Network Lead/Manager - Redmond, WA, United States - SR Partners LLC

Description

Title- Network Lead/Manager

Location- Redmond WA

Mode of Hire: Full Time

Must have skills:

1. R&S (Strong) { Product Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Load Balancer Citrix, F5, SDN}
2. Security (Strong) { Product Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco}
3. Enterprise Networking [Wifi, SD-WAN, AAA-ISE] (Moderate) { Product Juniper, Cisco, Fortinet}
4. Cloud Networking (Moderate) { Product AWS VPC, Direct connect, Transit GW, VM/ hypervisor/ docker/K8S, DevOps}

Job Description and Responsibilities:

• Solid work experience in Large Enterprises networking side including DC (both hybrid & public cloud like AWS, Azure).
• In-depth knowledge of network management, network availability & capacity planning, Network implementation deployments including cloud infrastructure, SDN.
• Evaluate available technology options and select those that best suit business and technical requirements.
• Implementation of data solutions as defined by blueprints and standards from engineering (GPS)
• Substantial experience with ticket handling E2E process.
• Experience in working in NOC environment and good in handling incident/ change management.
• Provide design documentation, project reports including operational processes and procedures.
• Requirements gathering and design, implement appropriate solution with key stakeholders.
• Enforce and maintain industry standard network and security practices and compliance.
• Security / Firewall, VPN services and associated technologies.
• Produce detailed design of infrastructure to meet the business requirements.
• Configuration of networking equipment/ Security standards and policies
• Where required work closely with the stakeholders to capture the requirements from the customer and produce proposal and design documents as appropriate.
• To produce network diagrams and design documentation.
• Manage Operations and 3rd Party engagement and coordination.
• Track, update, and close action items from problem ticket system.
• Reporting KPI/SLAs and targets and improvement plans, if any.
• Follow request for change cycle from raising, implementing and closure in accordance with change policy.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers within delivery team.
• 5-8 years of experience in handling North America/ European clients.

Skills required:

• Strong knowledge of Internetworking theory and practical applications based on the large-scale Enterprise, Data Center and Hybrid/ Multi cloud environment.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, networking protocols including but not limited to EIGRP, BGP, VRRP/HSRP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, GRE, IPsec, Information Security, Public Cloud Remote infra like AWS/ Azure/ Google Cloud Platform, Virtualization.
  • Routing Protocol: EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP
  • L2 Features: SPT, RSPT, UDLD, BPDU, Link Aggregation, VPC
  • First Hop Routing Protocol: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP
  • Cloud - OnPrem deployments, Hybrid, Remote Infrastructure experience
  • AWS Services IAM, EC2, Route53, ELB, S3 etc.
  • Working knowledge of LAN, WAN, SDN, AWS/ Azure Cloud VPC.
• Multivendor networking gear hardware/software support:
  • Router- Cisco (IOS) & Arista, Switch Cisco Nexus 6500, 7200, 5500, 7600, Arista
  • SDN Cisco Viptela, Cisco ACI, Arista SD-Switch
  • Cisco WLC, AP, Cisco DNAC
  • Cisco ISE
  • Firewall F5, Palo Alto Panorama, Cisco ASA/ Firepower, Juniper, AWS Network firewall
  • Citrix Load Balancers.
  • Cloud network products, Hypervisors, OS Images.
• Familiarity with application load balancers, DNS, DHCP, Windows and Unix / Linux operating systems, security architecture including firewalls and proxies.
• Knowledge of Virtualization Docker, Containerization, hypervisors, load balancers
• End-to-end QoS
• IP Multicast Protocol: PIM Sparse/Dense mode, Anycast RP
• IPSEC VPN + GRE Tunnelling, IPS/IDS Knowledge
• Knowledge of Spanning Tree and Multicast networks, including market data distribution networks.
• Strong working knowledge of various diagnostic tools including packet analyzers and distributed probes.
• Problem-solving skills with an emphasis on resolution of complex technical problems and demonstrated comprehension of integrated enterprise level architecture and design principles.
• Ability to focus and perform in time-sensitive high-pressure environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including strong verbal, written communication skills and excellent listening skills are required.
• Certifications: CCNP/CCIE lab, AWS cloud Architect/Practitioner, SDN Technologies and Information Security.
• Management certifications, Network Automation

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