Knowledge and hands-on experience configuring and maintaining networking protocols and features such as VLANs, STP, VDC, VFR, VPC, and VSS QoS, VPNs, Knowledge and hands-on experience configuring and maintaining security features such as firewall polices, network segmentation, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and VPN configurations . Responsibilities: Independently perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking devices including, but not limited to, Cisco devices such as ISR/ASR Routers, Catalyst and Nexus switches, firewalls (to include Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls), and AWS Cloud services.