Firewall Upgrade Network Specialist

Title: Firewall Upgrade Network Specialist
Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid role)
Duration: 12+months(35 work hours per week)

Mandatory Skills/Experience:

• Minimum twelve years of experience in the field of networking
• Must have hands-on experience with BGP, MPLS, OSPF routing protocols in a large environment.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• 12 years of experience of Cisco network installations in multiple ring configurations interconnected over dark fiber.
• 6 years of experience in deploying Cisco Catalyst / Nexus Switches and Company routers, with complete understanding of the limitations of line cards, power supplies and feature-sets.
• Experience in MPLS, EIGRP, OSPF, iBGP, eBGP, IS-IS routing protocols
• 4 years of experience configuring CORE/PE and CPE routers/switches in a mid to large size organization or carriers.
• Detailed understanding of designing and implementing overall enterprise QoS solution, including queuing for Catalyst, Nexus and Company products. 2 yrs.
• Detailed understanding of deploying management protocols (SNMPv3, Syslog, Netflow,etc.) 4 yrs.
• Understanding of optical technology theories and testing including but not limited to fiber types, fiber terminations, attenuation, power transmission, bandwidth, budget and loss.
• Valid/current CCNP certificate. REQUIRED
• 4 years of experience reviewing project design and system documents.
• Experience is designing including network architectural designs in MS Visio is desired

Day to day task include:

• Perform analysis and design of the network using primarily but not limited to Cisco technologies to ensure minimum impact to services during network refresh activities.
• Complete router/switch Cisco configuration templates for newly deployed or legacy devices.
• Perform SNMP, syslog, NTP and NetFlow testing.
• Coordinate after hours changes with various agencies, create change tickets, pursue approvals, and respond to any questions that may be raised by any of the teams.
• Research and resolve network problems related to the implementation, open TAC cases as needed and identify root causes.
• As part of any decommissioning activity: remove legacy configurations, remove unused IP subnets, ports from documentation, and update network diagrams, following guidelines.
• Attend meetings, follow up on assigned tasks and complete any additional tasks assigned by the manager of the group, in the area(s) of and networking, configuration, VoIP or QoS.

Spruce Technology, Inc. is a mid-size, award-winning (Inc 5000, SmartCEO, Entrepreneur of the Year) technology services firm with a steadily growing portfolio of commercial and government clients. Spruce provides innovative technology solutions, specialized IT staff, and IT strategy consulting nationwide. Spruce maintains partnerships with major technology vendors and continually develops leading-edge offerings in service areas such as digital experience, data services, application development, infrastructure, cyber security, and IT staffing.

Spruce Technology, Inc. is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is the policy of Spruce Technology, Inc. to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process.