Job Description :
Role: Data Center Network Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA
Duration: Long Term
Work experience & education:
Bachelor of Engineering / Science Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology OR minimum 5 years experience with network engineering and support of complex enterprise networks.
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP R&S)other industry certifications or equivalent experience.
Knowledge & Skills:
Network engineer with experience in design, implementation and 24x7 support of complex enterprise networks.
Analyze business requirements to develop technical network solutions & evaluate emerging technologies.
Collaborate with other local / global engineers in various IT disciplines.
On call rotation is required.
Solid troubleshooting skills including packet level analysis.
Technical expertise with Cisco vPC, BGP, OSPF, Link Aggregation (LACP), QoS, traffic engineering, IPSEC, ACI, multicast, data security, VxLAN, eVPN.
Experience with configuration and troubleshooting Cisco Nexus and Catalyst series switches and ASR series Routers.
Network performance analysis & monitoring.
Network Automation skills (Python, Ansible, GIT), knowledge of SDN & OpenStack are a plus.
Install, maintain and troubleshoot network equipment, perform fault and problem management to meet a high service levels.
Hands on experience with firewalls like Juniper and Palo Alto Networks.
Should be comfortable troubleshooting VPN issues.
Troubleshooting of various layers (i.e. Access, Distribution, Core, WAN edge and Internet edge) of network slow or down issues and root cause identification.
Solid documentation skills that clearly represent network environments.
Vigilant adherence to best practices, procedures and change management.
Good understanding of structured cabling standards.
Excellent presentation and communication skills regarding technical and non-technical concepts.