Sr. Network Engineer

Sr. Network Engineer

Location

Mclean, VA or Wilmington, DE

Length

2 years

Need Local resources only

PHONE HIRE

Responsibilities

• Supports LAN/WAN and Carrier services with potential to branch into

Firewall, Load Balancing, Wireless Mobility, DNS and DHCP platforms to ensure peak

operating performance is maintained.

• Tier 3 escalation resource for incident resolution.
• Consult with various technology support groups as part of problem resolution efforts.
• Proactively evaluate network environments using various tools and management
• Assess vulnerabilities, identify and implement mitigation plans.
• Own platform life-cycle management.
• Contribute to enterprise network strategy/solutions development and technology

refresh efforts.

• Provide input to network enterprise design standards and maintain network topology

diagrams.

• Participate in technology integration efforts with other engineering and support teams.
• Provide direct support of audit and ad hoc consulting engagements.
• Ensure compliance with departmental and enterprise security configuration standards.
• Manage and Govern relationships with technology vendors utilized in the enterprise

network.

• Provide Technical leadership and guidance to junior personnel.

The ideal candidate should have

• Enterprise caliber troubleshooting skills on a diverse range of Cisco Nexus and IOS

based platforms and associated technologies (Spanning Tree , MPLS, GETVPN,

PBR (Policy Based Routing), OSPF, BGP, QOS, Video, Unified Communications).

• Experience with design, configuration or support of campus and remote solutions.
• Experience leveraging network management tools and performing packet analysis as

part of incident/problem resolution.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED/equivalent certification or military experience.
• At least 4 years of experience in all technical aspects of switching implementation.
• At least 4 years of leadership experience in operational support or 4 years of

leadership experience in an engineering capacity for medium to large enterprise

networks.

-At least 4 years of experience in all aspects of engineering or 4 years of experience in

all aspects of operational support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• CCNP Datacenter or CCNP Routing and Switching certification (or equivalent).
• 6 years of experience in technical leadership of a medium to large enterprise network
• 6 years of experience in projects
• 6 years of experience in infrastructure
• 6 years of experience in all technical aspects of Routing implementation
• 6 years of experience in all technical aspects of Switching implementation
• Working knowledge of SDN (Software Defined Networks).
• Working knowledge of AWS (Amazon Web Services) or other current cloud offerings.
• Working knowledge of Python or other current scripting languages.

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BS Degree

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