skills

  • Experience with F5 load balancers including virtual servers, pools, nodes, monitors, and migration planning
  • Ability to coordinate application cutovers that require updates to load balancer configurations
  • Understanding of how application traffic flows change during migration and cutover

Cloud / hybrid skills

  • Experience supporting Azure Web Apps or Azure-hosted application components
  • Ability to identify and remediate dependencies between cloud-hosted applications and on-prem infrastructure
  • Familiarity with hybrid networking and service dependency mapping

Migration execution skills

  • Runbook development and execution
  • Dependency mapping
  • Cutover planning
  • Rollback planning
  • Post-change validation
  • Incident triage during migration windows
  • Best-effort backlog prioritization when time is constrained

Soft skills / work style

  • Calm under pressure in mission-critical operations
  • Strong field presence and ownership mindset
  • Able to work independently on site while coordinating with remote teams
  • Organized and disciplined in documenting change activity
  • Able to prioritize fast-moving operational work without losing structure
  • Strong customer-facing professionalism

Recommended Skill Priorities for Recruiting

If recruiting has to prioritize, use this order:

Must-have

  • Cisco networking
  • Site migration / cutover experience
  • Re-IP / subnet and VLAN migration experience
  • VMware and/or Nutanix familiarity
  • Hands-on physical migration work
  • Strong troubleshooting in live production environments
  • F5 exposure

Strongly preferred

  • Azure Web Apps / hybrid cloud dependency experience
  • SharePoint migration support exposure
  • Experience with emergency operations, public sector, healthcare, utilities, or other high-availability environments
  • Familiarity with operational command-center type environments

Nice to have

  • Prior SERTTRAC exposure
  • Prior state/local government project experience
  • ITIL / change management discipline
  • Experience writing migration runbooks and executive-ready status summaries

About the Company

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Culture Fits LLC