Resident Engineer

Kforce is immediately adding a full-time Resident Engineer in support of our industry leading technology development client in Virginia Beach, VA.

Role Responsibilities:

* To hold network information gathering workshops with the Customer to understand the Customer's existing network design and technical requirements of new network designs

* To understand the Customer's organizational structure and become familiar with the Customer's network implementation and support processes and procedures to help in supporting a network that is available and sustainable

* To carry out testing of new Designs, features, and functionality as required by the Customer in a laboratory environment and to help develop plans to implement and verify that they are operating correctly in the live network

* To test patches and fixes to operating software and to ensure that they are implemented and functioning correctly in the pre-production test network and then live network as implementation plans dictate

* Troubleshoot equipment and network problems and open and track JTAC cases to resolve problems on pre- and post-production issues

* To raise equipment, Return Material Authorizations (RMA's) and to track these through to problem resolution

* To produce a written summary report of the status of Design projects, equipment and network problems regularly to the Customer

* To hold technology workshops with the Customer to discuss equipment and network problems, and to provide case status updates, including the reasons for any problems encountered and the workarounds and/or solutions that are being tried

* To train the Customer's design, implementation, and support personnel to configure and operate the Juniper Networks products

* To assist the Customer in developing Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures
* Technical

Certifications:

JNCIS MistAI,Wireless, JNCIP MistAI;
Ensure certifications are supported by demonstrable hands-on, practical operational experience with Mist access points (APs), Marvis AI, edge devices, and the Mist web-based UI, reflecting real-world deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities

* Minimum 5 years of design, implementation, and operational experience in large-scale IP networks

* Experience with MIST design and/or deployment of routing and switching products within the Customer infrastructure

* Mist Wireless assurance experience.

* Working knowledge to support use of the Mist API/Web UI

* Experience in Juniper Campus Fabric Designs using Mist

* Apstra experience

* JUNOS CLI experience

* Must have large-scale experience with QFX, EX, PTX switching and routing

* Prior Work experience at a large enterprise or a Data Center with EVPN/VXLAN experience

* Experience with core routing BGP (eBGP and iBGP) and OSPF protocols

* Background in automation with Ansible, YAML, and Juniper PyEZ

* Experience writing automation scripts in Python

* Ability to communicate effectively in crises with all levels of an organization from Engineering/Operations to CIO/CISO audiences

* Ability to refine and translate complex requirements and execute best practice solutions

* Assisted with major network upgrades, maintenance windows, and changes in the customer network

* Strong customer interface and presentation skills

* Mist access points (APs), Marvis AI, edge devices, and the Mist web-based UI