Network Engineer

Network Engineer

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IT Network EngineerThis is a contract to perm role W2 only; must be local The IT Network team is responsible for design, deployment and day 2 day support of the global corporate network spanning across multiple countries and is expanding.

• Contribute to the design, implementation and ongoing management of the corporate IT network.
• Gather requirements and design solutions to meet global network infrastructure needs.
• Monitor, manage, and maintain network health and integrity.
• Perform on-call duties as member of the on-call rotation team.
• Perform after-hours change implementations as required.
• Manage network projects from instantiation to completion.
• Interface with internal security team to design and continuously deliver security-related enhancements
• Analyze data and define network capacity models and performance metrics.
• Develop automated methods to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity.
• Strive towards optimizing the network in every possible way.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years’ experience with Layer 2 protocols and associated enhancements such as LACP, ECMP, MLAG, 802.1d/w/s, or 802.1x.
• 5+ years of in-depth experience with Layer 3+ protocols such as IPv4, TCP, UDP
• 5+ years of in-depth experience with routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP
• 3+ years of experience with stateful firewalls, non-stateful filtering and packet inspection.
• 1+ years of experience with any of the major cloud providers – AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure
• Extensive knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

• VPN (DMVPN, GRE, IPSec/SSL VPNs)
• Wireless (802.1a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

• Knowledge of Network management utilizing the standard protocols like SNMP/Syslog, etc.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and effective troubleshooting methods involving all 7 layers of the OSI model.
• Background in Linux is a plus.
• Experience in programming or scripting in network automation area is a plus.
• Knowledge in Cloud management and orchestration systems is a plus.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision.
• Certifications
  – Arista ACE
  /CCNA/CCNP preferred. CCIE in R/S is a plus.

• Arista / Cisco switching and routing product line
• Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Aruba / Cisco Wireless networking product line.
• Network monitoring tools – Logic Monitor, Nagios, NetBrain, SolarWinds, Splunk, SumoLogic, etc.