Staff Network Systems Engineer
Gigamon
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • United States
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About the role
- Perform day-to-day support and administration of network infrastructure and corporate systems, including installation, configuration, monitoring, documentation, and automation
- Design, install, configure, and document enterprise-level networks and devices (including but not limited to Cisco 9XXX Catalyst, 38XX switches, Cisco Nexus, 65XX, 45XX, ASA 55XX, Cisco VPN appliances, and Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls) according to business requirements
- Configure and maintain routing and access-layer networks across WAN, LAN, wireless, and data center environments, including dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and enterprise-level BGP
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex network connectivity and performance issues using tools such as Fluke network analyzers and other network analysis utilities
- Plan, implement, monitor, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot complex network configurations to meet high availability, security, and performance requirements
- Implement and support network security policies and technologies, including Palo Alto Networks NGFWs, security policy generation, and Network Access Control solutions (e.g., Forescout, ClearPass, Cisco ISE)
- Plan, implement, and provide primary support for disaster recovery and backup of network infrastructure, ensuring resiliency and recoverability of critical network services
- Validate network specifications and equipment configurations based on business requirements, engineering solutions for complex networking challenges through detailed analysis
- Establish and maintain network policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring documentation of processes, configurations, and procedures is accurate and regularly updated
- Work closely with systems and network engineers, network operations staff, and application development teams to ensure network requirements are understood, planned, and delivered on time
- Participate in meetings to gather network requirements, develop implementation plans, and review designs and changes with other network engineers and stakeholders
- Provide responsive customer service to internal stakeholders, facilitating effective collaboration between project teams and end users
- Participate in a global on-call rotation to support Gigamon’s 24x7 enterprise network environment
Requirements
- Obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university, or have equivalent practical experience
- Acquired at least three (3) years of recent experience as a Network Engineer analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and maintaining components of an enterprise network
- Developed strong knowledge of core hardware and software components that comprise large, complex systems or enterprise networks, including multivendor and multi‑platform environments
- Applied analysis and evaluation techniques to plan, design, integrate, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot large, complex systems or networks across similar and dissimilar technology platforms
- Gained hands-on experience designing and implementing networks using dynamic routing protocols (internal and external), including OSPF, EIGRP, and enterprise BGP
- Supported and optimized high-availability network architectures, including redundancy, failover, and resilient design principles
- Deployed and managed wireless networks and performance, including wireless deployment planning and optimization
- Implemented and managed Palo Alto Networks NGFWs and associated security policy design and configuration
- Worked with Network Access Control technologies such as Forescout, ClearPass, Cisco ISE, or similar platforms
- Demonstrated working knowledge of SD‑WAN concepts and technologies; direct SD‑WAN deployment experience is a plus
- Built demonstrable knowledge across all OSI layers, using that understanding to troubleshoot and optimize network behavior end-to-end
- Used network analysis and diagnostic tools (including Fluke network analyzers or similar) to identify and resolve complex network issues
- Designed, implemented, and supported disaster recovery, backup strategies, and network security policies for enterprise networks
- Earned or worked toward relevant industry certifications such as Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
- Certified as a Great Place to Work
- 1-year contract role
- On-site schedule of Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (3 days per week)
- Participation in an on-call rotation to support 24x7 operations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
network infrastructure administrationinstallation and configurationnetwork monitoringautomationdynamic routing protocolsnetwork security policiesdisaster recoverybackup strategiesnetwork analysishigh-availability network architectures
Soft Skills
customer servicecollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical skillsteamworkdocumentationplanningimplementationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Cisco CCNA Routing and Switchingnetwork security certificationsPalo Alto Networks certificationsnetwork analysis certificationsdisaster recovery certificationsnetwork engineering certificationswireless networking certificationscloud networking certificationsITIL certificationCompTIA Network+