Job Description
Role: Network Engineer
Location: Wickliffe, OH
Type: Contract / C2H / Fulltime with Tech Mahindra
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
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Work experience placement, Flexible hours,