Motion Recruitment
Network Security Engineer/onsite/Cupertino
Job at a glance
- Pay
- $78 – $85
- Workplace
- On-site
- Sector
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- Sep 3, 2026
- First found
- Sep 18, 2026, 5:16 PM ET
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About the job
Our client, a technology leader, is seeking a contract Network Security Engineer. This is an onsite role in Cupertino, CA.
Contract duration: 12 months
Experience required
Network Engineer Skills:
- Network+ and/or CCNA level experiences with VLAN, STP, VTP, ARP, HSRP, TACACS, RADIUS, and basic layer-3 routing.
- Familiar with Wireshark, and/or tcpdump for packet analysis.
- Familiar with network monitoring and understanding of SNMPv3, MIBs and OIDs.
- Basic understanding of layer-4 and firewall/NAT knowledge.
Daily responsibilities
- Basic layer-2 troubleshooting and administration of IOS-XE (Cisco), NX-OS (Cisco), and EOS (Arista) switches.
- Proactively monitor network devices via network monitoring tools, and Splunk syslog logging.
- Operate and manage Opengear console server for in-band and out-of-band management.
- Collaborate with other teams for network triage and escalation.
- Setting up and burn-in of network devices, including switches, routers, firewalls, and out-of-band console server.
- Perform inventory of physical and logical network devices, assist with quotes for hardware procurement.
