Job Description :
Skills & Experience (Minimum):
A strong background in Cisco networking technologies with a minimum of 10+ years of networking experience.
A minimum of a CCNPcertification.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with Service Now ticketing.
Excellent troubleshooting skills to work network outages.
Strong knowledge of network design and routing to architect new network solutions across LAN and WAN.
Experience and knowledge of production data center environments. A focus on maintaining maximum network uptime.
Knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies, configurations and protocols. Especially with the Cisco Nexus and ACI product lines.
Knowledge of the Cisco ACI technology and configurations. This includes integration with VMWare.
Knowledge of AWS infrastructure and technologies including AWS Direct Connect.
Knowledge of WAN technologies including MPLS and SDWAN.
Advanced knowledge of dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, BGP and OSPF.
Knowledge of global and server load balancing. Specifically the F5 Networks product line of BigIP, GTM and BigIQ. This includes knowledge of the F5 Viprion product line.
Advanced knowledge of virtualization technologies and how VMWare interacts with the network.
Knowledge of firewalls including Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper and Checkpoint.
Knowledge of network device monitoring and capacity planning as pertains to production and corporate environments. This includes technologies such as SolarWinds, NetBrain, Cisco Prime and Netflow.
Knowledge of TCP/IP.
A general knowledge of UNIX and Windows environments as may pertain to Network and Security tasks.
Experience with network tools such as Solarwinds, Stealth Watch, Cisco Prime and NetBrain.
A general knowledge of network security best practices.