Lead Consultant | Network | Cisco -WAN-Routers

Lead Consultant | Network

Seeking a skilled, dedicated and proactive Network Engineer with strong interpersonal and technical skills to operate a large-scale LAN/WAN network infrastructure deployed globally.

Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain hardware and software infrastructure according to best practices. Platforms includes routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers etc.
• Diagnose problems and solve issues, often under time constraints.
• Assist in the development of guidelines and procedures for administration and security best practices;
• Provide network documentation;
• Monitor network usage, anticipate problems and suggest solutions;
• Work in an agile environment.

Requirement:

• 8+ years of expertise in implementing, administering, and troubleshooting network infrastructure devices, including: firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, wireless access points and controllers.
• Must have design implementation and operational experience with;
  Enterprise/carrier-class routers and switches (Juniper MX and Cisco Nexus preferred).
• Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these applications/ protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances.
• Hands-on technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, WebVPN, Any Connect, etc.)
• Experience in BGP, OSPF, and MPLS (traffic engineering implementation).
• Extensive experience in Load Balancers and operational experience across multiple vendors; preferably F5
• Experience in network tools such as Cacti, Nagios, RANCID, SNMP and Netflow.
• Understanding and implementation of network traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, stateful inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication and authorization technology
• Able to handle multiple, complex, short term projects and incidents simultaneously.
• Comfortable documenting and explaining network topologies and Diagram explain and plan for future upgrades.
• Strong oral, written, communications, and presentation skills