Network Management Systems Engineer

Job Title: Network Management Systems Engineer

Location: Alpharetta, GA (Hybrid)

Contract: 6+ months Contract To Hire

Job Description

The Engineering and administration of network management solutions (NMS) for a multi-platform global network infrastructure. Perform fault and performance monitoring services for internal teams, providing them with the functionality and data required to proactively manage the health and capacity of the network. Design, deploy, administer, and provide operational support for NMS tools. Evaluate new monitoring solutions. Integrate the NMS tools with asset database and other corporate systems. Automate tool administration. Liaise with network operational and engineering teams to define and implement monitoring standards. Participate in network management design and peer reviews. Conduct tooling audits to assess proper operational coverage and build remediation changes as required. Coordinate with external vendors for tooling updates and upgrades. Document tool architecture and operational procedures.
Requirements
- At least three (3) years of experience with design, customization, and deployment of network management tools supporting the monitoring and data acquisition for large scale, global deployments of network devices (routers, switches, voice devices) in mission critical environments.
- preferably with experience with Broadcom DX Spectrum and IBM SevOne vendor products
- In-depth understanding of network management protocols, concepts (SNMP - v1/2c/3 and SNMP MIB's), and enterprise infrastructure services (Syslog, NTP, DNS, AAA, LDAP, CDP, LLDP)
- Experience of networking products for Orchestration, Alert, Incident, Problem, Capacity and Performance, Wifi, Security, and Flow Management
- Development of Python scripts for the collection and processing of network related data, using REST API's, network protocols and sql/NoSql databases
- Administration and support of enterprise-level RedHat Linux servers, including the deployment and support of system-related monitoring applications
- Experience with developing NMS tool integrations and automations related to tool administration and runbooks
- Analysis of network packet capture; flow technologies, including NetFlow and sFlow
- Experience of configuring network devices (cisco and Arista), and knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and network security protocols (802.1x), and wifi protocols. Experience of certifying and validating health and performance data collection of network devices including tool customization for handling vendor specific SNMP traps, events and KPI's
- Power user in the use of analytical tools (ie Splunk, ELK, Grafana)
- Working knowledge of databases and data extraction