Note Seeking Strong Mid to Senior capable of independent work. Proposal Looking to contract an experienced network engineer for a one to two year engagement focused on upgrading existing regional network locations, automating configurations, supporting central event networks, and general implementation. Goals Operations Support and maintain network infrastructure Deploy updated network infrastructure Troubleshoot triage patch New data center networking setups Event network support (local or remote) Improvements Write automation to streamline and unify network tasks and configuration with Infrastructure as Code frameworks such as Ansible or Terraform Upgrade existing network infrastructure Expand network monitoring Required 5+ years managing network infrastructure Layer 2 protocols (VLANS, LACP, LLDP) Layer 3 protocols (BGP, OSPF, VPN) Stateless and Stateful firewall policies Redundancy protocols (ECMP, MC-LAG, Virtual PortChannel, Virtual ChassisStacking) Configure, deploy, manage multi-vendor networks (Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto) Quickly and effectively troubleshoot network incidents Network automation with Infrastructure as Code frameworks such as Ansible or Terraform Network monitoring protocols (SNMP, Telemetry, OpenFlow) Preferred JNCIPCCNP certifications or higher Ability to lead network projects from design to implementation, providing clear documentation and SOPs