Lead Network Engineer II, Tech Engineering Position Available In East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Job Description:

Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMGprovides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations intoday’s most important industries. Our growth is driven bydelivering real results for our clients. It’s also enabled by ourculture, which encourages individual development, embraces aninclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supportsour communities. With qualities like those, it’s no wonder we’reconsistently ranked among the best companies to work for by FortuneMagazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. Ifyou’re as passionate about your future as we are, join ourteam. KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Engineer II, Tech Engineering tojoin our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a hybridwork opportunity.

Responsibilities:

Lead the direction of Network through the development of aninformation technology strategy that addresses overall firm’sinformation technology (IT) requirements Define best practice and roadmaps for network products orsolutions, as well as support the development of networkarchitecture Collaborate with engineering and operational teams to drive theproduct roadmaps for network, cloud, and WAN tools, by providingrequirements that help to map controls and patterns to productfeatures; work closely with the firm’s network and informationSecurity team, as well as put a roadmap of products/solutionstogether Develop business cases and conduct presentations to senior ITleadership of proposed network products, solutions, andstudies Stay abreast of the latest network information regulatoryrequirements, technologies, controls, practices, techniques, andthreats, as well as apply to network; participate in networkincident resolutions and root cause analysis where needed Conduct internal skills development activities for networkarchitecture and engineering teams on new technologies andsolutions driven by security and business requirements, byproviding mentoring and by conducting knowledge sharingsessions

Qualifications:

Minimum eight years of recent progressive experience designingand implementing data center network, WAN architecture, cloudstrategies, and reference architectures from business requirementsgathering to technology rollout oversight, including capacitymanagement, definition of scoring methodologies for technologyselection, integration of multiple tools and technicaldocumentation Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university ispreferred; Cisco CCIE, CCNP, CCDP or CISSP certificationpreferred Deep understanding of TCP/IP and Data Center Routing andSwitching; expert knowledge of switching technologies vPC, v

PC+,OTV, VDC, VRF, VXLAN, VRF

; in-depth knowledge of routingtechnologies, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IPV4/V6, NAT, ACL’s, DNS; knowledgeof NTP, SNMP, NetFlow, QOS, CEF, Security Protocols, networkmanagement tools; technical knowledge of remote access technology

MPLS, VPN , IP

Sec and ACLs; NAC technology; understanding ofIDS/IPS such as SourceFire, and Palo Alto; understanding infirewall technologies, Cisco ASA and Palo Alto is required;understanding of Proxies and Content Filtering technologies such asBluecoat and ZScaler proxies; deep understanding of SDWAN andwireless 802.11. Knowledge or practical experience with public cloud deploymentslike AWS, Azure; solid knowledge of Network function virtualizationVirtual router/Switch, Virtual FW, Virtual Load Balancers Work knowledge of threat intelligent management products suchas Arbor TMS, Akamai DDOS protection; demonstrated experience invulnerability scanning and related products; knowledge of eventcorrelation systems to diagnose and manage security events withinthe firm Ability to program with one or more ‘scripting’ languages suchas Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash and JavaScript KPMG complies with all local/state regulations regarding displayingsalary ranges. If required, the ranges displayed below or via theURL below are specifically for those potential hires who will workin the location(s) listed. Any offered salary is determined basedon relevant factors such as applicant’s skills, jobresponsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees andcertifications and market considerations. In addition, the firm isproud to offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, withoptions designed to help you make the best decisions for yourself,your family, and your lifestyle. Available benefits are based oneligibility. Our Total Rewards package includes a variety ofmedical and dental plans, vision coverage, disability and lifeinsurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal well-beingbenefits to support your mental health. Depending on jobclassification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMGprovides Personal Time Off per fiscal year. Additionally, each yearthe firm publishes a calendar of holidays to be observed during theyear and provides two firmwide breaks each year where employeeswill not be required to use Personal Time Off; one is at year endand the other is around the July 4th holiday. Additional detailsabout our benefits can be found towards the bottom of our KPMG USCareers site at “”. Follow this link to obtain salary ranges by city outside of

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(the U.S. member firm of KPMG International) offers acomprehensive compensation and benefits package. KPMG is an equalopportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal,state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Allqualified applicants are considered for employment without regardto race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, genderidentity, national origin, citizenship status, disability,protected veteran status, or any other category protected byapplicable federal, state or local laws. The contains furtherinformation regarding the firm’s compliance with federal, state andlocal recruitment and hiring laws. No phone calls or agenciesplease.

KPMG does not currently require partners or employees to befully vaccinated or test negative for

COVID-19

in order to go toKPMG offices, client sites or KPMG events, except when mandated byfederal, state or local law. In some circumstances, clients alsomay require proof of vaccination or testing (e.g., to go to theclient site). KPMG recruits on a rolling basis. Candidates areconsidered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled.

Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) forwhich they are qualified that is also of interest to them.

LosAngeles County applicants: Material job duties for this positionare listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, andnegative relationship with some of the material job duties of thisposition. These include the duties and responsibilities listedabove, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies,exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safelyand respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, andsafeguard business operations and company reputation. Pursuant tothe California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair ChanceOrdinance for Employers, Fair Chance Initiative for HiringOrdinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we willconsider for employment qualified applicants with arrest andconviction records.

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