Job Title: ACI Network Engineer
LocationType: Hybrid REMOTE ( Garfield Heights OH 44128)
Onsite 1 2 Days per week
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 3 Month Contract to Hire
Day to Day |
This person will need to be adaptable to doing handson networking tasks as well as complex configurations The candidate will be planning and performing handson implementation changes with executives. Must Haves |
- Need someone who can be hands on in the data center re Systems / Network Engineering.
- Upgrading ACI Software in the Data Center this person will be focused in the ACI implementation and coordinating/designing the hardware the software upgrades.
- Plan and perform handson implementation changes w/ execs
- Cable pulling racking and stacking
- Hands on experience with CISCO ACI and Nexus
- Nexus is the Hardware foundation
- Complex Figurations
- Skip level behavior being able to willing to work with other and focus on different areas not just 1
Background |
- Role/Position Background:
- Any handson ACI background in any work environment
- Years of Experience Needed:
- Types of environments candidates should be coming from
- Team background:
- Smaller team so this person will need to be able to adapt to different levels of responsibility
- Client or business/executive facing
- Executive facing will need to have good soft skills
Job Description |
Staff Network EngineerACI
Position Summary:
Design and implement computer and information networks such as local area networks
(LAN) wide area networks (WAN) and customer or cloud data communications
networks. Perform network modeling data analysis and planning of the global data
network. Incumbent will design networks and ensure a secure data networking
environment. Incumbent will research and recommend network and data
communications hardware software and remediation tasks to Data Communications
leaders acts as a consultant to the business in regards to the overall performance
health and maintenance of the data network. The position requires deep technical
knowledge knowledge of emerging trends and the ability to interface with teams to
drive efforts to completion.
Major Responsibilities:
Technology
Analyze business requirements to develop technical network solutions Understand emerging trends regarding data networks and deployments Perform network modeling analysis remediation and planning Analyze engineer and execute software functions as it relates to network equipment and data communications. Solve complex problems with many variables Upgrade network hardware and software components as required
Project Management
Develop test plans implementation plans and project timelines for various projects. Identify and recommend solutions to meet customer needs and implement chosen solutions. Manage projects from identification of need to implementation and ongoing monitoring of system/solution performance. Develop technology roadmaps Analytics
Involved in analyzing system/software performance and adjust network specifications based on any identified problems Analyze network connectivity to ensure that hardware is utilized at its highest capacity Perform network analysis and disaster recovery planning and testing for the Companys WAN environment. Establish baselines for network and application performance. Customer Experience
- Communicate with client and vendor groups on a regular basis to determine needs for short term and future growth.
- Work closely with the customers leadership and project team during scope development and option analysis phase.
- Other projects as assigned by leadership.
Qualifications:
- At least 1 vendor accreditation at the highest level typically Cisco (CCIE/CCNP/CCDA/CCDP) preferred
- Associates degree required advanced degrees preferred.
- 10 years experience in network architecture
- Demonstrated indepth knowledge of LAN/WAN support and engineering design for voice data and video networks at Access Aggregation and Core network locations as well as WiFi.
- Thorough understanding of modern service provider TCP/IP data networks using standards and technologies including but not limited to: MPLS BGP4 EIGRP QOS
- Specific MPLS knowledge across the Architecture/Design/Implementation roles including but not limited to VPN routing/forwarding BGP integration hub/spoke architectures on both LANs and WANs.
- Wireless Infrastructure knowledge is required including but not limited to Autonomous and Lightweight Architectures 3G/4G/5G 802.1x and other security conscious implementations including VPN solutions.
- Superior knowledge skills and experience with Cisco & Aruba hardware routing & security hardware software protocols etc.
- Understanding and familiarity with cloud solutions for enterprise networks
- Router Switch and IP configuration experience is required both Architectural and handson.
- Strong working knowledge of structured cabling systems network facilities electrical UPS etc.
- Ability to work alone as an individual contributor as a technical lead and as a participant in a team environment.
- Experience and full fluency in the following hardware/software:
- Cisco tools (routers switches wireless access points and WLSE)
- Cisco Nexus NXOS and/or Cisco ACI
- InfoBlox DNS/DHCP
- CA Spectrum Cisco Prime Solar Winds knowledge
- MPLS and SitetoSite VPN implementations
- IP Addressing schemes.
- IP Multicast
- Bandwidth / Circuit monitoring tools.
- Microsoft office applications (including Visio)