Senior Network Engineer

Summary

The Sr Network  Engineering teamis responsible forensuringavailability, performance, and security of thenetworkinfrastructure. As a member of the team,you have a directimpact on network infrastructure design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You are focused on creating engineering solutions to operations problems,optimizing existing systems, buildinginfrastructureandeliminatingwork through automation. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance,coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardwarecomponentsand responding to network connectivity issues.

Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous,possesseseffective written and verbal communication skills,astrong senseof ownership, adaptsquickly tonew technologies, and has high career growth potential. The desire and ability to work in a faste-paced, collaborative environment is essential.

• Be responsible forthe lifecycle of architecture frominceptionto working with engineering teams on implementation and supportability of design.
• Build reusable designs and systems that promote scale, reliability,security and efficiency.
• Manage andmaintainmulti-vendor, multi-protocoldatacenterand backbone networks.
• Define and develop optimized network monitoring systems.
• Develop andmaintainconsistency within the networking infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and remedy network related issues.
• Ability toparticipateina regularon-call rotation.
• Analyze complex business problems and issues as it relates to enterprise network infrastructure.
• Provide technical guidance to IT professionals to correct issuesencounteredwith network software& connectivity.
• Manage the needs of multiple customers, prioritizeneedsand manage the daily workload.
• Assist with internal projects as necessary, andwork with project managers to set the scope and timelines of new projectstomeet completion deadlines.
• Interface with all levels of employees internally and within client businesses to support engagement requirements (business owners, project managers, customer employees, and executive management).
• Write technical procedural documentation for co-workers and fordelegated tasks.

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+years of experience working on a service provider or enterprise-level network in engineering or design capacity.
• A deep understanding of network protocols, including IP and relatedtransports, BGP,EIGRPand OSPF.
• A deep understanding of network hardware internals, including forwarding, filtering, and policing mechanisms.
• A solid understanding of application protocols, including DNS, IPSEC, HTTPS, and TLS.
• Practical experience in network device firmware management in alarge-scale enterprise environment.
• Experience developing network automation tools in at least one language (Python, Perl, C++, Bash, etc.).
• Experience with and understanding authentication mechanisms including PKI.
• Provenexpertisewith network hardware and software, preferably including Brocade, Cisco (IOS, NX-OS) and Juniper
  
  JunOS- CCNA certification required,JNCIA/JNCIS certification preferred.
• Strong understanding of wireless protocolswithprovenexperience in Juniper Mist, Cisco WLCand Ruckus
• Strong written and verbalcommunicationsskills.

• Abilityto adapt to a changing technical environment.
• Ability to coach other members oft eam their area of expertise.
• Ability to communicate clearly with all team members and end-users.
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency.
• Self-directed and sufficient as there may be little to no daily supervision.
• Ability to analyze complex business systems and proprietary application configurations, document the configurations and processes, and support them as needed.
• Abilityto prioritize and manage competing demands andtasks, and successfully manage multiple engagements that may requireadditionalresources.

• Mustbe able toworkat a computer forlong periodsof time.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to input data into computer systems.

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