[Hiring] Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer @State of Colorado

Role Description

As our new Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer you will provide network engineering services to the statewide enterprise network and all State agencies. You will act as a subject matter expert providing design, implementation, and support of highly complex networks including LAN/WAN, Wireless, data center, and cloud technologies.

The position acts as the technical lead for the planning, testing, administering, and implementing network solutions and establishing best practices standards. The position makes decisions and provides detailed input that affects the State core network and agencies' network infrastructure.

The position performs network architecture design and implementation, which impacts all supported agencies and their locations across Colorado. The position establishes network technology standards to be used within the State network infrastructure. The position interfaces with the network operations, security operations, and telecommunications teams to provide network services to customers. The position supports the strategic interface to other entities, including state, federal, and local agencies; private sector groups; and the public.

Some of the day to day tasks include:

• Designing, configuring, administering, and deploying mission critical network hardware and applications to provide network as a services (NaaS) for State agencies to include wireless, software defined access and wide area networks.
• Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems, addressing security concerns, responding to and resolving outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with internal and external partners on network optimization.
• Providing subject matter expertise on network design, solution, and implementation for new network projects.
• Analyzing performance and comparative costs of products to determine the most cost effective solution.
• Providing recommendations and solutions to leadership.
• Partnering with customers and vendors to clarify rationale for technical decisions and concepts so they can understand the basis for the decisions.

This position is term limited with an anticipated end date of approximately two (2) years from the date of hire. This position is eligible for State employee benefits and may be extended as the situation warrants.

Qualifications

• A minimum of three (3) years of hands-on professional experience designing, implementing, testing, and documenting complex Cisco based network solutions.
• Expertise in Software-Defined Access, Cisco DNAC, and Catalyst technologies is highly preferable.

Requirements

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

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Company Description

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship.