Cisco Network Systems Engineer

Our client a multinational company that designs manufactures and sells networking equipment is seeking a Cisco Network Systems Engineer who meets the below requirements:

Regular work activities:

Daily team collaboration on work activities and priority check points

Perform indepth troubleshooting to root cause and resolve issues in data center environment

Execute tasks in a time efficient manner to meet project/team timelines and expectations

Deliver clear and concise documentation on completed work

Execute work as it is defined by the Agile methodology

Maintaining tidy safe and compliant lab/work areas defined in Cisco standards and requirements

Technical skills

Configuring and maintaining virtual systems VMware OpenStack

o Configure bare metal setups

o VMware vCenter and ESX server configuration and administration (vSphere 6.0 6.7)

Knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating system (RHEL/Ubuntu) configuration and networking is highly desirable

L1L3 networking knowledge and troubleshooting: CCNA preferred

o IPV4 and IPV6 subnetting

o DNS DDNS and DHCP configuration administration

o Basic Networking knowledge/skills required:

Cisco Nexus datacenter switches (Nexus) is a plus

o Understands cable standards transceivers

o IP address management tools (IPAM)

o Port scanning tools

Understanding/Administration of Cisco UCSc and UCSB series servers highly desirable

Experience with Cisco CIMC or IPMI

Experience with RAID controllers and configuration

Experience with monitoring tools like Nagios

Experience on NFS or iSCSI

Nice to have Experience on variety of server admin hardware: Dell and HP

Nice to have experience with Netapp

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical problem solving and organizational skills

Able to root cause complex problems and drive proactive solutions.

A selfstarter and team player who can multitask according to priorities

Document best practices and problemsolving efforts for future implementation

Communicate effectively and collaboratively with integrated lab team members engineers and leadership

A strong desire to learn new technologies and evolving technical concepts and various implementations

Passionate about working in networking technology.

Outofthe box thinker get things done right at first time

Detail oriented with strong written and verbal skills

This is a purely onsite role. No C2C candidates or sub contractors will be entertained. Applicant must be local to the area.