Job Description :
Network ArchitectSFO
Rate:$45-50/Hr on W2
Store Network Engineer
1. Develop, operate and support the Store Network infrastructure for GAP
Brand store technology services.
2. Responsible for a 24x7 network environment where uptime, response and
repair are critical to ensuring store systems and services are available at
all times.
3. Ensure that all processes, procedures and escalation points have been
implemented and followed.
4. Interface with other networking and operations teams, internally and
externally to GAP, and be directly engaged with developing short-term
project plans to align with long-term goals and priorities of IT
Infrastructure and Engineering.
5. Proactively monitor all network infrastructure and services.
6. Partner with Architects, Engineers and Operations individuals across a
variety of service and infrastructure organizations to resolve issues,
provide technical feedback, and contribute to overall architecture
direction.
7. Maintain and provide input on standards and best practice network
toolset environments with a focus on Fault Management and
Capacity/Performance Monitoring tools, management of network systems at
scale.
8. Partner with Server and Application owners to ensure their applications
have similar degrees of redundancy, resiliency and failover capability on
the Store Network infrastructure.
9. Identify research, evaluate and recommend best practice network
operations based run books, knowledge, and training.
10. Participate in a tiered support model for highly impacting network
related issues and events, interact with venders/partners on escalations
and support.
11. Partner with InfoSec to ensure PCI compliance best practices and
implemented.
QUALITIFICATIONS:
1. BS in Computer Science or related Engineering Discipline
2. 5+ years of experience in operational hands on experience in highly
scalable and availability footprints across various network technologies
and distributed systems environment
3. Have experience in large Retail, ISP and/or Content Service Provider
environments
4. Able to handle multiple, complex projects and incidents simultaneously
5. Must have implementation and operational experience with;
Enterprise/carrier-class routers, switches and firewalls: Juniper, Cisco,
Viptela, Juniper SRX, Meraki
6. Must have experience in network security features (ACLs, VPN, L2VPN,
L3VPN, IPSEC, GRE) with a focus on Cisco, Juniper and Netscreen platforms.
7. Experience and operational familiarity on BGP, OSPF, OMP and other
network routing protocols.
8. Must have knowledge of network switching protocols: STP, 802.1[q,s,w],
802.3ae
9. Familiarity with Unix especially in respect to networking Familiarity
with developing tools in scripting e.g perl, shell, python, expect, etc.
10. This candidate will also understand the rigors of operating a global,
24x7x365 large scale network, and will act as a tiered support for
high-severity and business impacting issues.
11. Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and
negotiation
12. High degree of initiative, dependability and the ability to work with
little supervision.
13. Exceptional written and communication skills are a must.
14. Creative problem solving abilities
15. Experience with F5 load balancer, enterprise wide wireless networking
technologies, Software Defined Networking and WAN architecture
16. Skilled in Software Defined Networks and capabilities to manage and
monitor the network at scale.
17. Experience working in Agile/Scrum environment leveraging tools such as
Jira and Service Now.
18. Familiarity with ITIL