Job Title: Senior Network Engineer
Job Type: Long term contract
Job Location: Multiple location (Garden City, NY; New York, NY; Purchase, NY; Morristown, NJ)
JOB DESCRIPTION: This individual will provide on-going day to day support for global data network. This role will serve as level 3 support for all network related support tasks and troubleshooting.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, develop and deploy LAN/WAN network infrastructure.
- Responsible for 3rd level troubleshooting for all LAN/WAN alerts and issues.
- Responsible for maintenance of all monitoring and reporting systems.
- Produce and maintain documentation related to all systems developed/deployed.
- Perform on-call duty for non-business hours support as per shift assignments.
- Perform administrative tasks pertaining to time entry and status reporting.
- Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
- Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations.
- Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
- Select and implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team.
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
- Experience with SDWAN – Silver Peak preferred.
- Analyzing the outputs of all the tools and making recommendations example: High CPU utilization on core device at data center.
- Experience with Next Gen Firewalls – Cisco Firepower preferred.
- Experience in troubleshooting routing loops.
- Troubleshoot asymmetric routing & STP loop issues.
- Implementation of operational changes & coordination with project team for project related changes.
- Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco ASA, IPS.
- Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco ISE.
- Configuring/troubleshooting wireless – Cisco WLC preferred.
- Configuring/troubleshooting routing protocols – EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
- Configuring/troubleshooting LAN switching – VLAN, VTP, STP, EtherChannel.
- Configuring/troubleshooting quality of service.
- Configuring/troubleshooting TCP/IP protocol suite.
- Configuring/troubleshooting application protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL etc.
- Configuring/troubleshooting network security – IPSec/SSL VPN/Cisco AnyConnect, AAA architecture, TACACS+, RADIUS, 802.1x.
- Cisco Catalyst & Nexus 9K/7K series of switches.
- Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco IOS, NX-OS software.
REQUIREMENTS:
- CCNP Certification Required
- BA Degree / B.S. Degree
- Candidate has excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
- Candidate can communicate with the customer and be able to present solutions to peers.
If you find the role interesting or know someone who might be a good fit, email your resume at rajat.pandey@stellarconsulting.com to discuss the role further.
