Network Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

The client is seeking an experienced Network Infrastructure Engineer to support and modernize the State's enterprise networking environment. This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure across data centers and statewide operations. The engineer will work closely with infrastructure, security, virtualization, wireless, and other technology teams to ensure network services remain reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise modernization initiatives.

Location: Jackson, MS (Onsite). Rate: Best competitive rate on C2C or W2 hourly.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Cisco Nexus platforms operating in ACI mode.
• Configure and manage ACI components, including VRFs, Bridge Domains (BDs), EPGs, ESGs, L3Outs, contracts, and fabric policies.
• Integrate Cisco ACI with Red Hat OpenShift VMM and Isovalent/Cilium container networking.
• Configure and optimize RoCEv2 within ACI environments for high-performance and low-latency workloads.
• Troubleshoot ACI fabric health, faults, endpoint learning, contracts, and multi-tenant segmentation.
• Develop and maintain network architecture documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Deploy, configure, and support Cisco Catalyst platforms in enterprise campus environments.
• Design and maintain Cisco Software-Defined Access (SDA) architectures, including wired and wireless fabric environments.
• Manage SDA underlay and overlay networks, policy mapping, authentication integrations, and assurance operations.
• Collaborate with wireless engineering teams to optimize network coverage, performance, and policy enforcement.
• Configure and administer Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
• Support TACACS+, authentication and authorization policy sets, and endpoint profiling.
• Integrate Cisco Cyber Vision with endpoint profiling, segmentation, and access-control workflows.
• Support Zero Trust initiatives through identity-based segmentation and policy integration across ACI