Network Support Engineer (Infoblox Engineer/Administrator)

We are seeking an experienced Infoblox Engineer/Administrator who will be responsible for the hands-on provisioning, configuration, testing, and day-to-day administration of the Infoblox DDI platform across both Azure Cloud and CCH Data Center environments. The role also includes providing ongoing operational and administrative support following the platform handover.

Required:

• 4+ years administering enterprise DNS/DHCP/IPAM platforms, with 2+ years hands-on on Infoblox NIOS.
• Experience provisioning Infoblox physical and/or virtual appliances; Grid Master/Member configuration and replication.
• Working knowledge of DNS views, zone management, forwarding, recursion, and split-horizon DNS.
• Working knowledge of DHCP scope administration, options, reservations, and failover configuration.
• IPAM administration: network discovery, address blocks, and allocation policies/workflows.
• Experience integrating DDI platforms with Active Directory/LDAP, and monitoring via syslog/SNMP.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud networking and data center environments; ability to validate firewall rules and ACLs.
• Strong documentation skills: runbooks, configuration reports, and training materials.

Preferred:

• Infoblox certification (e.g., IICNA) and/or NIOS troubleshooting experience.
• Scripting or API familiarity (Infoblox REST/Web Services API) for automation of repetitive administration.
• DNSSEC configuration experience.
• Prior operational handover/knowledge-transfer responsibility for infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Stage Infoblox appliances (physical/virtual) or provision virtual instances; install NIOS, initialize Grid Masters, and join Grid Members.
• Configure DNS: internal/external/DMZ views, forwarding, recursion, and anycast (if applicable).
• Configure DHCP: scopes, options, reservations, and failover/load-sharing per the approved design.
• Configure IPAM: network objects, address blocks, discovery policies, and automation workflows.
• Integrate with Active Directory/LDAP for authentication and authorization.
• Configure Grid replication, backups, and syslog/SNMP monitoring; validate firewall rules, ACLs, and network connectivity.
• Execute functional testing (DNS resolution, DHCP lease assignment, IPAM allocation) and HA testing (Grid Master failover, DHCP failover, DNS view failover).
• Perform integration testing (AD/LDAP, syslog/SNMP, firewall ACLs) and performance validation (query load, DHCP burst testing); remediate identified issues.
• Support UAT with the network operations team and maintain the issue resolution log.
• Develop operational runbooks (daily checks, failover procedures, backup/restore, troubleshooting) and deliver administrator training.
• Prepare configuration reports, deployment checklists, and the final documentation package.
• Provide ongoing administrative Infoblox provisioning and SME support for new engineering/design requirements.

Working conditions

• Remote
• USA
• 3 month project full time (workload could vary from stage of the project).
• As possible option - is half-time/part time role
• Contractor - hourly paid, but project has fixed amount of hours