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# Lead Network Engineer job in Sacramento

- **Company:** WEST Inc
- **Location:** Sacramento, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Computer Networks, System Configuration, IP Addressing, Internet Protocol, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Performance Tuning, Virtual Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Firewalls (Computer Science), Wireless Technologies, Routing & Switching, ProCurve
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.diversity.com/career/2506300/lead-network-engineer-california-ca-sacramento

## About the Role

* Minimum of five (5) years of experience, at a Technical level, designing, supporting and maintaining a high-performance, high-availability Enterprise Network.
 * Minimum of five (5) years of experience of IP networking, LAN/WAN, routing and switching, VLAN, VPN, and Firewall.
 * Minimum of one (1) year of experience working on Aruba CX-OS systems.
 * Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with HP ProCurve, Aruba Switching, Virtual Local Area Networks, and wireless technologies.
 * Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with IP addressing schemes, DNS and DHCP.
 * Minimum of three (3) years of experience implementing Aruba wireless systems.
 * Minimum of three (3) years of experience configuring, tuning and troubleshooting Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
 * Minimum of three (3) years of experience working with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) implementations.

Desirable Skills:

 * Ability to quickly analyze problems and to implement standard and extensible solutions
 * Knowledge of Aruba Airwave
 * Knowledge of Aruba Clearpass

 1. Objectives

a. Perform configuration, troubleshooting, and support remote deployment of Aruba CX-OS based switching/routing systems to the CDCR standards.

## Description

b. Perform configuration, troubleshooting, and support remote deployment of Aruba wireless systems to the CDCR standards.

c. Perform evaluation, architecting, implementation, and configuration efforts on Aruba Clearpass, Airwave, Mobility Controllers, and Wireless Controllers (WLC).

d. Evaluate configurations against vendors best practices.

e. Provide technology training to EIS Infrastructure staff as needed.

f. Perform root cause analysis for service interruption recovery, creating preventative measures to deploy in the enterprise.

g. Perform capacity planning and application analysis for network performance and sizing.

h. Plan, design, and implement changes necessary to control traffic type and volume by means of network prioritization.

i. Conduct analysis, prepare reports, and work on project implementation. May serve as technical liaison with vendors.

j. Coordinate with external WAN vendor to perform changes to circuits

k. Create and maintain support documentation and technical drawings of the enter


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