Network Engineer

Job responsibilities –

• Understanding of LAN/WAN architectures and Network Routing Concepts, Firewall Access Control, complex network troubleshooting, onsite physical installation of networked equipment, travel onsite to local county government sites within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, liaison with Commonwealth and county network teams and project staff.
• This position is initially responsible for traveling onsite to each county site to verify that the local county networks support passing the new network traffic back to the Commonwealth.
• Verification will include delivering and installing a single Winterm device at each county site and testing network connectivity back to the Commonwealth systems.
• The position is responsible for troubleshooting any network connectivity issues to determine the point of failure, as well as contacting the appropriate team to resolve.
• This could include working with local county network staff on the Winterm's local network connection or the local county firewalls or routing, or working with Commonwealth network staff and network provider support teams on Commonwealth firewalls or routing.
• This position will work closely with the project team and deployment vendor.
• This position requires physical, onsite presence at each county site.
• This position requires the use of their own personal vehicle to travel to sites around the Commonwealth, for which the Commonwealth will reimburse for mileage and parking.
• After deployment activities are completed, this position will continue to support DOS, vendor and county staff to maintain and improve connectivity between the counties and the Commonwealth.

Skills:

• Network Routing Concepts
• Firewall Access Control
• LAN/WAN Architecture
• Network troubleshooting on complex networks
• Physical installation of equipment
• Liaison between technical teams