Network Engineer
Excellent hands-on experience on the following technologies:
- Routing protocols – EIGRP, OSPF, BGP
- LAN Switching – VLAN, VTP, STP, Ether Channel, CoS
- WAN – MPLS, MPLS/VPN, MP-BGP
- TCP/IP protocol suite, Quality of Service
- Application protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL etc.
- Network Security - IPsec VPN, AAA Architecture, TACACS+, RADIUS
- Data Center Architecture – Network, Server, Storage
Excellent hands-on experience on the following products:
- Cisco Catalyst 6500 and other Catalyst Series switches
- Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K Series of switches
- Cisco Routers 3800, 3900, 7600 Series
- Cisco IOS Software
- Wireless LAN technologies – Cisco or Aruba
- WAN Acceleration/optimization – Cisco WAAS or Riverbed
- Application Load balancers – F5 BigIP LTM/GTM or Cisco ACE/GSS
- Network Management – HPOV, NNM, Solar Winds, ORION, NetMRI – Infoblox, etc
- Knowledge or Hands on experience with CISCO Prime, EMC IONICS / Smarts would be advantageous
Responsibilities:
- Performance and capacity planning: audit, monitor, analyze and reconfigure network environments for performance improvements and future scalability.
- Diagnose and resolve complex network problems.
- Develop disaster recovery and fault tolerance plans.
- Network SME will lead complex projects involving the planning, design, installation, technical support and network audit of data information technology solutions
- To configure and implement local and wide area network, internet platforms and the network management and associated diagnostic tools to support new and existing technology architectures.
- Make decisions independently on Information Systems problems and methods. The knowledge and expertise required at this level of work usually results from progressive work experience.
- Projects are carried out independently and new ideas are proposed and implemented for cost reduction and application or infrastructure enhancements.
- Participate in 3 – 5-year roadmap planning and forecasting.
- Mentor junior engineers on networking technologies, standards, methodologies, and procedures.
- Lead development, implementation, and maintenance of network standards and documentation.
- Participate in developing long-term strategic, capacity and performance planning objectives and goals.
- Coordinate efforts to isolate and resolve network and security related issues.
- Participate in IT and corporate-lead initiatives.
- Research new technology and evaluate its viability.
- Lead the evaluation, testing, selection and implementation of:
- Local and Wide Area Networks (LAN/WAN)
- Internet Connectivity
- Network Management
- Diagnostic tool
- Excellent ITIL Knowledge – Incident, Change, Configuration, Problem Management
- Excellent Problem analysis and resolution skills (RCA).
- Experienced in risk /issue management, priority setting and follow up.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills. Must be able to clearly communicate with the customer and be able to present solutions to customers.