Network Engineer IV

Job Title: Network Engineer IV (Design & Build)

We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer-IV who will be responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or global wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-IV will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regards to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-IV serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors and other third-party providers.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• DESIGN:

• Perform design requirements feasibility studies

• Perform vendor recommendation / selection and coordination for hardware testing and installations

• Examine theoretical and implemented designs for deficiencies and facilitate corrections

• BUILD:

• Prepare maintenance plan documentation & change management

• Examine maintenance plans for accuracy
• Script maintenance implementations

• Work in either a lead role or assisting role during maintenance implementations

• IMPROVEMENTS:

• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) & Method of Procedures (MOPs)

• Develop network standardization practices
• Document informational content for specialized network designs to be used for training needs
• Present and/or Train on new network typologies, hardware and technologies to internal teams
• Lead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking practices
• Determine baseline requirements for our network needs
• Provide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing and software recommendations
• Create network lab mockups for error testing

• Automate repetitive Engineering tasks

• ADDITIONAL:

• Act as 4th level escalations POC for design or other related problems

• Conduct provider testing / deployment of new services
• Monitor capacity and plan for bandwidth additions
• Establish project priority based on business needs

REQUIREMENTS :

• Expert level experience working with all of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC , STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flowspec, RTBH, GitHub, APIs, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching
• Multi- vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), ASR NCS (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Arista (EOS), Junos
• Industry recognized certifications: CCNA required, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP
• Minimum 7-10 years recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
• Experience working in service provider, datacenter/hosting environment or large-scale enterprise networks.
• Experience researching, evaluating and recommending hardware and/or software solutions supporting large scale deployments and/or remediations against the LAN/WAN
• Experience working with 3rd party networking vendors with an understanding of the service/hardware/software portfolios they provide
• Able to identify areas of process improvement and provide input and solution options to streamline work
• Excellent writing, documentation and communication skills possessing the ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical peers.
• Customer service-oriented attitude
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, 24x7x365 coverage, including holidays and weekends
• Experience with network service monitoring systems (Arbor, Zenoss, Syslog, SolarWinds, Splunk, Kibana, WhatsUpGold, etc)
• High School diploma or equivalent required; University or College degree preferred in the Computer Science or Network Engineering fields.

HIGHLY DESIRED :

• History designing, coding, implementing, and supporting Infrastructure/Operations-side automation solutions in a corporate environment.
• Experience and familiarity with Python and/or Ruby
• Experience with Linux system administration
• Experience and familiarity with Git, Ansible, Jenkins, Splunk
• Contributor to open source network management software projects
• Experience with various open source OS
• Experience with Lab network modeling
• Experience with troubleshooting and resolution of network issues