Lead Network Engineer

Position: Lead Network Engineer

Location: Miami, FL, 33128]

Duration: 8+ months

Interview: Video

Job Description:

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Requirements:
Expert in Cisco

Nexus

Meraki

SDWAN

Responsibilities:

• Act as the global subject matter expert in our WAN, LAN, VoIP, wireless, and hybrid cloud network solutions, partnering with both business and IT functions to provide domain expertise and best practices
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, product vendors, and other third-party service providers in the strategic design process to translate business needs into platform/custom solutions
• Serve as a technical leader undertaking complex initiatives requiring specialized technical knowledge
• Evaluate emerging network and telecom technologies to make business cases where relevant for introducing those that align with our corporate imperatives, business goals, and technology roadmaps and will help deliver operational excellence
• Lead the development of network and telecommunications solution standards and procedures
• Design, plan, document, and support the configuration of logical and physical system layouts
• Develop detailed design, installation, and configuration documentation for enterprise system deployments
• Develop operational documentation and diagrams, design and build device configuration templates, automate device deployments and changes, and contribute to the overall stability and standardization of the network environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent and related work experience
• 10+ years of experience with network switching and routing, voice, and cloud technologies
• 5+ years of experience with Cisco Nexus and Meraki, and SDWAN products and services
• Hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing AWS-based technology platforms and capabilities including, but not limited to, Virtual Networks, Transit Gateways, Load Balancers, Direct Connect, and Global Accelerator
• Knowledge of client/server and host-based strategies and different network topologies
• Experience managing on premise, cloud, co-location, and hybrid data center network infrastructure
• Hands-on and design and implementation experience with servers, networking, VoIP, unified communication, virtualization, Microsoft 365, and end user computing, including end point device management
• Vendor management including RFI/RFP creation, evaluation, and vendor negotiations
• Internet and network security experience (Zscaler and Netskope are a plus)
• Solid understanding of designing and administering IP networks (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPNs, load balancers, VLANs, QoS, Ethernet, 802.1q/p, Spanning Tree, RADIUS, TACACS, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of network management tools, including SNMP, Syslog, NTP, etc.
• Technical knowledge of and experience with wireless telecommunications industry and standards is a plus
• Strong project management and implementation skills
• Experience working in an Agile environment with associated tooling (Jira, etc.)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Server and workstation OSes, UNIX, Linux and MacOS
• Expert level understanding of current vendor technology offerings in the network and telecom space
• Certifications in areas related to network and telecom management are preferred (CNE, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CTNS, CTSME, Cisco S