Senior Network Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 9 Month(s)

Skills

DHCP
DNS
NXOS
Network Layer
OSI
OSPF
VMware
VLAN
Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Virtual Private Cloud
Routing
Routing Protocols

Job Details

Network Hosting and Fabric Services Engineer

Duration: 9+ Months

Contract Designation: 5 days week on site; Columbus OH, Alpharetta, GA, Marietta, GA, Kansas City, MO, Berkley Heights NJ, Omaha NE, Frisco/Dallas TX, Denver CO

Position Overview

What does a successful Network Engineer do?

A qualified candidate can expect a fast paced, challenging & rewarding role in delivering a variety of Network, Security, Cloud, Virtualization, SDN & Automation technologies. Individuals are commonly involved in early conceptual assessments through POC s.

Candidates should expect to be an integral part of many transformative initiatives that will institute automated self-service solutions to efficiently deliver on internal & external customer demands.

What you need to have

  • Excellent communication skills (written/verbal) to properly articulate complicated Network/Security designs to Management and Business partners
  • Meticulous documentation & task/time management skills
  • Practical knowledge of Industry standard Network/Security best practices & solutions
  • Excellent diagnostic skills in troubleshooting complex Networking technologies throughout all layers of the OSI model
  • Experience with Multi-Tenant & Multi-Data-Center deployments
  • Expert in tuning and diagnosing dynamic routing protocols and associated attributes for complex route manipulation
  • Experience in designing/deploying/maintaining highly available Underlay & Overlay Networking & Security constructs (MPLS, eVPN, VxLAN)
  • Experience with Software Defined Networking solutions (SDWAN, NFV, Cloud Provider Peering)
  • Experience with Coding & related Automation technologies
  • Experience in provisioning/protecting/maintaining Internet peering points, Public IP Management and DDOS services
  • Experience in Automating Network and/or Security deployments & functions in a Multi-Tenant/Multi-Data-Center environment
  • Experience in Coding/Scripting languages (Python, Ansible, Powershell, Netmiko, Netconf, Napalm, Jinja, Yaml, JSON, API s)
  • Functional understanding of PCI/DSS controls, protections & best practices
  • Experience in deploying/diagnosing the following protocols & functions: IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/S, VLANs, MPLS, IPSEC, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRF, VxLAN, RPKI, eVPN, VRRP, MLAG, VPC, STP, Anycast, IPSEC, SSL, TLS
    • (6C for BOE, C2 for IRS)

What would be great for you to have

  • Experience in deploying & maintaining large scale L2 & L3 Data Center Networks
  • Experience with Cisco (IOS & NXOS) and Arista (EOS) Data Center equipment
  • Layer1 & 2 Protocols (Spanning-Tree modes and modifications, Trunking, MLAG/VPC)
  • DataCenter Fabric deployment types (FabricPath, VxLAN, EVPN)
  • Interconnecting disperse DataCenter Fabric technologies (VxLAN, EVPN)
  • Layer3 Routing Protocols and Network Routing techniques (BGP, OSPF)
  • Deploying/Managing Complex BGP routing policies
  • Experience with VMWare platforms and Networking (VMotion, HCX, FXRails, VxRails)
  • Experience with Automation Toolsets, Scripting & Config Templating (GitLab, Python, Jinja, Netbox, Vendor API's)
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