Network Engineer
Major firm located out of Mount Olive New Jersey is looking for a Network Engineer for a long term contract. All candidates must be a US Citizen or Green card holder. This position can only pay on a W2 basis.
Position Responsibilities:
- Function as a data center switching, routing, and application load balancing tier 3 engineer for the Global Data Center Cisco environment consisting of 150 switches supporting 2000 devices.
- Switching environment includes Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, Cat 6500, Cat 3750, and more.
- Troubleshoot and quickly resolve complex data issues as they occur, interacting interaction with our tier 2 help desk, site support technology teams, and customers as needed.
- Continuous Improvement - Participate and manage multiple, simultaneous Data Center LAN improvement projects and activities, delivering timely results.
- Requires ability to work within a team and individually, regularly communicating engineers in the DC LAN and other infrastructure teams, informing of supervisor.
- Requires precise planning and execution of changes to prevent unexpected downtimes.
- Activities include Catalyst to Nexus migrations, switch consolidations, Catalyst and Nexus code upgrades.Configuration and continuous improvement of network management tools, including Solarwinds NPM, Solarwinds NTA, and Cisco ACS 5.2.
- Development and implementation of training to Tier 2 and other staff. Consulting and Fulfillment Provide consulting and fulfillment of load balancing and other data center LAN solution for infrastructure and application teams in Cisco ACE environment.
- Produce design documentation, including network diagrams and explanations, for all projects
Availability While the majority of the role is fulfilled during standard business hours (8-5), at times on call support / evening hours / weekend hours are required. - Strong understanding of network concepts, especially Ethernet, VLANs, STP, port channel, port span, QoS, TCP/IP, EIGRP, BGP, DNS, and load balancing.
- Data center storage and SAN skills including FCoE a plus.
- Proven experience in implementing and troubleshooting Cisco switching and routing environments, including implementing hardware and code upgrades, troubleshooting network configuration and performance issues, troubleshooting software issues, and troubleshooting Cisco hardware performance issues.
- Proven experience in implementing and troubleshooting load balancing environments for server farm / application load balancing.
- Cisco ACE, F5 or Netscaler load balancing experience required. Cisco GSS Global Site Selector experience plus.
- Ability to create and update detailed network topology maps using MS Visio and maintain support documentation.
- Experience in implementing and updating various network management tools such as Solarwinds, NetFlow , monitoring and alerting tools.
- Server and operating systems skills a big plus. - Strong experience working in a support environment, using various ITIL processes and tools (incident management, change management, etc.) in a large enterprise environment is a must.
- CCNP certification a plus.
Non-technical Skill Requirements: - Must have an attitude and constant desire for improvement in technology and process, to not be content with the status quo when improvements would add value.
- Must have willingness and able to identify opportunities, communicate them appropriately, and turn them into deliverables.
- Ability to manage and deliver against multiple priorities, at times for multiple managers.
- Candidate must be able to manage time appropriately across these multiple activities and communicate status and deliver against expectations.
- All risk/slippages should be communicated well ahead of time.
- Ability to work independently or in a team. Must have the ability to develop and deliver against action plans with minimal management guidance over time.
- Must possess experience to know when to reach out for guidance.
- Ability to work inside of and take direction in a multi-national, global environment.
- Strong written and oral communication skills with other technical team members as well as non-technical people.
- Documentation of technology and knowledge sharing across members of the team is essential to our global environment.
Please provide an updated copy of your resume in word format along with your compensation requirements.
Regards
James Surowiec
Senior Technical Recruiter
PRI Technology Rockaway NJ
P: 973.732.5454 x27
C: 973.534.0555
james.surowiec@pritechnology.com
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