Network Engineer

5+ years of enterprise network engineering experience supporting complex, large-scale environments. 5+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching technologies, including Catalyst and Nexus switches and ISR/ASR routers. Strong knowledge of VLANs, STP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, and multicast. 3+ years of experience deploying and supporting Versa or Cisco SD-WAN solutions in production environments. 3+ years of experience administering Cisco Firepower or FTD firewall platforms. 3+ years of experience managing Cisco wireless environments, including Catalyst 9800 and AireOS controllers and modern wireless access points. 3+ years of experience designing and supporting Azure networking solutions, including VNets, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, and Azure Firewall. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent hands-on industry experience.

Desired Skills:

• Cisco certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, CCNP Data Center, or others.
• 1+ year of experience leveraging AI-powered productivity and development tools, including GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and vendor AI assistants for automation, troubleshooting, documentation, and code generation, with the ability to validate and verify AI-generated output.
• Working knowledge of Forescout or a comparable NAC platform (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass).
• Proficiency with Python and REST APIs for automating network operations against vendor controllers (e.g., Catalyst Center, vManage, Azure Resource Manager, F5).

Our client, a technology solutions provider company located in San Francisco, CA, needs a Network Engineer for permanent employment. The Network Engineer will work 4 days a week onsite in San Francisco, and design, implement, operate, and troubleshoot a hybrid on-premises and cloud network environment built on Cisco infrastructure and Microsoft Azure