WAN Engineer

Role: WAN Engineer Desired Experience Range: 8-10 YEARS Location: Chennai / Hyderabad Required Technical Skill Set - Design, Deployment, and upgrade of PTP and CMPLS WAN circuits (MPLS, BGP, VRFs). - 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, 3500 2900 - 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) Must-Have - Preparing specifications to define and illustrate network designs and configurations. - CCIE Certification required. - Have DNS, Proxy, 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.