Position: Lead Network Engineer Duration: 6+ Months Tax terms: W2 only Location: San Francisco, CA Required Skills: BS in Computer Science or related Engineering Discipline 8+ years experience of recent operational hands on experience in highly scalable and availability footprints across various network technologies Have experience in large Retail, ISP and/or Content Service Provider environments Familiarity and operational experience with; Enterprise/carrier-class routers and switches (Juniper and Cisco preferred). Familiarity Load Balancers and operational experience across multiple vendors; preferably F5 Familiar with network security features (ACLs, VPN, L2VPN, L3VPN, IPSEC, GRE) with a focus on Cisco, Juniper and Netscreen platforms. Familiar with Wireless technologies across multiple vendors. Must have knowledge of network switching protocols: STP, 802.1[q,s,w], 802.3ae Must have knowledge of network routing protocol experience: BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, HSRP/VRRP Familiarity with Unix especially in respect to networking Familiarity with developing tools in scripting e.g perl, shell, python, expect, etc. and programming e.g. C/C++ languages is a plus This candidate will also understand the rigors of operating a global, 24x7x365 large scale network, and will act as a tiered support for high-severity and business impacting issues.