Job Description :
Position : Network Architect
Location : Clearwater, FL 33764
Duration : 12 months Contract
Job Description:
Minimum 5 year’s experience
Cisco certified (other certifications are a plus but not mandatory)
Design experience
Around 6 month project possibly more
Required Experience:
Extensive experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco platforms and technologies including but not limited to the following:
o Catalyst series switches 6500, 4500, 3700, 3800
o Nexus series switches 9K, 7K, 5K
o ASA firewalls 5500, 5500-x Series
o Meraki MX Firewalls, Meraki MR Access points
o VRF, ASA Context and VDC
o VPC, LACP, 802.3ad
o Catalyst Stacking, VSS, ASA – Clustering, ASA Active/Standby
o OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP
o Anyconnect VPN, Site to Site VPN’s, DMVPN, GRE/IPSEC VPN.
o Standard ASA firewall services – ACL’s, Static/Dynamic/Policy based NAT.
o Tacacs, ISE
Proven competency and knowledge in the following areas are a BIG plus
o Working knowledge using linux/unix based systems
o Scripting/Programing/Automation– Perl, Python, PHP CLI, Ansible
o PRTG, Manage Engine, Nagios, Oxidized, Rancid, Scrutinizer, Net Brain, Gigastor
o HP Flex Fabric switch configuration
o F5/A10 Load balancers configuration/Implementation
o Design/Implementation experience with SDWAN technologies such as Steelhead, Meraki and Silverpeak
Successfully completed the CCIE Written Examination, and pursuing a CCIE Lab.
Be flexible and be able to handle competing/changing priorities.
Very strong oral and written communication skills
Must be a self-starter with the ability to work well in a team environment
Flexible schedule required
7+ years of working experience in the Networking Engineering Field.
Cisco Certifications: CCNP and/or CCIE
Take a Leadership role as provide Technical guidance to projects big or small that may span across departments.
Consistently Analyzing application and bandwidth requirements and provide recommendations to meet requirements
Research, Evaluate and recommend tools can provides visibility to the health of the network
Introduce/Improve processes and procedures to respond to problems.
Consistently monitor network health conditions and pro-actively take action to avoid issue escalation.
Improve and Introduce best practice procedures, standards and policies.
Be a Mentor to Jr. Network Engineers not only providing technical guidance but serve as role model to set them in the right direction to become awesome engineers but also fantastic team players.
Deploy, scale and automate our network across multiple global offices/datacenters in both new and existing locations.
Create and update network standards and ensure that network is deployed to those standards
Document standard operating procedures, diagrams, and training materials for use by the teams
Support a WAN environment consisting of MPLS, DMVPN, Easy VPN and Site to Site VPN technologies
Work closely with our internal customers to help alleviate their problems and ensure network team continues to meet their demands
Review and implement changes on the network, following Change management process (ITIL)
Create troubleshooting procedure/documentation to help level1/level2 engineers to perform their job efficiently.
Serves as key resource for infrastructure and application problem determination and resolution
Plan and lead implementations for network deployment
Utilize internal monitoring tools to pro-actively optimize network infrastructure and/or catch and fix issues before it arises.
Participate in an on-Call Rotation
Must be a self-starter with the ability to work well in a team environment
Very strong oral and written communication skills
Must have the ability to practice sound judgment in complex, high pressure situations
Cisco Certification:
Required Experience:
Extensive experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco platforms and technologies including but not limited to the following:
o Catalyst series switches 6500, 4500, 3700, 3800
o Nexus series switches 9K, 7K, 5K
o ASA firewalls 5500, 5500-x Series
o Meraki MX Firewalls, Meraki MR Access points
o VRF, ASA Context and VDC
o VPC, LACP, 802.3ad
o Catalyst Stacking, VSS, ASA – Clustering, ASA Active/Standby
o OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP
o Anyconnect VPN, Site to Site VPN’s, DMVPN, GRE/IPSEC VPN.
o Standard ASA firewall services – ACL’s, Static/Dynamic/Policy based NAT.
o Tacacs, ISE
Proven competency and knowledge in the following areas are a BIG plus
o Working knowledge using linux/unix based systems
o Scripting/Programing/Automation– Perl, Python, PHP CLI, Ansible
o PRTG, Manage Engine, Nagios, Oxidized, Rancid, Scrutinizer, Net Brain, Gigastor
o HP Flex Fabric switch configuration
o F5/A10 Load balancers configuration/Implementation
o Design/Implementation experience with SDWAN technologies such as Steelhead, Meraki and Silverpeak
Successfully completed the CCIE Written Examination, and pursuing a CCIE Lab.
Be flexible and be able to handle competing/changing priorities.
Very strong oral and written communication skills.
Must be a self-starter with the ability to work well in a team environment.
Flexible schedule required.
7+ years of working experience in the Networking Engineering Field.
Cisco Certifications: CCNP and/or CCIE.