Buxton Consulting · 1 day ago
Network Architect
Vacaville, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior LevelBuxton Consulting is seeking a Network Architect to join their team. The role involves extensive hands-on experience with F5 WAF and Load balancers, AWS services, and managing network security solutions such as DDoS protection and VPNs.
Information ServicesInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Load balancer
Work experience in AWS VPC, EC2, ELB, Transit gateway
Experience in implementing and managing DDoS solution with Cloudflare or Akamai
Experience in managing Pala Alto global protect VPN
Expertise with Palo Alto Network Firewall, Global Protect VPN, Prisma Cloud and Cisco ASA and Firepower
Expertise with F5 Load Balancers and AWS ELB
Strong OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc
Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc
Expertise with various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration
Understanding of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)
Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, Opmanager, Nagios, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc
Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)
In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear
Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment
In-depth knowledge of MPLS network
Experience in Cisco Fabric interconnect configuration
Must have Nexus 9K and VPC experience
Advanced knowledge of Cisco, F5, Palo Alto Firewall, Websense/Forcepoint, Juniper and other vendor equipment and configuration
Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc.)
Must have experience in PulseSecure and Global Protect (Palo Alto) VPN
In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation
Expertise and Hands-on experience with Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation
Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds
Experience deploying and maintaining wireless networks
Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Cloudflare DDoS
Working knowledge of AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway
Experience deploying and maintaining VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Content Center
Project Management Experience
Experience with Scripting and Automation Technologies
Qualification
Required
Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Load balancer
Work experience in AWS VPC, EC2, ELB, Transit gateway
Experience in implementing and managing DDoS solution with Cloudflare or Akamai
Experience in managing Pala Alto global protect VPN
Expertise with Palo Alto Network Firewall, Global Protect VPN, Prisma Cloud and Cisco ASA and Firepower
Expertise with F5 Load Balancers and AWS ELB
Strong OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc
Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc
Expertise with various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration
Understanding of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)
Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, Opmanager, Nagios, Solarwinds, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc
Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)
In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear
Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment
In-depth knowledge of MPLS network
Experience in Cisco Fabric interconnect configuration
Must have Nexus 9K and VPC experience
Advanced knowledge of Cisco, F5, Palo Alto Firewall, Websense/Forcepoint, Juniper and other vendor equipment and configuration
Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc.)
Must have experience in PulseSecure and Global Protect (Palo Alto) VPN
In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation
Expertise and Hands-on experience with Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation
Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds
Preferred
Experience deploying and maintaining wireless networks
Extensive hands-on experience of implementing F5 WAF and Cloudflare DDoS
Working knowledge of AWS services i.e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway
Experience deploying and maintaining VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Content Center
Project Management Experience
Experience with Scripting and Automation Technologies
Company
Buxton Consulting
Buxton Consulting is an Information Technology Consulting Company that consistently provides high quality services to the client
Founded in 1981
201-500 employees
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