Cisco Network Infrastructure Engineer (Remote from anywhere in CO)

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Position Duties

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

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explains the many benefits of working at the State of Colorado on a term limited basis.

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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, 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.

Term Limited Position:

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. This

video

explains the many benefits of working at the State of Colorado on a term limited basis.

Minimum Qualifications

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

Minimum Qualifications:

A minimum of five (5) 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