Principal Network Engineer

W2 Contract Title: Principal Network Engineer Location: Durham, NC (5 days onsite in a month) Candidates need to have strong DNS experience. It is truly a DNS/DDI SME. Candidates need to be able to highlight their DNS/DDI experience at a high level.

• Manage and Design highly complex firewall and network environments for security of Fidelity's critical resources and enablement of revenue producing services
• Security Engineering through use of Firewalls, IDS/IPS, various proxy gateway and other network security devices to provide defense-in-depth protection from cyber security threats
• Engineering customer connectivity/onboarding based on requirements
• Collaborating with customers on standard methodologies and options
• Business to Customer as well as Business to Business Connectivity

• Solve issues related to the network or security environment (oncall rotation)
• Documentation of complex technologies and topologies based on security based practices
• Management of life cycle for various technologies within the space (includes vendor management)
• Shift-oriented operations support, in collaboration with operations and engineering staff
• Work closely with all EI divisions to ensure 24x7 availability GNS services
• Advancing issues as needed
• Assisting in trouble shooting network issues
• Member of 3rd level engineering on-call rotation

• 7+ years within the network security space
• 10+ years within the network engineering environment

• 10+ years of IT experience
• Good understanding of Project and program management skills
• Communication and presentation skills as the role requires to give frequent update to Management.
• Require good understanding of TCP/IP, IP subnet
• Should have working experience in handling change and incidents.
• Knowledge of basic Unix commands is a must.
• Experience in Infoblox/Bluecat/ Nokia QIP
• Experience in Managing IPAM.
• Troubleshooting Skills on DNS and DCHP
• F5 Devices (LTM/GTM/Viprion), Bind, DNS and DHCP knowledge
• Lucent QIP/UNIX Administration
• Unix/Linux scripting knowledge.
• Knowledge in Domain Management in Coordination with External Vendors
• Knowledge on Python/Ansible.
• Understanding of Routing and Switching
• Experience handling global customers an added advantage.
• Experience on Working with Audit Team specific to DNS Tasks