Kforce is looking for Lead Analysts. Qualified candidates will be planning and executing a variety of methodologies as part of the concept stage in the overall project development of networks; Creating prototypes and models; Researching, planning and developing project strategies; Coordinating the full life cycle of network projects using LAN & WAN Networks, VLANs, Palo Alto NGFWs, Cisco ASA, F5 Load Balancers, Juniper SRX, Solar Winds, and Splunk; Troubleshooting routing issues, including BGP policies, VRFs, and OSPF issues, such as blackhole problems and static route misconfigurations; Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco switches, routers, F5 Load Balancers, Cloud Networks and Firewall; Creating network standards and ensuring that the network is deployed to these standards; Participating in the development and enhancement of network security policies and protocols; Overseeing the implementation of test validations of the networks; Ensuring the optimization of the developed networks; Performing root cause analysis of problems; and producing project documentation and reports. Salary: $73.00 to $90.00/hr.