Hands-on Senior Network Engineer with over 10 years of experience in network design, architecture, administration of multi-platform LAN/WAN environments.
Extensive experience with both interior and exterior routing protocols, including OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and VPN technologies
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Local to Bay Area or willing to relocate
Senior Network Engineer Position Overview
Our client is looking for a Senior Network engineer - performs activities required to design,
build, deploy and support Enterprise LAN/WAN network and supporting branch operations, production data centers, applications,
telephony and video systems and other devices. This is a technical position, and requires strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
combined with a keen ability to communicate well in both verbal and written form
Roles And Responsibilities
Identification, diagnosis, and resolution of network problems.
Install, configure and manage network infrastructure devices (switches, routers, firewalls, wireless controllers and AP's, SSL VPN, WAN compression, F5 Load Balancers, etc.)
Do technical design for projects and major changes. Create work breakdown structure and estimate high level effort for individual tasks. Share tasks across the team and lead work items to closure
Respond, troubleshoot, identify root cause and remediate issues in a complete, documented and timely manner
Ensure that appropriate monitoring, alerting and logging mechanisms are in place and functioning optimally all the time
Performance analysis and capacity planning for network circuits and devices.
Ensure network devices are configured and maintained in accordance with appropriate standards, best practices, and regulatory compliance requirements. Utilize and follow the change management process for network changes.
Provide Level 3 support to Network Operations for all LAN/WAN issues.
Effectively communicate both technical details and summarized impact analysis to Management.
Provide necessary network infrastructure support for day to day operations and appropriate disaster recovery procedures to support business continuity.
Keep abreast of new technologies and recommend adoption as appropriate. Identify areas for automation or other process improvement.
Participate in team on-call rotation and provide support during project and operations related cutovers.
Ensure network equipment is upgraded in line with the vendor recommended operating system.
Maintenance of asset information and other documentation.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
Expert knowledge of Cisco networking equipment and software - Cisco CCNP or equivalent work experience
Hands-on Senior Network Engineer with over 10 years of experience in network design, architecture, administration of multi-platform LAN/WAN environments.
Solid understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols
Demonstrated ability to systematically troubleshoot problems in complex systems and network environments
Extensive experience with both interior and exterior routing protocols, including OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and VPN technologies
Experience designing and supporting high-availability networks in load-balanced, n-tier application environments
Experience supporting secure enterprise wireless networks; including Meraki knowledge and experience
Experience with Cisco Nexus 5K/9K, VXLAN, Cisco Telephony and Call Manager, Cisco UCS is a plus
Experience deploying and managing SNMP-based network monitoring tools such as NetBrain and Solarwind Orion
Good working knowledge of Cisco ASA firewalls and Nexus-series switches
Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communications skills
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Other
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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