Network Design Engineer-locals To Location

Network Design Engineer

The Senior Network Support Engineer is expected to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) covering the application of campus network technology deployed across the Customer Group. This covers all customers businesses all Customers location (offices onshore plants offshore plants offices warehouses etc.) and various types of projects and support including capital projects and IT projects. The ideal person possesses strong skills surrounding the assessment planning design implementation and support of multiprotocol multivendor solutions.

The purpose of the network engineer role is be specialized in one or more vertical technology disciplines but will also be versed in other IT service delivery technologies. The network engineer performs testing analysis and restoration of failed production services to customers and users. The network engineer will be the key person in the support for all campus network elements.

Must have consultative background and near perfect comm skills!!

Experience with Netbox is a HUGE plus!!!

*Onsite*

Qualifications

Technical MANDATORY:

• Typical Years of Experience: 1216 leading and executing Campus Support project delivery IT operations or IT consultancy assignments to design develop deliver and support viable network solutions preferably in Corporate or similar industry preferred.
• A high degree of technical network knowledge on traditional (IP) networks and systems as well as IT solutions such as LAN WAN WLAN traditional route/switch routing protocols DNS DHCP Netskope ISE VLANs VRFs etc.
• Minimum Education or Certification: Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Telecommunications or equivalent work experience

Skills MANDATORY:

• Mandatory: Design experience: requirement gathering HLD LLD EOL configs creation deployment experience.
  Must have 1 of the 3 highlighted: Design and deployment expertise in: LAN Cisco WLAN Infoblox DDIA NetSkope
• Mastering the OSI Model TCP/IP protocol suite (IP ARP ICMP TCP UDP SMTP FTP TFTP)
• Mastering of Layer2 Switching VLANs and Accesslist
• Mastering WiFi authentication security technologies Internet SDWAN MPLS and Voice over IP (VoIP)
• Mastering IP addressing and subnetting and routing concepts
• Switches: Full configuration and VLAN setup on Cisco switches
• Telecoms Industry knowledge with extensive experience in Networks and Telecommunications Testing and Commissioning
• Consistently delivered results in a matrix global virtualized organization
• Experience in working with suppliers
• Experience in negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• Proven experience in stakeholder and relationship management including external vendors
• Ability to translate technical requirements and specifications into easily understood business concepts and vice versa
• Proficient in IT infrastructure technologies:

• Routers Switches WAN LAN TDM VoIP Telecomm and other internetworking technologies.

• Thorough understanding of TCP/IPaddressing routing protocols and transport protocols (UDP and TCP).
• Must have expert level experience configuring and managing Cisco LAN / WLAN.
• Proficient in the use of network management tools primarily for fault management purposes.
• Complete understanding of escalation incident management and change management processes and procedures.
• Prior training in concepts of network and systems operations.
• Understands network performance analysis and capacity planning best practices.
• Thorough understanding of performance impact of network configuration options.
• Proficient in the operation and use of management tool set including fault configuration performance and security tools.
• Proficient in the operation and use of sophisticated diagnostic tools (i.e. Sniffer RMON tools etc.).
• Understanding of vendor and industry standards and procedures for their respective technical specialty.
• Able to provide technical leadership to less experienced personnel either individually or as part of a team.
• Possess good communication writing and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of networkbased threats (various malware attack strategies common weaknesses virus vs. worm DOS & DDOS theory network attacks such as land teardrop Beck Buffer Overflow etc. back doors back orifice sub seven netbus common virus recognition).
• Working knowledge of SIEM vendors platforms and technology (McAfee ESM CSMARS Q Radar ArcSight Manhunt etc.).
• Experience with configuring and interoperating with other networking technologies (security appliances and tools proxies gateways etc.) desirable.

Skills PREFERRED:

• Cisco router/switching/security certification at minimum CCNP
• Cisco WiFi design and implementation skills
• Python programming and app development skills for programmable networks
• Experience working in an (partially) outsourced environment
• Awareness of Agile and Scrum
• Service Management processes (Support Models Service Level Management Contract Management and Supplier Management)