Network Engineer - F5 / CCNA Hybrid Some on site in Seattle, WA/Remote

We have a 6 - 9+ month contract to hire position open for a Network Engineer position located in Seattle. This is a hybrid, primarily work from home position but may need to go into the office for emergency situations in Seattle.

Working hours are Monday - Friday 8 - 5 pm., * (F5)Private Cloud - Americas Healthcare and Tech - Americas Healthcare and Te

• ch /The Network Engineer-III is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-III will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regard to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-III serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors, and other third-party provid
• ers.This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, GTM, Remote access, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network. Other responsibilities will include Forescout device profiling in a Software Defined Access environment, and managing SolarWinds device monitoring for the Data Center and Enterprise environm, etwork Perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing, installations, and up

grades.

• BUILD: Create maintenance plans, including detailed documentation & change management coord
• ination.Perform maintenance and upgrades of both hardware and s
• oftware.Scripting and testing of maintenance plans for all upgrades and
• changes.Work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance impleme

ntations

IMPRO

• VEMENTS: Develop or conform to client Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) & Method of Procedure
• s (MOP's)Implement network standardization
• practicesDocument informational content for specialized network designs to be used for train
• ing needsPresent and/or Train on new network topologies, hardware, and technologies to inter
• nal teamsLead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking
• practicesDetermine baseline requirements for our netw
• ork needsProvide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing, and software recomm
• endationsCreate network lab mockups for erro
• r testingAutomate repetitive Engineer

• ANeed to be able to work independently and learn at a quick rat
• eHigh School Diploma or regional equivalent require
• dBachelor's Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering. At the manager's discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requiremen
• tMinimum 5-7 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediation
• sHands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, including load balancing and application delivery
• .Knowledge of SolarWinds Monitoring and Forescout NA
• CMust have certifications: CCNA and F5 10
• 1Preferred certifications: F5 201, F5 301, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCE
• PAdvanced level experience working with most of the following technologies/applications: MPLS

,BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN

• ,CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flow spec, RTBH, GitHub, API's, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching Multi-vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), AS

RNCS (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Aruba wireless and ClearPas, litiesThis role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise ne