WAN Engineer

Role: WAN EngineerExperience: 6-10 YearsLocation :Chennai, HyderabadImmediate joiners preferredRequired Technical Skill Set- Design, Deployment, and upgrade of PTP and CMPLS WAN circuits (MPLS, BGP, VRFs), SDWAN.- Cisco Product line exclusively ASR 9000s & 1000s, Catalyst 4500s,3850s,3650s and Nexus 3000 series in addition to legacy cisco product line 7200,6500, ISR, FWSMs & ASA.- Configuring & troubleshooting Layer 3 network protocols such as OSPF, ISIS & BGP.- Having good knowledge on Infoblox configuration and management & upgrades- Experience with QoS implementations for voice and video on Enterprise Networks.- Experience with BGP routing protocol on internal Enterprise Networks.- Experience with eBGP & MPLS to providing routing to diverse, globally connected ISPs and other autonomous systems.- Have DNS, Proxy, VPN experience.- WAN circuit service provider migration. Collaborated with ISP to resolve WAN issues.- Troubleshooting of BGP, MPLS, IS-IS peering issues and work with ISPs.- Exposure to entirely different distributors.- An intensive understanding of how networks function.- Knowledge and Data of network system capabilities- Expertise in Network design- Switching Models Cisco 6500/6900, Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, VPC, FEX, VDC, Cisco VSS, Cisco Catalyst 4500, 3800, - Strong knowledge in Routing technologies: Handling Cisco ISR/ASR routers, Protocols include BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VRF, L3 VPNs, IPsec, VPN, QoS, Intelligent WAN- Good working experience with routing protocols like EIGRP/OSPF/BGP/IS-IS/MPLS.Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)- Preparing specifications to define and illustrate network designs and configurations.- CCIE Certification required.- Have DNS, Proxy - Zscaler, VPN, Infoblox experience.- Need to design network solution architecture and implementation documentation (customer and operational).- Provide network WAN/LAN design, implementation, consulting and leadership for data and congregated communication infrastructure utilizing available Network equipment.- Perform design integration for complex, cross-functional systems and lead technical design reviews of various infrastructure projects and function as a high-level technical resource.- Provide Network Design Engineering services in support of a global customer's network.- Should develop network designs and cost models for customer specific opportunities and same to be presented to product and contract management teams.- Define and follow standards and best practices for network design, testing, and implementation methodology.- Experience developing network designs and cost models- Review the network design and bill of material with project manager and peer network engineers- Coordinate schedules, tasks, resources, and dependencies for network design projects.- Training the peers on end-to-end network designs and operating procedures.- Design WAN infrastructure & Remote Connectivity to sites for customer.- Need to designed IP address plan and naming convention to minimize address usage, optimize performance, and standardize equipment names.Good-to-Have- CCNA/CCNP Preferred- CCDA/CCDP Preferred- Experience in Network design and implementation- Unix/Linux and Scripting knowledge preferred.Role descriptions / Expectations from the Role- Provide leadership, strategic direction, engineering and escalation support for Enterprise LAN/WAN, Data Center, and Campus Network platforms across North America locations.- Develop and participate in the creation of roadmaps based on developing industry trends and best practices.- Ensure operational efficiency in developed solutions by delivering high quality, easy to use solutions.- Interface with North American business users and develop standards-based solutions to meet business demands for LAN, Data Center, and Campus platforms while managing total cost of ownership.- Manage suppliers and contracted staff of network engineers to design, develop and deploy network solution.- Establishes and maintains network performance.- Builds net configurations and connections.- Troubleshoots network problems.- IP address auditing.- Establishes networking environment by designing system configuration and directing system installation.- Defines, documents, and enforces system standards.- Collaborates with network architects on network optimization.