Network Engineer

Primary: Skills Basic networking concepts, CCNA, CCNP, (CCIE)
Experience 10 + years of total work experience
Skill required:

Should have experience on DNAC, Velocloud SD WAN, Nexus switches, Cisco and Meraki Wireless, Firewall (ASA, Firepower, Palo Alto), F5 Load balancers,
Must have intermediate to advance Configuring and Troubleshooting knowledge of switches and routers in a network production environment Cisco 3850, 3650, 2960 Switches, Cisco 2900 to 4300 series routers, Nexus.
Strong experience on Cisco Routing and Switching, BGP, Palo Alto firewalls, F5 load balancer & Cisco ASR and related networking technologies.
L2/L3 Switching STP, RSTP, PVSTP, MSTP, IGMP, Multicast
Routing WAN/LAN (OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, Static and MPLS)
Cisco / Meraki Wireless WLC, Access Points
Cisco DNAC
Monitoring Tools - Logic Monitor, SolarWinds, Thousand Eyes
WAN Optimization
Ticketing Tools
Good analytical and troubleshooting skills (the ability to think logically through a problem) and must have the initiative, perseverance and commitment to see problems through to resolution
Ownership of root cause analysis process and ensure remediation of major issues. Ability to provide assistance in a support capacity with problem and incident resolution and assume major incident and problem ownership and accountability
Ensure 24/7 availability of the production environment and lead the daily operations of the production environment
Be available for after-hours support, on-call, and perform maintenance
Participate in Change Advisory Board Review Meetings with customer
Build monitoring tools to ensure system availability, resource utilization and capacity
Create network services dashboard providing insights into capacity, activities, and SLA measurements
Should be able to perform upgrades on Cisco routers/switches/WLC/FW whenever required
Drive continuous improvement and process change suggestion to management
Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability
Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning
Configure and implement the backup tools for auto configuration on Network device
Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
Ability to handle multiple projects within timeline
Documenting the issues, creating the knowledge base articles, and updating the inventory
Manage DataCenter operations for hardware installation and during maintenance whenever required

Functional:

Strong written/verbal communication skills
Positive and flexible attitude
Ability to think clearly, identify risks, anticipate eventualities and resolve problems
Ability to understand and comply with business processes and procedures
Should be able to work in 24x7 environment

Technical:

ITIL Certification preferred
Ability to understand and comply with methods, standards, guidelines, tools, techniques, and procedures