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At Home Network Engineer

Responsibilities: The Network Engineer will be part of a global team responsible for the development and ongoing operations of the customer's wide area network. This is a six-month position, which could result in a longer-term position based upon performance. Primary responsibilities include monitoring and day-to-day operational support of the WAN. The Network Engineer will occasionally be required to work out-of-hours and on weekends, and will provide on-call support from 12:01pm to 12:01am daily for one week each month. The Network Engineer will be involved in the design, engineering, and implementation of network infrastructure through a variety of voice and data projects throughout customer's global reach.

If you are not a local candidate but are relocating, please inform me of your arrangements (i.e., date and city/state you are relocating to).

Required Qualifications:

4+ years of experience supporting global WAN environment with multiple operations systems. Expert understanding of Novell environment

Basic knowledge of Cisco router hardware and Cisco IOS

Experience understanding of wide area networking concepts is a must, including such areas as Frame Relay, MPLS, intranet, Internet, VPN, firewall, telephony, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP

High level of expertise with local area networking and PC / desktop infrastructure

Some knowledge of network monitoring tools

An understanding of the telecommunications and service provider landscape in the countries where the customer operates

The ability to work without close supervision as part of a virtual global organization

Good written and verbal communications skills

Kforce (NASDAQ: KFRC) is a full-service specialty staffing firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions for organizations and career management for individuals in the specialty skill areas of information technology, finance & accounting, human resources, engineering, pharmaceutical, health care and scientific. Backed by more than 1,500 recruiting specialists, Kforce operates in more than 40 markets in North America.

Employer Posted:Tuesday, August 26, 2008