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Sr network planning engineer

Fort Worth, TX

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Sr Network Planning Engineers often encounter challenges related to balancing network performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, especially in rapidly growing organizations. Keeping up with evolving technologies and integrating new solutions into existing infrastructure can also be demanding. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, proactive communication with cross-functional teams, and staying current with industry trends. Leveraging automation tools and regularly participating in professional development can help overcome these challenges.

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A Sr Network Planning Engineer is responsible for designing, analyzing, and optimizing an organization's network infrastructure to ensure efficient and reliable data communication. They plan network capacity, recommend upgrades, evaluate new technologies, and troubleshoot complex network issues. These engineers also collaborate with other IT professionals to implement network solutions that support business goals and future growth. Their role often involves strategic planning to accommodate evolving technological needs and ensuring network security and scalability.

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Sr network planning engineer

Sr network planning engineer

Stem Xpert

Fort Worth, TX

$99K - $136K/yr

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Posted 15 days ago

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Company Description

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, TEKWISSEN provides a unique portfolio of innovative capabilities that seamlessly combines clients insights, strategy, design, software engineering and systems integration. Our tightly integrated offerings are tailored to each client's requirements and span the services spectrum from Application Development/Maintenance, testing, Technology Consulting & staffing. The company is primarily focused on information technology, engineering, healthcare, financial technology and contingent workforce solutions. It operates in seven business segments including Commercial, Professional & Technical, EMEA Commercial, and EMEA Professional & Technical. The company provides professional and technical expertise in the fields of Telecom, Education, Banking, Retail, e-commerce, Automotive, Life Science, Insurance, legal, healthcare, among others. It also offers outsourcing, consulting, recruitment, career transition, and vendor management services.
We strongly believe:
" If something cannot be measured, it cannot be managed. "
TEKWISSEN measures all of these processes and applies corrective interventions to manage the quality process at its core.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D
Recognitions:
2015 -America's Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2015- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK
2015 -Honoree of Diversity Focused Company by Corp! Magazine
2014- America's Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2014- Michigan 50 Companies to Watch
2014 - DiSciTech Award in Technology by Corp! Magazine
2014- DiSciTech TECHNOLOGY Company of the year by Corp! Magazine
2014- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK
Specialties:
Enterprise Solutions, Web Development, Data Warehousing, Systems Integration, IT Security, Storage Technologies, Development and Delivery, Business Intelligence, Telecommunications, Consulting and Planning, Network design, Implementation &Administration

Job Description
Position details:
Sr. Network Planning Engineer (10+yrs experience)
Ft. Worth, TX
12+ Months Contract + Extensions
Need locals only
Interview: Phone+F2F (Or Direct FTF) interview
Qualification
    Must Have
o    Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills *
o    BGP Protocol *
o    Cisco *
o    Cisco network switches and firewalls *
o    DNS *
o    EIGRP Protocol *
o    IP Networking *
o    LAN *
o    Microsoft Visio *
o    Networking principles *
o    Network Troubleshooting *
o    QoS (Quality of Service) *
o    TCP/IP *
o    VoIP (Voice over IP) *
    Nice to Have
o    Airlines
Job Description-
The Senior Network Planning Engineer is responsible for supporting IT verticals and business units in implementing new applications and making network modifications as part of assigned projects. This position requires analysis and design of network solutions within the AA architectural framework to meet project needs. This position requires a Senior level engineer that will:
    Perform network engineering tasks; writing network device configuration scripts into network change documentation and implementing those network changes to meet project goals and deadlines.
    Review and provide feedback on change documentation of other engineers.
    Establish processes to test applications and devices before planned network deployment to quantify their performance and recommend steps to ensure they are optimized.
    Serve as third-tier support for network operations team when needed.
    Create and publish an executive level report on application and network performance.
    Translate business needs into actionable vendor deliverables.
    Manage small internal data network projects.
Much of the network support work is handled by contracted vendors and the primary focus of this position is to interact with internal IT customers, clarifying their requirements and managing their expectations as well as communicating with the various organizations performing the work. Qualified candidates will possess:
-    Six plus years of enterprise data network/IT industry experience with a minimum of four working with data network technologies and monitoring tools at an enterprise scale
-    Strong understanding of complex routing and switching, NAT, load-balancing, VoIP, and VPN methodologies
-    Strong technical consulting/customer service background, as well as excellent oral, written, and presentation skills
-    Proven ability to manage multiple vendors and projects in a fast paced and highly outsourced IT environment
-    Extensive experience with technical network and application projects and implementations at scale
-    Strong network technical knowledge and experience with local area and wide area networks with an ability to quickly learn network/application terms.
-    Cisco certification (CCNP, CCIE) preferred
-    Experience working with HPN network equipment would be an advantage
Preferred Skills:
    B.S. Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering
    Airline/travel experience
    Understanding of Agile methodologies
    Programming experience
    Cisco certification (CCNP, CCIE)
Please revert back to swati(dot)p(at)tekwissen(dot)com


Additional Information
Thanks & Regards
Swati
swati(dot)p(at)tekwissen.com
734-418-0097
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STEM Xpert, based in Ann Arbor, MI, US, is a leading company in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education industry. Since their establishment, they have made an indelible mark by providing innovative services and products designed to enhance STEM learning. Their service portfolio includes comprehensive educational programs, customized learning modules and interactive STEM kits. Driven by a passion for nurturing young minds, the company's mission is to bring about an educational renaissance in the STEM field, making learning not just theoretical but practical and fun. One notable achievement for STEM Xpert has been its success in reaching a broad spectrum of learners, from school-age to adults, contributing significantly towards empowering the community's technological and scientific literacy.

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Company size

51 - 200 Employees

Headquarters location

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Year founded

2012

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