Senior Network Engineer (CCIE) - Remote, Part-Time

About the role

Schring Consulting, a provider of IT professional services, is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer with an active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification. The role supports enterprise networking initiatives by designing, implementing, optimizing and maintaining complex network infrastructures with high performance, availability, scalability and security. It is a fully remote, part-time, hourly independent contractor engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN and data center networks
• Architect, optimize and troubleshoot routing and switching environments (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, MPLS)
• Manage Cisco platforms such as Catalyst, Nexus, ISR and ASR, or equivalent enterprise solutions
• Lead upgrades, migrations, deployments and technology transitions with minimal service disruption
• Diagnose and resolve performance, connectivity, availability and security issues, and take part in incident response and root cause analysis
• Maintain architecture documentation, configuration standards and procedures, and collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud and application teams
• Evaluate existing networks, recommend improvements and act as escalation point for complex issues

Required profile

• Active CCIE certification (Enterprise Infrastructure, Data Center, Service Provider or Security track)
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on enterprise networking experience
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment
• Preferred: SD-WAN, cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP), network automation (Python, Ansible, Terraform, NETCONF/RESTCONF, pyATS), firewall technologies (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco), and certifications such as CCDE, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty or CISSP

Required skills

• BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, STP, VXLAN/EVPN
• Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ISR and ASR platforms
• Network security, QoS, multicast, redundancy and high-availability architectures
• Packet capture, NetFlow, SNMP and network telemetry