Senior Network Engineer

Skills

Network engineering, Cisco, routers and switches, Firewall, data center, f5, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Wireless

Top Skills Details

Network engineering,Cisco,routers and switches,Firewall,data center

Description

Overview

Responsible for designing global enterprise network architecture, strategy, technology roadmap, and implementing advanced networking solutions to support business requirements. The Sr. Network Engineer will be driving solutions and methodologies that support world-class standards for Network Services, as well as identifying key targeted areas for improvement.

Responsibilities

Engineer/Maintain a complex network to support core, distribution, and access networks, cloud-based production systems, wireless networks, VoIP infrastructure and video communications networks

Analyze and troubleshoot complex network communications, reported problems, failures and bottlenecks

Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of all network environments, inclusive of conceptual, logical and physical documentation

Support networking in global datacenters and network topology for our international company

Support design and configuration of an enterprise wireless infrastructure

As needed, research, analyze and recommend new technologies to meet business' needs

Work closely with network security engineers to support the firewall and VPN infrastructure

Participate in evaluations and recommendations to select network equipment, services and vendors

Manage enterprise production cloud infrastructure and inter-connectivity of multi-cloud environments

Maintain and manage an enterprise-wide complex network infrastructure which includes MPLS, SDWAN, BGP, OSPF, B2B networks, mobile computing, cloud-based production systems, VOIP and call centers

Work with development teams on new solutions

Analyze system logs and identify potential issues

Analyze current processes to drive automation for process improvement

Participate in on-call rotation and ability to travel on occasion

Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with all team members

Qualifications

Experience with enterprise class network management/monitoring systems is desired (Live Action, Solarwinds, Splunk, Out of Band tools, Cisco ISE)

Experience with configuring, implementing and supporting LAN/WAN technologies including Internet routing, DNS Hosting, Internetworking best practices, and Data Center Networks

Firm working knowledge of Cisco technologies that include, but are not limited to all major models of IOS and NX-OS based routers/switches (Cisco Nexus (vPC's), Catalyst switches, ASR/ISR)

Advanced knowledge of routing Protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

Experience working with Cisco and/or Arista (or comparable enterprise-class) wireless technologies (Cisco WLC, LWAP's, FlexConnect)

Comfort level with network data capturing and analysis tools (i.e. Wireshark, tcpdump, Ekahau)

QoS fundamentals (policy-maps, queue levels and etc.)

Advanced experience working with EIGRP, OSPF and BGP routing protocols, datacenter architectures - VxLAN/OTV/VDC, and campus LAN/MAN architectures

Experience with F5 Networks (or similar) load balancing solutions preferred

CCNP or CCIE certification is preferred

7+ years' experience in a senior network engineering role in a network with equal size and complexity

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others

Experience with Arista hardware, Palo Alto security appliances and/or Zscaler preferred

Experience with SD-WAN technologies preferred

Experience with cloud-based solutions (AWS, Azure, Oracle) preferred

Experience with automation tools (Ansible, Python) preferred

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

F5

Ansible

Azure

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.