Job Title: Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Remote/Hybrid West Chester Township OH
Duration: 12 Months
Overview:
Our client a global luxury retail and ecommerce brand is seeking an experienced Sr. Infrastructure Engineer focused in networking technologies.
This position is a contract position with an initial 12 month duration. Candidates must be local to West Chester Township Ohio.
Job Summary:
The Sr. Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for providing expertise to assure the effective performance of one or more key components of the organizations technical infrastructure for large to enterprise environments. This resource will need to have technical expertise in infrastructure architecture network topology and associated tools and technology.
Responsibilities:
- Support SDWAN operations between Data Centers Fulfilment Centers Brand HQs and Retail stores.
- Support Aruba Wireless Infrastructure for all sites including firmware and hardware upgrades.
- Support Data Center Technologies like Nexus Routing and Switching troubleshooting and assisting with hardware upgrades.
- Assist with reviewing the current environment detecting critical deficiencies and recommending solutions for improvement.
- Implement complex LAN/WAN and Data Center Infrastructure utilizing the industrys best practice.
- Perform physical installation configuration and implementation of network hardware.
- Gauge network health manage Cisco Routers/Switches and other network components and manage Internet Intranet and thirdparty connections and use diagnostics and monitoring tools for matrix reporting.
- Assist with network installation and configuration of new Retail Stores and Fulfilment Centers while providing support for existing locations.
- Contribute to network operations practices standards measurements and reporting requirements.
- Actively provide architecture and implementation of current network technology solutions within a multicampus environment.
- Participate in 24x7 oncall rotation with other team members.
- Provides 2nd and 3rd level support and troubleshooting for issues escalated from more junior engineers on installed technical solutions.
- Lead or participate in SWAT teams involving mission critical applications.
- Leads in the evaluation of new technologies relative to their domain(s) and makes strategic recommendation.
- Implements recommendations to ensure optimal performance and reliability for mission critical and global enterprise systems.
- Works independently to design environments of increasing complexity and scope.
- Contributes to design specifications for cross system environments
- Provides guidance to the Architecture TRM and Guardrails within the technical expertise
- Demonstrates developed knowledge and thorough understanding in technical domain.
- Directs and implements infrastructure per prescribe specifications
- Develops automation of the provisioning
- Reviews and recommends capacity usage and performance of assigned technologies for core enterprise system based on business metrics.
Required Experience:
- Has expert knowledge of one or more key components of the infrastructure including its impact on other technologies and maintains technical expertise given changes in the technical environment.
- Maintains thorough understanding of current and future infrastructure architecture and how their components integrate into the entire infrastructure framework and strong security.
Must Haves
- Expertise and experience in building monitoring and troubleshooting a Cisco centric environment.
- Knowledge of Cisco Nexus series of switches.
- Expertise and experience in routing and switching network protocols (i.e. spanning tree BGP EIGRP HSRP LACP vPC) and Data Center Network Architecture concepts.
- Knowledge and experience in WAN Technologies (i.e. MPLS Eline Metro Ethernet WAN Optimization).
- Experience implementing QoS and knowledge of VOIP concepts.
- Experience in troubleshooting network issues running and analyzing packet captures.
- Experience with Load Balancers.
- Experience with Network Firewalls (i.e. ASA Check Point or Palo Alto).
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to multitask and work in a fastpaced environment.
- Selfdriven and selfmotivated
Nice to Haves
- Experience managing and supporting multiple Data Centers and highly critical connectivity paths to remote sites.
- F5 LTM and GTM.
- Check Point Firewalls Cisco VPN.
- Aruba Wireless.
- InfoBlox DNS.
- Scripting capabilities.
- Cisco or other certifications.