Network Technical Project Manager - Brooklyn, United States - Ariel Partners

Ariel Partners

Verified Company

Brooklyn, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

The NYC Office of Technology and Innovation has been tasked with recruiting a Cloud Interconnect Project Manager to assist OTI with implementation of Network technologies for key IT projects.

Relevant experience in routing and switching, and datacenter technologies is required.

The technical network project manager will be assisting OTI with architecture design planning and implementing changes, needing to have a deep knowledge in network routing and switching.

SCOPE OF SERVICES:
Network Technical Project Manager - Routing and Switching

RESPONSIBILITY

Responsible for the Project Management of the bandwidth upgrade. Perform analysis and design of the network using primarily but not limited to Arista and Cisco technologies to ensure minimum impact to services during network refresh activities.
Developing project governance, and oversite structure. Develop/review of router/switch configuration templates for the tobe deployed Arista and Cisco network devices.
Escalate risks to the OTI staff and Executive team; manage all risks to completion. Perform SNMP, syslog, NTP and NetFlow testing.
Forecast critical path and provide project plan baseline dates. Coordinate afterhours changes with various agencies, create change tickets, pursue approvals, and respond to any questions that may be raised by any of the OTI teams.
Providing regular status reports to exec management and project teams.
Develop and manage project communications plans.
Coordinate team resources and OTI internal resources needed for the successful completion of the network and bandwidth upgrade.
Perform analysis and design of the network using primarily but not limited to Arista and Cisco technologies to ensure minimum impact to services during network refresh activities.
Complete router/switch Arista configuration templates for newly deployed devices.
Coordinate afterhours changes with various agencies, create change tickets, pursue approvals, and respond to any questions that may be raised by any of the OTI teams.
Review/Implement network best practices configuration in compliance with OTI standards.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Minimum 8 years of experience in the field of networking
Must have handson experience with BGP, MPLS, OSPF routing protocols in a large environment.
Minimum 8 years of experience with Cisco and/or Arista network installations in multiple tier configurations interconnected over dark fiber.
6 years of experience in deploying Cisco Catalyst / Nexus Switches and NCS routers, with complete understanding of the limitations of line cards, power supplies and featuresets.
Experience in MPLS, EIGRP, OSPF, iBGP, eBGP, IS-IS routing protocols
4 years of experience with configuring CORE/PE and CPE routers/switches in a mid to large size organization or carriers.
2 years of experience with detailed understanding of designing and implementing overall enterprise QoS solution, including queuing for Catalyst, Nexus and NCS products.
4 years of experience with detailed understanding of deploying management protocols (SNMPv3, Syslog, Netflow, etc.)
4 years of experience reviewing project design and system documents
Valid/current CCNP certificate.
Strong analytical and conceptual skills.
Ability to work in cross functional teams, excellent attention to detail.
Highly selfmotivated and strong customer and quality focus.
Sound problem resolution, judgment, and decisionmaking skills.
Experience working with technical and nontechnical staff.
Experience is designing including network architectural designs in MS Visio is desired

DESIRED SKILLS

Understanding of optical technology theories and testing including but not limited to fiber types,

fiber terminations, attenuation, power transmission, bandwidth, budget, and loss.

Familiarity with City of New York network infrastructure environments and processes.
At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges, we are on their short list.

We are looking for team members who share our values of:

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_Integrity__ to do the right thing even when it hurts; _
_Commitment__ to the long-term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; _
_Courage__ to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of _
_Excellence__.

Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws._