Our client, an IT Services organization supporting commercial and federal clients, is seeking a Jr.- Mid-level Network Engineer responsible for maintaining and deploying network firewalls and related network devices across their customer-s national markets and cloud segments. This individual will join a small team of network engineers who maintain these technologies and participate in the development of new enhanced network performance and security capabilities and solutions.

The position is 100% Remote (EST or MST) and the end-customer is looking to onboard as a 6-month contract to hire. The end-customer is in the media space with offices in Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO

Responsibilities:
- Assist team members in all day-to-day firewall, WAN, and perimeter operations tasks and utilize network monitoring tools to ensure that software, hardware, and circuit performance meet business needs.
- Work closely with internal customers, IT staff, vendors, and cloud providers to implement planned firewall and related network changes and coordinate plans for developing projects.
- Ensure that all firewalls and related network devices are vulnerability-free and operating with supported versions.
- Participate in external forums and pursue knowledge of new network security and firewall management trends.
- Participate in rotational after-hours support or network troubleshooting activities as needed.

Required Skills

Skills/Education:

- US Citizen due to client requirement
- 2-5 years of networking experience
- Hands-on experience with various network switching and routing environments, including firewall, DMZ, and basic load balancer configurations.
- Familiarity with network capacity planning, security concepts, and project management methodologies.
- General understanding of basic BGP/OSPF, multicast, QoS, SDWAN, VPNs, and overlay networking concepts, and especially a willingness to learn more.
- Hands-on experience with solutions like Palo Alto, Fortinet, Datadog, AWS & GCP networking, and protocol analyzers is preferred.
- Fortinet NSE4 or similar networking certification is a plus.