Oet Ccie

The
Maryland Department of Health (MDH), Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) is
responsible for the design, installation, performance, management, and
troubleshooting of all aspects of networking infrastructure, down to the switch
port, for its more than 35 locations located across Maryland’s 24 local
jurisdictions. This includes a DataCenter with a Cisco Hyperflex environment,
as well as office buildings, local health departments, and 24x7x365 inpatient
care facilities. MDH OET utilizes Cisco products for routing, switching,
wireless networking, remote access, security hardening, and network monitoring.

MDH
OET needs a resource to fill the senior, highest -level technical position on
the MDH Infrastructure team. In addition to the responsibilities listed below,
this resource will also act as a technical mentor and on -the -job trainer of
less senior OET Infrastructure staff.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead
  network architecture and design, including scalability and capacity
  planning, hardware evaluation and selection, and designing efficient
  infrastructure solutions to meet organizational needs
  
• Configure,
  test, and deploy Cisco network infrastructure equipment; maintain the
  Cisco Catalyst Center environment
  
• Manage
  security and compliance by configuring, updating, administering, and
  troubleshooting Firepower appliances and Cisco ISE
  
• Ensure
  all network infrastructure components meet required security and
  regulatory standards
  
• Provide
  leadership and mentorship by leading large -scale migrations and hardware
  refresh projects end -to -end
  
• Coach
  junior and mid -level engineers to enhance technical skills
  
• Contribute
  technical input for annual IT budget planning
  
• Act
  as the final point of escalation for network issues and troubleshooting
  
• Utilize
  monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks and optimize network performance
  
• Collaborate
  on disaster recovery planning, including creating and testing failover
  strategies to ensure high availability
  

Requirements

Education:

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree
from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related scientific or technical
discipline. (Note: A Master’s degree is preferred.)

General Experience:

The proposed candidate must have:

·        At least six (6) years of experience in systems
engineering

Specialized Experience:

The proposed candidate must have:

• At
  least three (3) years of experience supervising system engineers
  
• Experience
  with interactive and interpretive systems, including online, real -time
  data acquisition capabilities
  
• Must
  possess a current Enterprise CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification
  
• Strong
  knowledge and hands -on experience in the following areas:
  
• Routing
  protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
  
• Network
  technologies: VLANs, VPC, STP
  
• Security
  protocols and architecture: IPsec, SSL/TLS, Zero Trust
  
• Cisco
  Nexus platforms
  
• Cloud
  connectivity solutions: Direct Connect, ExpressRoute
  
• VoIP
  protocols: SCCP, SIP, H.323, MGCP, RTP, SRTP, QSIG
  
• Cisco
  security solutions: ASA, FirePower, ISE, AnyConnect
  
• Quality
  of Service (QoS)
  
• Infrastructure
  as Code tools: Cisco Catalyst Center, Terraform
  
• Monitoring
  tools: SolarWinds, NetFlow, Catalyst Center, SNMP
  
• Troubleshooting
  and issue resolution
  

Additional Information:

• Regular
  working hours for this position are Monday - Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm.
  
• Because
  MDH OET supports 24/7/365 patient care environments, working outside of
  regular work hours and on weekends, both scheduled and unscheduled, will
  be required.
  

Benefits